Law Day Essay ContestThe Law Day Essay Contest and Law Day Luncheon are jointly sponsored by the Nebraska State Bar Foundation, its Center for Law-Related Education, and the Nebraska Supreme Court. Each year this day is set aside to celebrate and enjoy our freedoms. It focuses on our heritage of liberty under law and how the rule of law makes our democracy possible.
The Bar Foundation is pleased that Omaha law firm McGrath North Mullin & Kratz, PC LLO again is sponsoring the Law Day Essay Contest Scholarship, now for the sixth year. Essay-contest winners in grades 9-12 will be entered into a drawing for a 10-day session of the National Student Leadership Conference (NSLC). Holly Green of Northwest High School (Grand Island) was the 2011 recipient. The scholarship is valued at $2,695.
Winners from each grade level will be recognized at a Law Day Luncheon in Lincoln in April 30. Details on the program, which immediately follows the luncheon, will be released when they become available.
Invitations, as well as classroom resources, were sent to over 2,000 secondary teachers of Social Studies, English, and Business Law. The contest is open to all Nebraska students in grades 8-12.
The 2012 question is as follows:
For entry information, please see the Invitation Letter to the right.
The Law Day Essay Contest attracts essays from students across the state, competing by grade level, grades 8-12. By researching and writing about a topic related to the annual Law Day theme, students can gain a deeper understanding of and make a stronger connection with our heritage of liberty and the citizenship it requires to keep our country free.
The Essay Contest culminates each May on Law Day (on or near May 1). Winners are selected from each grade level, and they, their teachers and parents are invited to a special recognition luncheon on Law Day in Lincoln. Students are not asked to read their essays; however, copies of the writers’ winning work are bound and displayed at the luncheon.
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Law Day Essay Contest and Luncheon
In its thirteenth year, the Law Day Essay Contest, co-sponsored by the Bar Foundation and the Nebraska Supreme Court, continues to engage 8-12 grade students from across Nebraska. The question drew upon current events and the 2012 Nebraska Law Day theme, Democracy and the Duty to Vote.Winners from each grade level will be recognized at a Law Day Luncheon in Lincoln in April 30. Details on the program, which immediately follows the luncheon, will be released when they become available.
Invitations, as well as classroom resources, were sent to over 2,000 secondary teachers of Social Studies, English, and Business Law. The contest is open to all Nebraska students in grades 8-12.
The 2012 question is as follows:
In many United States elections, less than one in four registered voters actually vote. Also, not all citizens who are eligible to vote actually register to exercise this important right.
In Nebraska, even in the 2008 and 2004 general elections, which included voting for president, the number of citizens actually voting was no better than 3 of every 4 registered voters.
QUESTION: In this 2012 presidential election year and in all other elections, what do you think should be done to increase the number of registered voters and voter turnout?
For entry information, please see the Invitation Letter to the right.
The Law Day Essay Contest attracts essays from students across the state, competing by grade level, grades 8-12. By researching and writing about a topic related to the annual Law Day theme, students can gain a deeper understanding of and make a stronger connection with our heritage of liberty and the citizenship it requires to keep our country free.
The Essay Contest culminates each May on Law Day (on or near May 1). Winners are selected from each grade level, and they, their teachers and parents are invited to a special recognition luncheon on Law Day in Lincoln. Students are not asked to read their essays; however, copies of the writers’ winning work are bound and displayed at the luncheon.
