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No Courts | No Justice | No Freedom 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 2012 Law Day theme is "No Courts | No Justice | No Freedom." Americans have long looked to our courts as guardians of our fundamental liberties, protectors of the rights of individuals and political minorities, and arbiters of the Constitution and laws of the land. The more people know about the courts, the greater their esteem for judicial institutions. The 2012 Law Day theme "No Courts, No Justice, No Freedom" provides the opportunity to highlight the role of the nation’s courts in our constitutional democracy and to foster public understanding about the judiciary. To appreciate this year's theme, it is important to consider what "courts" are and what the principles of "justice" and "freedom" represent. In short, it is essential to understand that without our courts, we would have neither justice nor freedom. One can begin that process of understanding by looking at how these terms are defined legally: Court: A governmental body consisting Click here for the 2012 Entry Form Flyer
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 March 21, 2012. · 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 – "No Courts | No Justice | No Freedom." · All mediums accepted. Creativity is awarded. · 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. For more information, please contact Krissa Dobbins Easley at keasley@msbar.org Click Here for the 2011 Statewide Winners
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