2013
H St., NW ● Washington, DC 20006 ● (202) 659-4363
http://nosmokingcontest.org
New
and Unique Nonsmokers' Rights Legal Research and Advocacy Competition
■ You enter by submitting only a
1000-word summary of your idea. No additional writing of any kind is
required.
■ Thirty-three (33) cash prizes will
be awarded, including $5,000 for First Place, and $3,000 for Second
Place.
■ Thirty (30) law students will
receive $1000 travel grants to come to Washington DC for a World
Conference.
■ The DEADLINE is May 1, 2010, but you
should register early and receive full instructions by email.
This contest is unique because:
■ Many of the
entries – including all 30 finalists – will be published on the
Internet where they can be found, cited to, and read by prospective
employers and others.
■ Competitors help
develop strategy in real public interest legal cases involving
nonsmokers’ rights, not just write legalistic papers. Your
research can make a difference and save a life!
■ All entrants may
attend the 7th World Conference on Nonsmokers' Rights in Washington,
DC, held June 12-13, 2010 in Washington DC at the GWU Law School.
All thirty (30) finalists will receive $1,000 travel grants.
■ Entrants need
submit only a 1000-word summary of their proposal via email. No
additional written submissions are required.
■ Winners will be
selected only after an oral presentation, and an opportunity to respond
to questions. It's not a legal research and writing competition,
but, much better, a legal research and oral advocacy competition.
■ The sponsoring
organization and the judges are experienced public interest lawyers who
are looking for hard-hitting realistic suggestions, not fancy
pie-in-the-sky law-review-type footnoted legal writing.
The contest is sponsored by the
Seventh World Conference on Nonsmokers Rights, the National Center for
Nonsmokers' Rights, and Law Professor John F. Banzhaf III of the George
Washington University Law School.
The purpose of this contest is to
encourage law students to think about, research, write about, and
advocate new ideas for using a legal or law-related actions
(e.g., a novel law suit, administrative action, legislative approach,
guidance or assistance to others to sue, etc.) designed to be
particularly effective in advancing and/or protecting the rights of
nonsmokers, primarily by protecting them from exposure to tobacco smoke
pollution.
For complete information, including
the contest rules, copies of prior winning papers, ideas for new
proposals, and instructions about submitting your entry, please
send an email to: info2010@nosmokingcontest.org
Please don’t delay, as some travel
grants will be awarded before May 1, 2010. Send an email today to get complete
information about submitting your entry and other matters.