Matsui Writing Competition

 

The Robert T. Matsui Annual Writing Competition was established by 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 community.

A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley and the Hastings College of Law, Congressman Matsui was first elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1978 from Sacramento, California.  He won re-election to Congress thirteen times.  Congressman Matsui was a strong supporter of AEF, serving as the keynote speaker for the AEF’s Annual Benefit Dinner in 1997 and again in 2003.

AEF is now calling for submissions for the 2024-2025 Robert T. Matsui Writing Competition. The submission portal will be available in early December 2024.

If you would like to be considered, please prepare to submit your written work by Sunday, March 16, 2025. For inquiries or questions, please contact applications@aefdc.org. 

Submissions must be original works and not previously published, and be between 6,000 and 20,000 words. Submissions should address a legal topic of importance to the Asian Pacific American community. 

The winner will receive a $2,000 award and the winning entry will be published by the UCLA Asian Pacific American Law Journal (APALJ), subject to APALJ’s standard editorial process and copyright policy.  APALJ’s editorial process may require additional substantive edits prior to publication.