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Law Day Art Contest
2013 Winners' Artwork Photo Gallery
Each year the legal community and people across the nation celebrate Law Day USA on May 1. Law Day provides an opportunity for all Americans to celebrate and learn about our country's court system.
The Mississippi Bar's 2013 Law Day theme is - Realizing the Dream: Equality for All
The year 2013 marks the 150th anniversary of the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation. In 1963, during the Proclamation's centennial, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood in front of the Lincoln Memorial and called upon our nation to live up to the great promise, enshrined in its founding documents, of equality for all. Five decades later, the inspirational words of Rev. Dr. King's "I Have a Dream" speech continue to resonate and challenge us to live up to our national ideal of equality under the law. The legacy of the Civil Rights Movement can be seen in the strides that have been made against discrimination based on race, gender, ethnicity, national origin, religion, age, disability, and sexual orientation.
Law Day, May 1, 2013, will provide an opportunity to explore the movement for civil and human rights in America and the impact it has had in promoting the ideal of equality under the law. It will provide a forum for reflecting on the work that remains to be done in rectifying injustice, eliminating all forms of discrimination, and putting an end to human trafficking and other violations of our basic human rights. As Rev. Dr. King pointed out in his Letter from a Birmingham Jail, "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Contest Rules:
- 1st -3rd place awards will be presented to winners at each school. 1st place winners from each school will be judged for statewide awards.
- The contest will be judged at each grade level (K - 12).
- Statewide winners will be presented with award certificates and
artwork will be displayed in the Capitol during Law Week,
May 1-2nd, and also presented in the summer issue of The Mississippi Lawyer magazine. - Artwork must be submitted on an 11" x 14" poster board (1/4 of a standard-sized poster board) and received by April 5, 2013.
- Artwork must be student's own work; no tracings, no glitter, no coloring pages from internet or anywhere else where outlines are already drawn.
- Artwork must reflect the theme - Realizing the Dream: Equality for All
- All mediums accepted. Creativity is awarded. Color is preferred.
- Each 11" x 14" poster must have the label from the flyer (which can be enlarged) affixed to the back of the artwork that provides the required judging and contact information.
- Organize Entries by grade before submitting.
For more information, please contact Krissa Dobbins Easley at keasley@msbar.org
2013 Law Day Art Contest Flyer
2013 Statewide Winners List & 2013 Winners' Artwork Photo Gallery