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On May 4th, the Connecticut Bar Association (CBA) hosted students from CREC Public Safety Academy of Enfield and Bennie Dover Jackson Middle School of New London during its Law Day Ceremony as part of a mock School Student Review Panel, which helped explore the Law Day theme, Miranda: More Than Words.

Using a mock student school board proceeding, the students viewed and discussed four hypothetical situations between students and various authority figures to illustrate some of the principles underlying Miranda. Students from the CREC Public Safety Academy were Student Panel Members and those from Bennie Dover Jackson Middle School were the Complainants. (Continued below slideshow)

Miranda: More than Words

50th Anniversary of Miranda v. Arizona, United States Supreme Court, 1966.

Students from the CREC Public Safety Academy in Enfield comprised the School Student Peer Review Panel for the Connecticut Bar Association-sponsored "Miranda: More than Words" Law Day Ceremony.

Members of the CBA’s Civic Education Committee, left to right, Superior Court Judge Kenneth L. Shluger, Kevin Bronson, Executive Assistant to the Secretary of State, Attorney Jonathan S. Weiner, Attorney Kathryn A. Calibey, Attorney Ralph J. Monaco (Chair), Senior Judge Susan B. Handy, the Hon. Denise W. Merrill, Connecticut Secretary of State, and Attorney William H. Clendenen, Jr., President, CBA.

Connecticut Bar Association President Attorney William H. Clendenen, Jr. addresses those gathered for the CBA’s Law Day Ceremony at the Appellate Court.

Senior Judge Susan Handy explains the proceedings to the gathered students while Appellate Court Chief Judge Alexandra D. DiPentima and Judge Raheem L. Mullins, Judge Christine E. Keller, Judge Douglas S. Lavine, Judge Bethany J. Alvord and Judge Eliot D. Prescott look on.

Connecticut Secretary of State Denise W. Merrill and Superior Court Judge Kenneth L. Shluger listen to the Law Day proceedings.

Students from the CREC Public Safety Academy, Enfield, join Appellate Court Chief Judge Alexandra D. DiPentima, Secretary of State Denise W. Merrill, Appellate Court Judges Bethany J. Alvord, Douglas S. Lavine and Raheem L. Mullins and Senior Judge Susan B. Handy for a group photo.

Connecticut Bar Association Law Day participants at the Connecticut Appellate Court.

Geovonna Taitague (left) of the Bennie Dover Middle School, New London, offers her complaint before the School Student Peer Review Panel during the Connecticut Bar Association Law Day Program, "Miranda: More than Words", at the Appellate Court.

Attorney Ralph J. Monaco, Chair of the CBA’s Civics Education Committee, introduces the students who will be participating in the program.

Cameron Dixon (left) from Bennie Dover Jackson Middle School in New London, CT poses with Appellate Court Judge Douglas S. Lavine, who lent his robe for the picture.

Senior Judge Susan B. Handy and Michelle Combs, a teacher at Bennie Dover Jackson Middle School, were the Faculty Advisors during the mock proceedings. Chief Judge Alexandra D. DiPentima and Appellate Court Judges, Hon. Douglas S. Lavine, Hon. Bethany J. Alvord, Hon. Christine E. Keller, Hon. Eliot D. Prescott and Hon. Raheem L. Mullins observed the proceedings.

Superior Court Judge Kenneth L. Shluger and Judge Handy each advised the students before and during the program.

Secretary of State Denise W. Merrill, a member of the CBA Civics Education Committee, was also in attendance.