{"id":9977,"date":"2019-09-18T06:52:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T10:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actec.org\/press-releases\/\/"},"modified":"2023-09-26T21:40:26","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T01:40:26","slug":"the-actec-foundation-announces-mary-moers-wenig-2019-student-writing-competition-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actec.org\/press-releases\/the-actec-foundation-announces-mary-moers-wenig-2019-student-writing-competition-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"The ACTEC Foundation Announces Mary Moers Wenig 2019 Student Writing Competition Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Contact: Pamela Goldsmith, pam.goldsmith@actec.org<\/a>, 202.465.8270         <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington, DC, Sept. 18, 2019:<\/strong> The American College of Trust and Estate Counsel (ACTEC) Foundation today announced the 2019 winners of the Mary Moers Wenig Student Writing Competition. Five law students were selected among twelve entries received and reviewed by a panel of judges appointed by the Legal Education Committee of the College.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ACTEC Foundation supports the annual, legal writing competition to encourage law students to create scholarly works in the area of trusts and estates. The first place winner receives a full tuition scholarship to the Heckerling Graduate Program in Estate Planning at the University of Miami School of Law for either the 2019-2020 or 2020-2021 academic year, a $5,000 cash award and will have their work published in the ACTEC Law Journal. Candidates must apply and be admitted as full-time students to be considered for the scholarship. The second place winner receives a $3,000 cash award, online publication \u2014 featuring their work on ACTEC\u2019s website \u2014and possible publication in the ACTEC Law Journal. The Competition\u2019s third place recipient is awarded $1,000, online publication on ACTEC\u2019s website and possible publication of their work in the ACTEC Law Journal. Honorable mentions usually receive a $500 cash award. The ACTEC Foundation has awarded more than $134,000 to the competition over 14 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2019 first place winner, Robert Daily, a second-year law student at the University of Georgia School of Law, said, \u201cI am incredibly honored to win the 2019 Mary Moers Wenig Student Writing Competition. I enjoyed researching and writing about the deductibility of family office investment expenses and am pleased to know that others appreciated it. I hope to continue exploring this topic as I begin my position in September at Ivins, Phillips & Barker, a tax boutique law firm in Washington D.C. I am grateful to the ACTEC Foundation for their time, effort and generous monetary contributions in connection with this competition.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2019 Mary Moers Wenig Student Writing Competition Winners are:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n