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Contest Past Winners

2005 WINNERS

FIRST PLACE
Capt Charles G. Kels, USAF, Los Angeles Air Force Base
Back to the Future: A Return to First Principles (PDF)

SECOND PLACE
Mr. Davis G. Yee, San Francisco
The Statutory Creation of LAMP Posts: The Lanterns of Legal Assistance to Military Personnel (PDF)

2004 WINNERS

FIRST PLACE
Rebecca Cates Moody, Robins Air Force Base, GA
The Legal Assistance Attorney Faces the Domestic Violence Giant (PDF)

SECOND PLACE
1st Lt. Todd Gregory Monahan, USMCR, Havelock NC
Reviving the Creative Spark: The Mission Tactics of Legal Assistance (PDF)

2003 WINNERS

FIRST PLACE
Linda Strite Murnane, Air Force Legal Services Agency

SECOND PLACE
Duncan Dayton Aukland, Ohio Adjutant General's Dept.

2002 WINNERS

FIRST PLACE
Steven Chucala, Chief of Client Services, Fort Belvoir, VA
Do We Dare to Think Outside the Box? The Greatest Challenge Facing Legal Assistance (PDF)

SECOND PLACE
Jonathan Andrew Mitchell, NLSO SE, Mayport, FL
From Start to Finish: A Legal Assistance Attorney's Proposal (PDF)

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The essay submissions offered above do not reflect the opinion of the ABA or the Standing Committee on Legal Assistance for Military Personnel, and may have been edited for publication. Any information appearing in the text and tending to identify the author was redacted prior to judging.

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