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Scribes was founded in 1951 to encourage legal writers to promote excellence in legal writing.
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Scribes—The American Society of Legal Writers congratulates the winners of its 2025 Brief-Writing Award, a national honor recognizing exceptional legal writing by law students in interscholastic moot court competitions.
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Scribes—The American Society of Legal Writers—is pleased to announce the winners of its 2025 Law Review Article Award, which honors the best student-written article published in a law review or journal. Since 1987, Scribes has presented this award annually to recognize excellence in legal writing, research, and scholarly contribution.
This year’s winners are:
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