Read the 2007 Outstanding Activity Awards Brochure

Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago
 2007 Illinois Youth Summit

The 2007 summit provided 1,000 students at 24 high schools with opportunities to better understand how the law can serve their needs and interests by providing them with a voice in our democracy. In December 2006 students selected three issues for study and action: universal healthcare for youth, online student speech rights, and instituting a military draft. During Spring 2007, they researched these issues and conducted related educational service projects. On April 27, student delegates from each school convened at the Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago with state and federal policymakers to discuss these issues and make policy recommendations.
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Houston Bar Association
Law Week

Activities during Law Week included a Law Day Naturalization Ceremony, in which more than 2,300 new citizens from 100 nations took the oath of allegiance; poster and essay contests for K-8 and high school students respectively; a fun run to raise money for the Center Serving Persons with Mental Retardation; a Lawyers Against Waste Committee's commemoration of Law Day and Earth Day; nearly 60 classroom visits to read and discuss "The Flag We Love" by Pam Munoz Ryan; a Dialogue on Youth and Justice; "Java with the Judges"; speeches to the local law students; and a LegalLine call-in program.
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New York State Bar Association
Youth Empowering Youth

Through this program, the NYSBA and its partners conferred an honorary designation to youth ages 10 to 18, who identify needs in state legal offices and then develop and execute projects to fill those needs. The second component of the "Youth Serving Youth" is a mock trial training video "Mock Trial 101", which showcases New York high school students who participated in the 2007 statewide mock trial competition. The video is being distributed to 500 New York high schools to encourage students to join the mock trial team and train first-time members of those teams.
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Palm Beach County Bar Association
Law Week

The PBCBA hosted over 25 mock trials and placed more than 20 speakers in the local schools, reaching more than 1,300 students, and sponsored an oratorical contest for high school students. Attorneys reached hundreds of members of the public through an Ask-a-Lawyer booth at the local mall, Dial-a-Lawyer program, and legal educational clinics. The PBCBA is working with other associations across Florida on the Justice Teaching Initiative, which aims to pair every elementary, middle, and high school in the state with a legal professional.
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Submit: your entry for the 2008 Law Day Outstanding Activity Awards by June 13.