{"id":2879,"date":"2016-03-29T11:24:02","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T15:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jrcnyc.org\/wordpress\/?p=2879"},"modified":"2016-03-29T11:24:02","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T15:24:02","slug":"high-school-law-essay-contest-assoc-of-justices-of-the-supreme-court-and-ny-law-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jrcnyc.org\/site\/2016\/03\/29\/high-school-law-essay-contest-assoc-of-justices-of-the-supreme-court-and-ny-law-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"High School Law Essay Contest! Assoc. of Justices of the Supreme Court and NY Law Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"

March 29, 2016 –\u00a0<\/em>The Association of Justices of the Supreme Court of the State of New York and the New York\u00a0Law Journal have partnered with the New York City Dept. of Education to sponsor the Sixteenth\u00a0annual essay contest for 10th, 11th and 12th grade high school students. Ten students will win the\u00a0opportunity to intern for one week with a Justice of the Supreme Court and earn a $100.00 gift
\ncard. A maximum of ten entries from each school will be considered. One of the winning essays\u00a0will be published in the New York Law Journal, a legal periodical published by the ALM. Ceremony on\u00a0Tuesday May 17, at the NYC Bar.<\/p>\n

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The Law Day theme for 2016, is \u201cMiranda more than words.\u201d In 2016, we mark the 50th\u00a0anniversary of one of the nation\u2019s best-known U.S. Supreme Court cases: Miranda v Arizona,\u00a0(384 US 436 [1966]). The Miranda Warning has become ingrained in law enforcement and has\u00a0permeated popular consciousness through countless recitations in films and television shows.<\/p>\n

The 2016 Law Day theme will explore the procedural protections afforded by the U.S.\u00a0Constitution, how these rights are safeguarded by the courts, and why the preservation of these\u00a0principles is essential to our liberty.<\/p>\n

Students should write a 500 word essay presenting a compelling discussion on the topic\u00a0with special focus on the importance and impact of the U.S. Supreme Court\u2019s decision in\u00a0Miranda v Arizona, (384 US 436 [1966]).<\/p>\n

The Following Rules Apply:
\nThe essays should be evaluated at each school. Each school may submit a maximum of ten (10)\u00a0essays along with a completed cover sheet<\/a>. The winning essays from each school\u00a0should be mailed to:
\nHON. ROBERT J. MILLER
\nSUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK,
\nAPPELLATE DIVISION, SECOND JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
\n320 JAY STREET
\nBROOKLYN, NY 11201<\/p>\n

DEADLINE: APRIL 22, 2016<\/p>\n

Questions regarding this opportunity should be directed to Debra Lesser, Justice Resource Center\u00a0at (212) 580-5905 or dlesser@schools.nyc.gov or Paulina Ellis at (347) 296-1836,\u00a0Pellis@nycourts.gov.<\/p>\n

The prizes will be awarded at a ceremony. Date and location to be announced.
\nThe internship will include:
\nAttendance at trials, research with the law clerk, instruction in the use of a law library,\u00a0education regarding legal terminology in a real world environment, exposure to law-related\u00a0careers – e.g. court clerk, court officer, court reporter, law clerk, and judge.
\nThe dates of the internship will be arranged according to the needs of each student winner subject\u00a0to the schedule of each participating Court. Internship dates will be made available during\u00a0summer vacation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

March 29, 2016 –\u00a0The Association of Justices of the Supreme Court of the State of New York and the New York\u00a0Law Journal have partnered with the New York City Dept. of Education to sponsor the Sixteenth\u00a0annual essay contest for 10th, 11th and 12th grade high school students. Ten students will win the\u00a0opportunity to intern for … Continue reading “High School Law Essay Contest! Assoc. of Justices of the Supreme Court and NY Law Journal”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5,8,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jrcnyc.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2879"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jrcnyc.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jrcnyc.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jrcnyc.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jrcnyc.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jrcnyc.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2879\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jrcnyc.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jrcnyc.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jrcnyc.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}