2010 Bert W. Levit Essay Contest
Deadline
Description
The ABA Standing Committee on Lawyers' Professional Liability is sponsoring the 2010 Bert W. Levit Essay Contest. The contest is held annually to generate interest and ideas among law students and young lawyers on topics in the area of lawyers' professional liability. The winner of the contest will be awarded a prize of $5000 as well as an all-expenses-paid trip to Washington D.C. to attend the Committee's National Legal Malpractice Conference and receive the prize. The contest is support by Long & Levit LLP.
The essay contest is accepting entries now. The deadline for submission is February 19, 2010. The contest is open to law students and young lawyers who will have enrolled as members of the ABA no later than February 15, 2010.
The essay contest this year concerns pleading and proof burdens in a legal malpractice case on the issue of collectibility of damages in the underlying case. For the essay contest hypothetical and rules visit www.abanet.org/legalservices/lpl/levit/levit.html or call 312/988-5763.