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July 7, 2025July 25, 2025

Federal Judicial Internships Available

The Honorable Dora L. Irizarry, U.S. District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, is accepting applications for Fall 2025 internships.

Qualifications:

Must be a rising second or third year law student.
Must have good grades.
Must have good research, writing, and analytical skills, although participation in Law Review or a Journal is not a prerequisite.
Military and/or other life/career experience is a plus.

Interested law students should forward their application package in PDF format as a single document via email to irizarry_chambers@nyed.uscourts.gov.

Application package must include:

One-page cover letter briefly describing why you are interested in a
legal career and why you are interested in an internship with Judge Irizarry specifically.
Resume.
Official law school transcript.
One recent writing sample no longer than 10 pages, double spaced. Journal or research articles will not be accepted.
Two to three letters of recommendation.

The deadline for receipt of materials is August 1, 2025.

Please note that, while these are not paid internships, the Judge will participate in any appropriate sponsored program that provides academic credit or stipends for interns.

If you have questions, please contact chambers at: 718-613-2150.

April 1, 2015

Matsui Writing Competition

The Matsui Writing Competition is open to all law students nationwide! Submissions are due June 1, 2015. The winner of the 2015 competition will receive $1,500 and the entry will be published in UCLA’s Law School Asian Pacific American Law Journal.

The Robert T. Matsui Annual Writing Competition was established by Asian Pacific American Bar Association Educational Fund (AEF) in 2005 to honor the late Congressman Robert T. Matsui and his many accomplishments. Through this writing competition, AEF seeks to encourage legal scholarship on issues of importance to the Asian Pacific American legal community and, more generally, the publication of law review articles on topics of relevance to racial and ethnic minorities and the law.

September 8, 2014December 4, 2018

June 3, 2014

2014 Asian American Writers’ Workshop Publishing Conference

You’re a writer. We know it. You know it.

This Sunday, June 8, at the Issue Project Room in Brooklyn, the Asian American Writers’ Workshop is hosting its 2014 Publishing Conference. We encourage all AABANY members interested in writing & being published to attend. AABANY members Helen Wan & Blossom Kan have already been published. Who says lawyers can’t be writers (or at least have their writing read beyond the courthouse or law firms)?

July 11, 2013

From the Historical Society of the New York Courts: Garfinkel Essay Contest Poll

What should the topic be for our 2014 contest?

With the generous support of Gloria and Barry Garfinkel, the Society has offered annually since 2008 The David A. Garfinkel Essay Contest established in memory of the Garfinkel’s son David. This contest targets students from community colleges across New York State, offering them the opportunity to submit essays on topics of New York legal history. The competition seeks to draw students with a wide range of interests in law, history, social science and general research writing. The grand prize is $1,500, and the CUNY & SUNY Community College Prizes are $1,000 each. The winners of the competition are honored on Law Day each year held in the magnificent courtroom of the New York Court of Appeals. Their families and professors are invited for a memorable day at the courthouse for the awards ceremony followed by a luncheon where they are graciously and warmly greeted by the Court of Appeals Judges.

January 30, 2013

AMERICAN CONSTITUTION SOCIETY WRITING COMPETITION

ACS and the University of Pennsylvania Law School ACS Chapter are pleased to announce the 2013 Constance Baker Motley National Student Writing Competition, an annual national student writing competition in honor of Constance Baker Motley, a civil rights attorney and the first African-American woman appointed to the federal bench. This competition seeks to encourage student scholarship that advances Judge Motley’s legacy by enhancing society’s understanding of progressive legal theories. The winner will be awarded $3,000 and an offer of publication in the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law. The two runners-up will receive $1,000 each. The submission deadline is Friday, February 22, 2013. Email questions to campus@acslaw.org.