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5th Annual
Law Student Writing Competition
Submission Deadline - June 1, 2012
The Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys is pleased to announce the 5th Annual Law Student Writing Competition. Law students are eligible to participate in this competition by submitting a paper of publishable quality on a federal or Illinois health law issue.
Winners will be announced at the IAHA Annual Health Law Symposium in October 2012 at Navy Pier. The following prizes will be awarded:
First Place - $2,500
Second Place - $1,500
Third Place - $500
For more information and to submit a paper, access the contest rules and entry form. Winning papers will be considered for publication by the Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys and the Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy. Contact Diana Villagran if you have questions or need further information.
2011 IAHA Law Student Writing Competition Winners
- 1st Place: Caitlin Podbielski
Provena Covenant Medical Center v. The Department of Revenue: The Illinois Supreme Court's Unconstitutional Prescription for Health Policy and Possible Side Effects - 2nd Place: Sean Walter
In the Interest of Patient Care: The Need to Reject Illinois House Bill 30 on the Use of Medical Cannabis
Non-voting student membership is available to undergraduate and law students (JD candidates and full time LLM candidates) for $25 per year. Download student application form here.
The benefits of student membership include an excellent monthly newsletter; Quarterly Lectures on topics of current concern to the health care field; Annual Health Law Symposium; Annual Surveys of Health Law; and Access to the Member Listserve. These benefits make IAHA membership an invaluable tool for furthering students' substantive knowledge of health care law, not to mention the fabulous networking opportunities they offer for students to mingle with active members of the Illinois health care legal community.
IAHA is an Affiliate of the Illinois Hospital Association.
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