SBM launches new Law Day contest
The State Bar of Michigan is starting a new Law Day tradition in 2012 by launching a statewide contest to highlight the theme “Michigan: No Courts, No Justice, No Freedom,” utilizing SBM's Michigan Legal Milestones.
Michigan Legal Milestones is a 25-year-old program that commemorates important jurists and court cases contributing to our rich legal history. Bronze plaques detailing the background and importance of each case, event, or personality have been placed at the site of 36 milestones to date.
To participate, contestants should familiarize themselves with the milestones and tie those that are appropriate into the 2012 Law Day theme in a creative project. Examples of acceptable projects include dramatic or musical plays, debates, video game designs, essays, podcasts, commentaries, re-enactments, mock trials, short documentaries, and more.
“The idea behind this unique contest is to promote greater public understanding of the law and to create more partnership opportunities for lawyers and the community at large,” SBM President Julie Fershtman said. “Lawyers and local bar associations can get started by collaborating with schools, community adult or youth groups, colleges, universities, and law schools."
Winning projects will be those that most effectively illuminate or dramatize the significance of the Michigan Legal Milestone and its relationship to the role of the courts and /or an understanding of the role of the judiciary in Michigan’s constitutional democracy. Electronic submissions highly encouraged.
Cash prizes include: top prize $1,000 (one winner); second prize $750 (two winners) and third prize $500 (up to 3 winners). All winning submissions will be eligible for statewide recognition as a Michigan Model Law Day project as well as for entry into the American Bar Association (ABA) Law Day awards competition. Michigan’s 2012 Law Day theme closely parallels the ABA’s. This year marks the 225th anniversary of the U.S. Constitution.
The contest is overseen by the Law Day subcommittee of SBM’s Law-Related Education and Public Outreach Committee, which Bart O’Neill and Margaret Krasnoff head.
Contest entry deadline is 5 p.m., April 7, 2012. For more details visit: http://www.michbar.org/programs/lawday/home.cfm or e-mail lawday@mail.michbar.
org. Questions? Contact Media/
Public Relations Manager Naseem Stecker, 517-367-6428, nstecker@mail.michbar.
org or Media Specialist Samantha Meinke, 517-346-6332, smeinke@mail.michbar.
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