Annual Events

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

2008 Law Day Ceremony
MCBA's President,
Gerard J. Geiger, Esquire:

MCBA President Gerard J. Geiger 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.

Pictured above President Geiger stands with Judge Margherita Patti Worthington of the Forty-Third Judicial District Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Judge Worthington presented the 2008 Liberty Bell Award.

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.

Click here For the 2009 Essay Themes for Superintendents

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

2008 Liberty Bell Award Winner - Rev. Dr. Thomas E. Richards, Jr..

2008 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 Rev. Dr. Thomas E. Richards, Jr. Biography

Click here to view a list of Liberty Bell Award Winners

Click here for 2009 Nomination form for Liberty Bell Award Recipient

Law Day Race

The 2008 25th Annual RACE JUDICATA -- Law Day 5-Mile Race
and 5K Fun-Run/Walk
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 .

All proceeds benefit The Greg Moyer Defibrillator Fund in memory of Greg Moyer and Attorney Lester T. Brown. There are lots of great give-aways for participants, including a $100.00 Savings Bond. The first 100 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! Run, walk, stroll, jog, skip,CRAWL...do whatever to join us for the Law Day Race at the Morey Elementary School in Stroudsburg. You'll feel great, and not just from the exercise!

2008 RACE RESULTS