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Legal Malpractice Law & Lawyers' Professional Liability
Sponsors: American Bar Association Standing Committee on Lawyers' Professional Liability & Long & Levit, LLP
Topic: The 2024 essay hypothetical(closed)involved "multiple ethical and professional liability concerns that arise when a law firm adopts an artificial intelligence software platform to assist its lawyers in providing legal services to its clients."
Format in 2024 was: "Essay Hypothetical" "Entrants must use the American Bar Association's Model Rule of Professional Conduct for their essays."
Eligibility requirements for 2024 Edward C. Mendrzycki Award included: "The contest is open to Young Lawyers Division or Law Student Division members of the American Bar Association, in good standing as of February 1, 2024, as indicated in the membership records of the Association. Excluded from the competition are: previous winners; current ABA officers and members of the Board of Governors; employees of the ABA or its sections, divisions, and committees; and officers and employees of the American Bar Foundation or the American Bar Endowment."
Prize for winner of the 2024 Edward C. Mendrzycki Award was: "A cash prize of $5,000. Round-trip airfare and two-night stay at the New Orleans Marriott to attend the Spring 2024 National Legal Malpractice Conference, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Complimentary registration to attend all educational programming sessions at the Spring 2024 National Legal Malpractice Conference."
