{"id":7072,"date":"2015-01-28T18:15:11","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T21:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/?p=7072"},"modified":"2015-01-28T18:15:11","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T21:15:11","slug":"ed-mendrzycki-essay-contest-for-law-students-and-young-lawyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/?p=7072","title":{"rendered":"Ed Mendrzycki Essay Contest For Law Students and Young Lawyers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>For Innovative Research and Writing on Lawyers&#8217; Professional Liability <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>An Annual Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Concluding every April<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>$5,000 Prize &amp; a free trip to the LPL National Legal Malpractice Conference!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Contest Deadline &amp; Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Deadline for Submission<\/span>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ONLINE entries MUST be submitted by 11:59 PM CST on <strong>February 20, 2015<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>MAILED entries MUST be postmarked by <strong>February 20, 2015.<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Contest Mission<\/span>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The contest encourages original and innovative research and writing in the area of legal malpractice law, professional liability insurance and loss prevention.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Prize<\/span>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>* Cash award of <strong>$5,000<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>* All expense paid trip to the Spring 2015 National Legal Malpractice Conference in Washington, DC, April 8-10, 2015.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sponsors<\/span>:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Ed Mendrzycki Essay Contest is conducted by the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Lawyers\u2019 Professional Liability and the San Francisco law firm of Long &amp; Levit LLP. The 2015 contest is administered and judged by a subcommittee designated by the ABA Standing Committee on Lawyers\u2019 Professional Liability.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Assignment<\/span>:<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanbar.org\/content\/aba\/groups\/lawyers_professional_liability\/awards\/the_assignment_essay_hypothetical.html\">2015 Contest Essay Hypothetical<\/a> involves liability issues arising from the breach of a law firm\u2019s computer network and the subsequent leaking of a client\u2019s confidential information.<\/p>\n<p>View the <a title=\"link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.americanbar.org\/groups\/lawyers_professional_liability\/awards.html\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a> for additional information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Innovative Research and Writing on Lawyers&#8217; Professional Liability An Annual Competition Concluding every April $5,000 Prize &amp; a free trip to the LPL National Legal Malpractice Conference! Contest Deadline &amp; Information Deadline for Submission: ONLINE entries MUST be submitted by 11:59 PM CST on February 20, 2015. 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