The Ed Mendrzycki Essay Contest
For Law Students and Young Lawyers
For Innovative Research and Writing on Lawyers’ Professional Liability
An Annual Competition
Concluding every April
$5,000 Prize & a free trip to the LPL National Legal Malpractice Conference!
Deadline for Submission
ONLINE entries MUST be submitted by 11:59 PM CST on February 20, 2015.
MAILED entries MUST be postmarked by February 20, 2015.
Contest Mission
The contest encourages original and innovative research and writing in the area of legal malpractice law, professional liability insurance and loss prevention.
Prize
- Cash award of $5,000.
- All expense paid trip to the Spring 2015 National Legal Malpractice Conference in Washington, DC, April 8-10, 2015.
Sponsors
The Ed Mendrzycki Essay Contest is conducted by the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Lawyers’ Professional Liability and the San Francisco law firm of Long & Levit LLP. The 2015 contest is administered and judged by a subcommittee designated by the ABA Standing Committee on Lawyers’ Professional Liability.
The Assignment
The 2015 Contest Essay Hypothetical involves liability issues arising from the breach of a law firm’s computer network and the subsequent leaking of a client’s confidential information.
The contest is open to members of the ABA Young Lawyers Division and Law Student Division.
Details may be found at http://ambar.org/LPLEssayContest.