3L R. David Hahn Wins ABA Administrative Law Writing Competition

The American Bar Association’s Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice recently named R. David Hahn ’18 winner of the 2018 Gellhorn-Sargentich Law Student Essay Award Competition.

Created in 2006, the competition honors the memory of Ernest Gellhorn, a distinguished law dean, administrative law professor, and practitioner who was chair of the section and Thomas Sargentich, a distinguished administrative law professor at American University’s Washington College of Law. The competition was designed to encourage law students to attract students to administrative law practice fields and to encourage scholarship.

Hahn’s paper focused on balancing impartiality and accountability in the IRS Office of Appeals.

Hahn will receive a check for $5,000 and be recognized at the 2018 ABA Administrative Law Conference in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 2.