24 ABA Journal Ross Essay Contest articles.
Nov 22, 2022 9:59 AM CST
The last two winners of the ABA Journal/Ross Writing Contest for Legal Short Fiction had two things in common. Both were students at the Belmont University College of Law in Nashville, Tennessee. And both wrote their stories in a legal fiction workshop run by Kristi Arth, a legal writing professor at Belmont University.
Jul 25, 2022 8:49 AM CDT
Jul 12, 2022 10:45 AM CDT
This short story was the winner of the 2021 Ross Writing Contest for Legal Short Fiction
Nov 23, 2021 10:05 AM CST
Aug 10, 2021 10:03 AM CDT
A short story about the first lawyer in a close-knit Black family has been named the winner of the 2020 ABA Journal/Ross Writing Contest for Legal Short Fiction. The author is Daniel M. Best, an associate at Gallagher Sharp in Columbus, Ohio.
Aug 14, 2020 1:36 PM CDT
The following short story by Yvette Butler, a lawyer who promotes economic security for survivors of domestic violence, was the winner of the ABA Journal’s seventh annual Ross Writing Contest for Legal Short Fiction.
Jan 24, 2020 8:00 AM CST
A lawyer who promotes economic security for survivors of domestic violence has won the 2019 ABA Journal/Ross Writing Contest for Legal Short Fiction. Yvette Butler won the prize for a fictional story with a theme of racial justice. Writing the story was “an outlet to process what’s going on” regarding the “everlasting, amorphous war on terror” as well as issues surrounding police treatment of black people, she says.
Aug 5, 2019 7:00 AM CDT
June 1, the deadline for the 2019 ABA Journal/Ross Writing Contest for Legal Short Fiction, is quickly approaching.
Your original work of fiction should be no more than 5,000 words…
May 9, 2019 2:15 PM CDT
Read the winner of the sixth annual ABA Journal/Ross Writing Contest for Legal Short Fiction.
Jan 1, 2019 12:10 AM CST
Read the winner of the sixth annual ABA Journal/Ross Writing Contest for Legal Short Fiction.
Jan 1, 2019 12:10 AM CST
A public defender navigates her opioid-addicted clients through drug treatment court. Durham, North Carolina, lawyer Aleaha Jones was named runner-up in the sixth annual ABA Journal/Ross Writing Contest for Legal Short Fiction.
Jan 1, 2019 12:05 AM CST
May 16, 2018 12:55 PM CDT
Read the winning entry on our fourth annual Ross Writing Contest for Short Legal Fiction. Writer Linda Oatman High won the contest and received a $3,000 cash prize. The annual contest, supported by the Erskine M. Ross Trust, recognizes outstanding fiction emphasizing the role of the law and lawyers in society.
Feb 1, 2018 12:25 AM CST
Linda Oatman High’s “The Attorney Helped Clean Up the Blood” won the ABA Journal/Ross Writing Contest for Short Legal Fiction and received a $3,000 cash prize.
Feb 1, 2018 12:20 AM CST
The ABA Journal wants to host and facilitate conversations among lawyers about their profession. We are now accepting thoughtful, non-promotional articles and commentary by unpaid contributors.
