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Bert W. Levit Essay Contest

Sponsored by: ABA Standing Committee on Lawyers' Professional Liability and Long & Levit, LLP

Contest Home Contest Information & Rules The Assignment: Essay Hypothetical
Contest Winners Contest Flyer Contest Entry Form & Agreement


The 2010 Levit 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 Washington, D.C.!


Contest Deadline & Information

Deadline for Submission
ONLINE entries MUST be submitted by 11:59 PM CST on February 19, 2010.
MAILED entries MUST be postmarked by February 19, 2010.

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 2010 National Legal Malpractice Conference in Washington, D.C., April 14-16.

Sponsors
The Bert W. Levit 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 2010 contest is administered and judged by a subcommittee designated by the ABA Standing Committee on Lawyers' Professional Liability.

The Assignment
The 2010 Contest Essay Hypothetical relates to pleading and proof burdens, in a legal malpractice case, on the issue of collectibility of damages in the underlying case.

Read the 2009 Winning Entry

Read the 2009 Contest Hypothetical

Read the 2008 Winning Entry

2008 Contest Hypothetical


 

Updated: 11/09/2009

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