Bert W. Levit Essay Contest 2008

Type: Essay Contest

Eligibility: Open to Young Lawyers' Division or Law Student Division members of the ABA, in good standing as of February 16, 2008, according to the membership records of the Association.

Deadline: February 22, 2008

How to Enter the Contest:
The 2008 Contest Essay Hypothetical relates to the legal standards controlling legal malpractice claims brought by persons convicted of crimes. Entries should be written as scholarly essays. All entries must be prepared for this contest and not previously published. Each entrant is required to assign to the ABA all rights, title and interest in the essay submitted. It is the policy of the ABA, however, to release all assigned rights in all but the winning essay.
Essays should not exceed 3,000 words, including quoted matter and citations. Footnotes are not permitted and citations should be incorporated into the main text.
The essay should be typewritten double-spaced on 8 1/2 " x 11" pages.
If you would like to submit your entry electronically, you will need to fill out and submit the Contest Entry & Agreement Form (Online) with your essay attached. Your essay should not exceed 2.5 MB and should be in one of the following formats: MS Word, Word Perfect, Adobe PDF, TXT, RTF, or HTML. If you would prefer to submit your entry by mail, you will need to download, print, and fill out one of our paper Contest Entry & Agreement Form. The completed form, and two copies of your essay should be mailed first-class, without folding, to:
American Bar Association
LPL Levit Essay Contest
Rochelle Betts
FL 19
321 North Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60610

Prizes:
$5,000 prize & a free trip to the Spring 2008 National Legal Malpractice Conference in Boston, Massachusetts.

URL Contest: American Bar Association