Submissions are due by 5:00pm ET on Monday, April 28, 2025 unless otherwise noted on the Writing Prizes website. There will be no deadline extensions. Please read the submission information and requirements and the below details carefully before submitting work for prize consideration.

Submission Information and Requirements:

1. Only papers submitted by current HLS degree candidates enrolled at HLS during the 2024-2025 academic year will be considered for the spring 2025 student writing prizes. Submissions by cross-registrants, Berkeley Exchange students, and students visiting HLS will not be considered for student writing prizes. Eligible submissions by J.D., LL.M., or S.J.D. HLS degree candidates will be considered.
2. Papers must have been written and completed by the HLS degree candidate student while enrolled at HLS and under the independent supervision of an HLS faculty member/appointed instructor or in conjunction with an HLS course or clinic taught by an HLS faculty member/appointed instructor.
3. Co-authored papers are eligible for submission, but all co-authors must have been HLS degree candidate students enrolled at HLS when the paper was written, and enrolled at HLS during the 2024-2025 academic year. Each co-author should submit a copy of the eligible paper with their own prize submission form and indicate “(co-authored)” after their paper title in the paper title field on the submission form.
4. Papers that have been edited by others in preparation for submission to a journal or other publication, or previously submitted to a journal or other publication, may not be submitted for a student writing prize in such edited form. Such papers may be considered for HLS student writing prizes only if an original, unedited version of the paper is available and submitted
5. Only one unique paper may be submitted for one writing prize per submission form. If you would like to submit the same unique paper for a second writing prize, please complete and submit a separate submission form. If you would like to submit a different unique paper for a prize, please complete and submit a separate submission form.
6. Unless otherwise noted in the prize description, students may submit a single unique paper for no more than two writing prizes. Multiple unique papers may be submitted, but each unique paper may be submitted for no more than two writing prizes. Each unique paper is eligible to win only one of the prizes for which it is submitted. This rule applies to winning papers submitted in a prior prize year.
7. Please be sure your name does NOT appear on the paper itself.
8. Please save and upload your paper as a PDF file with the file naming convention: “Last name_Paper title“. Please do NOT submit your paper in a Word document file. Please be sure to attach the correct paper for the prize for which you are completing the submission form.

Please Note:

• Special Deadline for the Klemens von Klemperer Prize: 5:00pm ET on March 31, 2025. There will be NO deadline extensions.

• Nominating statements from HLS faculty/appointed instructors supervising the paper, where required for submission (e.g., Laylin Prize) as detailed in the prize description, should be emailed by the faculty/instructor to writingprizes@law.harvard.edu.

• Papers for consideration for the Yong K. Kim ’95 Memorial Prize or the John M. Olin Prize in Law and Economics are not submitted using this form and must be submitted according to the instructions detailed on the Writing Prizes website.
• Special Deadline for the John M. Olin Prize in Law and Economics: midnight on Friday, April 25, 2025.