WRITING COMPETITION update:


HOGAN/SMOGER ACCESS TO JUSTICE ESSAY COMPETITION [DEADLINE: APR. 30, 2018 BY 11:59 P.M. ET]

The Hogan/Smoger Access to Justice Essay Competition is sponsored by R. Ben Hogan III of Hogan Law Office, PC, in Birmingham, AL, and Gerson H. Smoger of Smoger & Associates in Dallas, TX, and Oakland, CA. It is administered by Public Citizen. 

Eligibility: Open to all current law students and all masters of law students. Co-authored submissions are eligible. Each submission must be an original, unpublished academic work, but simultaneous submissions will be accepted.

Topic: Non-disclosure provisions in Settlement Agreements: Should courts enforce public policy disfavoring them?

Awards: $5,000

Submission guidelines: (1) Email as Microsoft Word documents; (2) may be full-length law review articles or shorter academic essays; (3) should use footnotes (not endnotes); (4) between 6,000 – 25,000 words (not including footnotes)

Complete details: Available @ citizen.org/www.citizen.org/law-school-contest

Contact: Amanda Fleming @ afleming@citizen.org or @ 202.588.7734