Pictured below is Attorney Jason LaBar who served as Master of Ceremonies at the Law Day Ceremonies. Jason presented awards to first, second and third place winners of the Law Day Essay Contest.

2010 Law Day Essay Contest Winner - Connor Scovil Click Here to read Connor's Award Winning Law Day Essay

This year's Law Day theme selected by the PBA Law-Related Education Committee is "Rule of Law: It's what I live by." The message encourages students to take an active and accountable role in life and government; living by the rules and laws that we have agreed to as a country; challenging laws and actions that are unfair; and holding others accountable for living by the rule of law. Without this respect for the rule of law, we would be a country of chaos, tyranny and terror.

Theme: How inportant is the Declaration of Independence in interpreting the meaning of the BIll of Rights which consists of the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution?

First Place Winner of the 2010 Law Day Essay Contest was Connor Scovil of Pocono Mountain East. Connor received a monetary award of $200. Pictured with Connor is his proud Mom.

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.

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