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Historical Society announces writing competition

October 13, 2025

The California Supreme Court Historical Society has issued a call for submissions for its latest annual Selma Moidel Smith Student Writing Competition. (I serve on the Society’s board of directors.)

The top three judged papers receive cash prizes and are published in the Society’s annual journal, California Legal History. Also, the winning authors are celebrated at an awards ceremony.

Full details about this year’s competition are here.

The Society recently announced the winners of the last competition.

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