12.15.2009

2010 Bert W. Levit Essay Contest

The American Bar Association Standing Committee on Lawyers' Professional Liability and the San Francisco law firm of Long & Levit LLP is sponsoring the The 2010 Bert W. Levit Essay Contest. The 2010 contest is administered and judged by a subcommittee designated by the ABA Standing Committee on Lawyers' Professional Liability.

The essay contest topic this year concerns pleading and proof burdens, in a legal malpractice case, on the issue of collectability of damages in the underlying case.

For the essay contest hypothetical and rules, please click here.  The postmark deadline is February 19, 2010.


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 15, 2010.  To enroll, click here.

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