National Center for Nonsmokers’ Rights
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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.