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Law Day 2013
According to the American Bar Association, the 2013 theme for Law Day highlights the promise of equality under the law which has made America a beacon to other nations. It is a pledge clearly set forth in the Declaration of Independence and in the opening words of the Preamble of the Constitution, “We the People.” It is, in the words of Abraham Lincoln, the proposition to which our nation is dedicated.
Law Day 2013 was celebrated in the following courthouses:
- Supreme Court Ceremony - Honoring the Muslim Coalition of Connecticut
- Appellate Court Ceremony - Hosts Students for Dramatic Readings of Historical Documents about Equality
- Hartford Judicial District Ceremony - Recognizes Hartford JD Victim Advocates
- Litchfield Judicial District Ceremony - Honors Deputy Chief Clerk with its Annual Liberty Bell Award
- Stamford Judicial District Ceremony - Hosts Jam-Packed Celebration
- Windham Judicial District Ceremony - Local Child Advocate, Christine Collins Receives Liberty Bell Award
Judges who participated in Law Day 2013 around
the state
In Connecticut, it is tradition that
every May, state judges talk to high school students about the
importance of the rule of law, the role of the courts and the Law Day
theme. Many judges return to their alma maters and judges who hadn’t
grown up in Connecticut visit schools in the towns in which they live
and work. This year, thirty Superior Court judges and Supreme Court
justices addressed more than 1,600 students at twenty-eight different
schools, vocational and extracurricular programs:
- Judge James Abrams – Hamden High School
- Judge Robert Brunetti – Terryville High School
- Judge Henry Cohn – New Britain High School
- Judge Leeland Cole-Chu – Ellis Technical High School
- Judge Emmet L. Cosgrove – New London County Bar Association Ceremonies
- Judge Juliette Crawford – JFK High School
- Judge John Danaher – Hall High School
- Judge Angelo dos Santos – Windham High School
- Justice Dennis Eveleigh – Westhill High School
- Judge Brian Fischer – Boys and Girls Club
- Judge Robert Genuario – Greenwich High School
- Judge Karen Goodrow – East Lyme High School
- Judge Mark Gould – Stonington High School
- Judge Barbara Jongbloed – Polson Middle School
- Judge Maria Kahn – Cheshire High School
- Judge Paul Matasavage – Wilby High School
- Justice Andrew McDonald – Stamford High School
- Judge Maurice Mosley – Bucks Hill School
- Judge John Nazzaro – Academy for Law and Social Justice
- Judge John Newson – Norwich Free Academy
- Justice Flemming Norcott – Classical Magnet School
- Judge Angela Robinson – Academy for Law and Social Justice
- Judge Jane Scholl – Farmington High School
- Judge Carl Schuman – Global Communications Academy
- Judge Kenneth Shluger – Waterford High School
- Judge Mary Sommer – Bassick High School
- Judge Lois Tanzer – Hall High School
- Judge M. Nawaz Wahla – East Catholic High School
- Judge Dawne Westbrook – Glastonbury High School
- Judge Robin Wilson – New Haven Job Corps
