2018 Hogan/Smoger Access to Justice $5,000 Essay Competition!

• Topic of the paper: focuses on non-disclosure provisions in Settlement Agreements. Students are asked to analyze if courts should enforce public policy disfavoring non-disclosure provisions?
• Content: Essay submissions are sought on the topic “Non-disclosure provisions in Settlement Agreements:  Should courts enforce public policy disfavoring them?”
• Eligibility: The competition is open to all current law students and all masters of law students. Co-authored submissions are eligible; if selected, the co-authors will share the prize. Each submission must be an original, unpublished academic work, but simultaneous submissions will be accepted. 
• Format: Submissions must be emailed as Microsoft Word documents. They may be full-length law review articles or shorter academic essays and should use footnotes (not endnotes). The word count may be between 6,000 and 25,000 words, not including footnotes. 
• Winning Submission and Prizes: The winner will be notified by email. The winner will receive $5,000. Only one winning paper will be chosen and only one prize awarded.
• Submission Deadline: Submissions must be emailed on or before Saturday, April 30, 2018, at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, to Amanda Fleming at afleming@citizen.org. Papers emailed after this date will not be considered.
• All of the details and application information are available on https://www.citizen.org/www.citizen.org/law-school-contest