BLS Library offers these sources that discuss scholarly writing for law journal competitions:
Elizabeth Fajans and Mary R. Falk (BLS professors), Scholarly Writing for Law Students: Seminar Papers, Law Review Notes, and Law Review Competition Papers. BLS Library has copies of the latest edition (4th ed., 2011) in the first-floor Reserve collection and copies of older editions (that students can check out) in the Main collection (cellar level).
Also, the Reserve collection contains the current editions of: Eugene Volokh, Academic Legal Writing: Law Review Articles, Student Notes, Seminar Papers, and Getting on Law Review and Wes Henricksen, Making Law Review: The Expert’s Guide to Mastering the Write-on Competition.
BLS Library’s 2014 Writing Competition weekend hours are:
Friday, May 16: 8 AM-10 PM
Saturday, May 17: 9 AM-2 AM
Sunday, May 18: 8 AM-2 AM
Good luck to all BLS students who will be participating in this writing competition!