2012 Bert W. Levit Essay Contest
Deadline
Description
The Bert W. Levit Essay Contest is sponsored by the Standing Committee on Lawyers' Professional Liability of the American Bar Association to generate interest and ideas among law students and young lawyers on topics in the area of lawyers' professional liability.
The winner of the Levit Essay Contest will be awarded a cash prize of $5,000 and an all-expenses-paid trip to New York City in April 2012, including free admission to the Committee's National Legal Malpractice Conference. This year's contest hypothetical involves an international law firm and an ethics question concerning how the firm handles engagement letters, office restructuring, and taking on new matters in a cross-jurisdictional scenario. The postmark deadline for submission of entries is February 17, 2012. Contest rules and information, as well as the contest hypothetical, are posted online at http://bit.ly/Levit2012. The contest is open to law students and young lawyers who will have enrolled as members of the American Bar Association no later than February 17, 2012. Law students wishing to enroll may do so at http://apps.americanbar.org/join/led_enroll/ls_enroll.cfm, or by calling 800-285-2221.
