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Mary Moers Wenig Student Writing Competition

The ACTEC Foundation is proud to support this annual legal writing competition to encourage law students to create scholarly works in the area of trusts and estates. The competition is open to any law student in good standing (full-time or part-time) currently enrolled at the time of submission, or who was a student within the past 90-day period prior to submission as a J.D. or L.L.M. candidate, in an ABA-accredited law school within the U.S. or it's possessions.

1st Prize
A Full Tuition Scholarship to the Heckerling Graduate Program in Estate Planning at the University of Miami School of Law for the 2023-2024 or 2024-2025 academic year (candidates must apply and be admitted as full-time students to be considered for the scholarship), $5,000 award and publication in the ACTEC Law Journal.

2nd Prize
$3,000 award, online publication on the ACTEC Foundation's website, and possible publication in the ACTEC Law Journal.

3rd Prize
$1,000 award, online publication on the ACTEC Foundation's website, and possible publication in the ACTEC Law Journal.

Read the Official Competition Rules.