Free Scholarship: NORML Seminar In Aspen For Marijuana Activists And Attorneys
April 4th, 2009 By: Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive DirectorShare this Article
Colorado NORML is pleased to announce the second annual Hunter S. Thompson Scholarship to attend the NORML Aspen Legal Seminar!
The NORML Legal Committee’s Annual Aspen Conference (which is a continuing legal education seminar for practicing lawyers) is scheduled for June 4th and 5th, 2009, at The Gant. Colorado NORML, is presenting the scholarship, which covers three nights lodging and the conference registration fee, to an attorney or cannabis law reform activist who, by written submission, demonstrates 1) a desire to improve public advocacy and/or trial skills related to representing cannabis consumers in the courts (criminal, medical, and more), 2) a demonstrated need for financial assistance to attend this year’s Aspen Legal Seminar.
The value of the scholarship is approximately $1000.00.
Some of the finest defense attorneys (and cannabis law reform activists) in the United States have been coming to NORML’s Aspen seminar for many years to learn, enjoy the inspired environs of beautiful Aspen in early summer–and to do so at VERY reasonable rates. This year’s seminar focuses on state and federal medical marijuana laws, and is a MUST educational opportunity for medical marijuana patients, providers, cultivators, as well as for criminal defense attorneys (and public defenders, who receive a discount to attend).
Check out this year’s informative and interesting schedule here. The social events, including a great, private dinner catered by Cache Cache’s Chris Lanter, are included with the scholarship. 
Criminal defense lawyers, public defenders, cannabis law reform activists, medical marijuana patients and their providers from the 13 states with medical cannabis laws are strongly encouraged to attend (HI, AK, WA, OR, CA, NV, NM, CO, MT, MI, RI, VT and ME).
Submission for this year’s Hunter Thompson Scholarship is by fax, mail or email. The scholarship is awarded by the CONORML board of directors, please direct your submissions ‘Attn: Steve Wells’ at: swells@conorml.org, (303) 725-0774 (f) by April 15, midnight Rocky Mountain High time–and we hope to announce the recipient of the scholarship on April 20th, 2009.
Colorado NORML
PO Box 492
Longmont, CO 80502
The submission word count rule will be strictly enforced. Submissions may be of any length…
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April 4th, 2009 at 9:51 am
‘The submission word count rule will be strictly enforced. Submissions may be of any length…’
What?
April 4th, 2009 at 4:02 pm
makes me happy !
April 4th, 2009 at 6:51 pm
AAAAHHHHH Aspen! Scholarship Awards add a nice touch of class and honor to meetings. Thanks NORML! I can’t wait to be strongly incouraged to attend your Seminars because I’m from Tennessee.
TN Bills SB 209 & HB 368
April 4th, 2009 at 7:12 pm
Maybe a Public Invite to all “lawyers”and then get them High near the mile high.LEGALIZE
April 4th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
Legit Potheadz…
But yall Ready know
April 5th, 2009 at 6:51 pm
For all you folks who were at Hash Bash in Ann Arbor yesterday, thanks for making it the best I have ever been to. The weather was great and the vibe was terrific. Be good
April 5th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
Wish I could make it. Hope Norml puts video of this seminar out, so we can all learn together and be on the same page.
April 5th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
If the County Sheriffs of Colorado has its way, law-enforcement agencies will soon be able to take your house, cars, cash and jewelry, sell it off and divvy up the proceeds quietly and privately among themselves. This organization, which lobbies for the interests of sheriffs across the state, is the force behind House Bill 1238, which rolls back a 2002 law guaranteeing Colorado residents reasonable protections against “asset forfeiture” — a fancy legal term for when the cops use the force of law to take your stuff
House Bill 1238, sponsored in the house by Rep. Joe Rice, D-Glendale, and in the Senate by Sen. Brandon Shaffer, D-Boulder, would wipe away the 2002 reforms that curbed law-enforcement abuses.
April 6th, 2009 at 12:45 am
How can the submission word count rule be strictly enforced when there is none?
April 6th, 2009 at 9:11 am
#9 David D Says:
April 6th, 2009 at 12:45 am
How can the submission word count rule be strictly enforced when there is none?
RE:
Perhaps a ‘wink’ emoticon following the word-count rule statement would clarify its meaning:
“The submission word count rule will be strictly enforced.
“
Submissions may be of any length…
April 6th, 2009 at 11:55 am
Anonymous! Thanks for the info….
April 6th, 2009 at 3:19 pm
CHECK THIS OUT……… http://www.thebongplace.com/blog/2009/04/
active-ingredient-in-marijuana-kills-brain-cancer-cells/
April 6th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
Millions of readers are showing up here at NORML’s blog and all we’re talking about is the word count for the past three days?
Mark Emery was right, we need to grow as many marijuana plants as we can to make a statement. Don’t laugh, plant your seeds where you know they’ll make a statement. I want to see so many wild pot plants growing that we all have the last laugh.
April 6th, 2009 at 10:52 pm
#8
How did Boulder elect an anti-pot crusader ? (Sen. Brandon Shaffer, D-Boulder). I thought Boulder was a hippi-college town ?
April 7th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
#13 Tennessee Activist Says:
April 6th, 2009 at 3:56 pm
…plant your seeds where you know they’ll make a statement. I want to see so many wild pot plants growing that we all have the last laugh.
RE:
But first, a song…..
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VwU_oS2ErQ
Slide-show:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sYNmkz8GqI
April 7th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
seminar
1887, from Ger. Seminar “group of students working with a professor,”
from L. seminarium “breeding ground, plant nursery”
(see seminary).
Sense of “meeting for discussion of a subject” first recorded 1944.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
seminar
November 6th, 2009 at 7:20 pm
what about 2010? is there going to be more seminars?