papers written by law school students on an employee benefits topic may be entered in the 21st annual American College of Employee Benefits Counsel (ACEBC®) Employee Benefits Writing Competition between February 4, 2025 and June 1, 2025. ACEBC® will recognize up to two winning papers with cash awards of $2,500 each. ACEBC® will also pay travel and lodging expenses to the winning authors to attend the ACEBC® annual meeting in Charleston, South Carolina on November 7 and 8, 2025. The primary purposes of the writing competition are to encourage legal scholarship in areas of concern or interest in the employee benefits field and to foster interest in promising students in the practice of employee benefits law.
We encourage any interested law school student, including LLM or SJD candidates, to submit a paper on a legal topic of the student’s choice in the field of employee benefits or executive compensation. Students may check the ACEBC® website for additional information, including the official rules and a list of winning papers over the years, at ACEBC Employee Benefits Writing Competition for Law Students | ACEBC or direct specific questions to Frances King Quick at fquick@maynardnexsen.com with a copy to sstewart@maynardnexsen.com. Past writing competitions have received papers from students at schools across the nation. Last year’s winners were from the University of Chicago Law School and the University of Cincinnati College of Law.