This is just a reminder that the deadline for the Law Day Essay contest, sponsored by the Berrien County Bar Association, is due this Friday, April 15, at 4 PM.
You can mail, fax, or email your essay of 500-800 words with the following information:
Student's name
Home address
Email address
Home telephone number
Sponsoring teacher and high school - (Sarah Carter Conklin/Bridgman High School)
If mailing your essay, please use the following address:
Berrien County Courthouse
Attention: Honorable Gary J. Bruce
811 Port Street
St. Joseph, MI 49085
The essay can be emailed to Judge Gary J. Bruce at gbruce@berriencounty.org
or faxed to Judge Bruce's office at (269) 982-8614
Winners of the contest will be selected at the sole discretion of the selection committee and will be based upon: Composition, Theme, Creativity, and Details/Research
This is a great opportunity to flex your writing muscles and do some interesting research on the long history of legal defense in our country. If you are interested in getting some help with your writing, please let me know as soon as possible.
Email me if you have any questions about the contest itself. For those of you who have a draft in progress, I'd be happy to give your essay a quick look before you submit it.
Happy writing!!
-MCC
This may sound shallow of me, but is there a scholarship involved? Or is it just for fun?
ReplyDeleteIt's not shallow at all, Alex. I was going to mention this, but forgot.
ReplyDeleteThere are cash awards for 1st place($250), 2nd place($150), and 3rd place($100)
I have extra copies of the prompt if needed.