About the 2021 Competition
In keeping with Roy Snell’s keen interest in practical, realistic, and user-centered communication, as well as a commitment to efficiency and clarity in writing, this demanding competition requires students to analyze a hypothetical fact pattern (the Competition Problem) involving an organization facing multifaceted health care regulatory/compliance matters. Students analyzed facts presented, identified any and all regulatory/compliance concerns, and advised the recipient in the problem by drafting two separate internal memoranda to two different recipients within the organization.
2021 marked the 2nd Annual Roy Snell Health Care Regulatory & Compliance Writing Competition. The competition attracted students from law schools nationwide and the submissions were outstanding! All submissions were judged by a panel of independent legal and compliance experts. Neither the entrant’s identity nor academic institution was known to the judges. Top honors were awarded to the following students:
1st Place: Laura Cummings (Mitchell Hamline School of Law)
2nd Place: Megan Mason (Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law)
3rd Place: Douglass Brown (Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law)
Judging Panel
Shirley Qual
VP of Compliance Operations & Chief Compliance Audit Officer, Retired
Michael Loucks
Partner, Health Care and Life Sciences, Skadden, Arps, Slate,
Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates
Kristin Rand JD, MA
Head, Corporate Compliance & Global Risk Officer
Moderna
Mark Gardner, MBA, JD
Managing Attorney
Gardner Law
Gabriel Imperato, JD
Managing Partner
Nelson Mullins
Schools That Participated in 2021
Belmont University College of Law
Case Western Reserve University
Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law
Georgia State University College of Law
Maurice A Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Penn State Dickinson Law
Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
SMU Dedman School of Law
St. John’s University School of Law
Temple University, Beasley School of Law
University of Kentucky College of Law
University of Minnesota Law School
University of North Carolina School of Law
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV
About the Competition Sponsor
The Roy Snell Health Care Regulatory & Compliance Writing Competition is made possible in part by generous support from the Health Care Compliance Association. The HCCA champions ethical practice and compliance standards and provides necessary resources for healthcare professionals and others who share those principles.