Law Day • Law Day Essay Winner
Law Day Race• Liberty Bell Award

Law Day Ceremony
MCBA's President,
Thomas V. Casale, Esquire:


MCBA President Thomas V. Casale thanked the many Monroe County Bar Association Attorneys who participated in the Fairy Tale Mock Trials conducted in five courtrooms of the Monroe County Courthouse in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. Also acknowledged were the family and friends of the Law Day Essay Contest winners and Liberty Bell Award recipient

President Casale was especially pleased by the support and participation of the MCBA Young Lawyers' Division for their outstanding fundraising efforts for the American Cancer Society's "Relay for Life". Events include a relay race weekend marathon and a bake sale.

 
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Law Day - An Overview

By Robert M. Maskrey, Jr. Esquire

Law Day U.S. A. was instituted in 1957 by Charles S. Rhyne, then President of the American Bar Association. President Dwight D. Eisenhower established Law Day by presidential proclamation in 1958. On this occasion he said, "It is fitting that the American people should remember with pride and vigilantly guard the great heritage of liberty, justice and equality under law. .It is our moral and civic obligation as free men and as Americans to preserve and strengthen that great heritage.

The Monroe County Bar Association celebrates Law Day with a combination of many activities involving attorneys and members of the community.

Local area fifth grade students are invited to attend a fairy tale mock trial at the Monroe County Courthouse. Each year local attorneys present a "fairy tale" trial to over 500 youngsters. Many disreputable characters have been tried on Law Day over the past years including the Big Bad Wolf, Pokemon and Darth Vader.

A formal Law Day Ceremony follows the Fairy Tale Mock Trial at a local eatery with the local judiciary and attorneys in attendance. During the ceremony, an award for the best essay written by a Monroe County high school student on the Law Day theme is presented. The top three winners of the contest receive a monetary award. In addition, the first place contestant reads his or her essay at the Law Day Ceremony held at the the Monroe County Courthouse.

 
Essay Contest Winner - John E. Linder

Click here To read the award winning 2007 Law Day Essay

Click here For the 2008 Essay Themes for Superintendents

Click here for most current and previous years' Law Day Essay Contest Winners.




YLD President, Amy Kruzel, Esquire introduces 3rd Place Winner of the Law Day Essay Contest.		  









2007 Liberty Bell Award Winner - U.S. Marine Master Sgt. Robert Yarnall.

2007 Liberty Bell Award Winner

The presentation of the Liberty Bell award concludes the Law Day ceremony. The Liberty Bell award recognizes community service by non-lawyers who have strengthened the American system of freedom under law.

Click here for U.S. Marine Master Sgt. Robert Yarnall Biography

Click here to view a list of Liberty Bell Award Winners

Click here for 2008 Nomination form for Liberty Bell Award Recipient













Law Day Race

Click Here for The 2008 25th Annual RACE JUDICATA -- Law Day 5-Mile Race
and 5K Fun-Run/Walk Registration Form
To Benefit The Greg Moyer Defibrillator Fund
in memory of Greg Moyer and Attorney Lester T. Brown

Edwin Krawitz,Esq., Chairman of the Law Day Race Committee .

The 24th Annual Race Judicata Law Day Five-Mile Race and 5K Fun-Run/Walk to benefit the Pocono Mountain Kidney Foundation was held on Sunday, April 27, 2007, at 10AM. The race started at the Morey Elementary School, 1044 West Main Street, Stroudsburg with check-in at 8:30 A.M., rain or shine


 The race heads west, on Dreher Avenue and into the area of the Glenbrook Country Club, and then back to the start. The course is generally flat along the picturesque area, becoming rural road with hills between one and three miles and downhill and flat to the finish.

Awards were given to male and female overall winners and to the top 3 in the following age groups (men and women):10-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, and also the top 3 male and top 3 female lawyers and Judges.

Click Here to view more of the 2007 Judicata Racers & Category Winners
All proceeds benefit the Pocono Mountain Kidney Foundation. There are lots of great give-aways for participants, including a $100.00 Savings Bond. The first 75 to enter receive official long-sleeve race shirts.



Entry forms can be obtained by calling or writing the Monroe County Bar Association at (570) 424-7288, 913 Main Street, Stroudsburg, PA 18360, or downloaded (about a month prior to the scheduled race).







From Start to Finish this race is a winner!
So run, walk, stroll, jog, skip,CRAWL...do whatever to the  Law Day Race at the Morey Elementary School in Stroudsburg.

You'll feel great, and not just from the exercise!