Selection Criteria:
The Advocates' Society will award a prize of $2,500 to the author of a previously unpublished, advocacy-related article, judged for its merit by a panel. The winning submission will be published in The Advocates' Journal. In recognition of the effort David made to advance the careers of younger members of the profession, we particularly encourage submissions from lawyers in their first 10 years of practice.
The recipient of the award must be a lawyer in good standing with the Law Society of the respective province or territory in which they practice and is not required to be a member of The Advocates' Society. Articles must be a maximum of 3,500 words in length, submitted electronically in Word format.