Any current student at an American or Canadian law school may submit an essay on any legal ethics topic. The essays that are submitted to the competition will be judged on their clarity, coherence, creativity, insight and mastery of the rules and cases relevant to the topic of the essay in question. Please note the submission deadline is Friday, April 24, 2015. The best submission on any legal ethics topic will win a $2,500 prize.
More information: http://www3.nd.edu/~ndlaw/writing_competitions/smith_doheny.pdf