The ABA Journal/Ross Writing Contest for Short Legal Fiction honors original works of fiction that illuminate the role of law and/or lawyers in modern life.
Michigan lawyer Lance Hendrickson has been selected winner of the ABA Journal/Ross Contest for Short Fiction. Culled from more than 135 entries, Hendrickson’s short story, “It’s Legal, There,” traces the fictional case of a woman accused of killing her child two years after the fact. The judges said Hendrickson’s story…