Annual Events

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

2009 Law Day Ceremony
MCBA's President,
Alan Price Young, Esquire:

MCBA President Alan P. Young 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 below Wieslaw T. Niemocynzki, Attorney-Adwokat-Anwalt introduces Attorney Alexander "Buzz" Bensinger who presents this year's 2009 Liberty Bell Award to Dr. Clarence Murphy.

Second and Third Place Winners of the 2009 Law Day Essay Contest along with a very proud teacher.

Law Clerk Michelle Thoman, Sr. Law Clerk Diane Dagger, Law Clerk Christine Tartamella are joined by Attorney Gerard Geiger, Immediate MCBA Past President and Attorney Daniel Corveleyn. All are gathered at this Law Day table to share in the history making celebration.

Court of Common Pleas Judges the Honorable Jonathan Mark and Margarita Patti Worthington, share some intesting thoughts with Attorney Edwin Krawitz.

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.

2009 Law Day Essay Contest Winner - William Moran
Click Here to read William's Award Winning Law Day Essay

Click here For the 2010 Essay Themes for Superintendents

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

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.

2009 Liberty Bell Award Winner - Dr. Clarence Murphy

Biography Summary for
Dr. Clarence Murphy:
His accomplishments in the education of students in science are paralleled with this summary of volunteer public service to the community, State and the United States using his education and character. A brief listing of some of his awards, honors, appointments, offices held and others. These include especially East Stroudsburg University. Also, his assignments and professorships including St. Anselm College, Cornell University, Ithaca College, MIT, State University of New York at Buffalo and University of New Hampshire. The local offices, committee chairs and awards from Rotary Club of the Stroudsburgs, Monroe County Historical Association, County Public Library, Pennsylvania Library Association, Stroud Township, County Emergency Planning Committee with chemical spills, Torch Club, National Eagle Scout Awards, Brodhead Watershed Association and Quiet Valley Historical Farm. He did 200 Scout awards in a 10 year period, Ambassadorial Scholarship awards for Rotary International, Studies for world peace, chemistry patents owned, 58 book reviews and more. He substituted for Numa Snyder on his local radio show and is still there. All this through an infectious, spontaneous laughs and good fellowship. He is an outstanding recipient for the Liberty Bell Award for this example of human accomplishment under our system of laws.

Click here to view a list of Liberty Bell Award Winners

Click here for 2010 Nomination form for Liberty Bell Award Recipient

Law Day Race

The 2009 26th Annual RACE JUDICATA -- Law Day 5-Mile Race
and 5K Fun-Run/Walk
To Benefit The Monroe County Family Health Center
in memory of Attorney Lester T. Brown

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

All proceeds benefit The Family Health Center in memory of 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 CLICK HERE to download a 2010 Law Day Race Application Form (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!

2009 RACE RESULTS