Smith-Doheny Legal Ethics Writing Competition

The Smith-Doheny Legal Ethics Writing Competition, sponsored by Notre Dame Law School and administered through the Program on Ethics, Compliance & Inclusion, invites submissions on any issue within the general category of legal ethics.  Any current American or Canadian law student may submit an essay with a minimum of 5,000 words and maximum of 15,000 words, inclusive of footnotes.  Essays must be original, unpublished work.  Co-authored essays may be submitted.  Essays will be judged on their clarity, coherence, creativity, insight, and mastery of the rules and cases relevant to the topic of the essay.  The submission deadline is Wednesday, June 1, 2022, at 5:00 p.m.  The best submission will receive a prize of $2,500.

You can find further information about the competition, including submission details, at http://www.law.nd.edu/smith-doheny.