Deadline
Award Amount

up to $4,000


The Freedom From Religion Foundation is pleased to announce its 2019 inaugural essay contest for law school students. FFRF is offering over $10,000 in prizes for the top six essays submitted on the topic.

Open to all ongoing law school students up to age 30 already attending a North American law school. You remain eligible to enter this contest if you will graduate from law school by spring or summer of 2019. You are not eligible to enter if you will be starting law school for the first time in the fall of 2019.

Please fill out the online submission form and attach the essay. Essay must be double-spaced, standard margins, font size of 11 to 14 point, and attached as a PDF. Your name and the title of your essay must be included on every page. Pages must be numbered. Indicate word length at end of the essay. Please choose your own title; do not use the topic of the essay as the title. Do not attach a resume with your essay.