Law Day 2018 - 60th Anniversary

2018 Program | Previous Law Days
Separation of Powers: Framework for Freedom

Connecticut Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Richard N. Palmer opens the 2018 Law Day ceremony at the Connecticut Supreme Court in Hartford.

Attorney Wesley W. Horton, president of the Connecticut Supreme Court Historical Society, addresses the audience at the Law Day ceremony.

Superior Court Judge Kimberly A. Knox introduces the students’ winning presentations.

Charlie Case, a student at the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, reads his essay, “We Come in Three.”

Bairon Salgado-Cruz, a student at the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, explains his artwork, “3 Branches of Government.”

Justice Palmer and Attorney Horton congratulate Bairon on his winning artwork.

Justice Palmer and Attorney Horton congratulate Charlie on his winning essay.

Charlie Case and Bairon Salgado-Cruz with their teacher, Nick Recchini.

The Connecticut Supreme Court Historical Society, in conjunction with the Connecticut Supreme Court, celebrated Law Day 2018 on Tuesday, May 1, with a celebration of the separation of powers doctrine.

The ceremony, held in the Supreme Court Courtroom, featured high school winners of an art and essay contest based on this year’s theme, Separation of Powers: Framework for Freedom.

Bairon Salgado-Cruz, who attends the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, won the art award for his depiction of the 3 Branches of Government.

Charlie Case, who also attends the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, won the essay contest. His entry is named We Come in Three.

Speakers included Connecticut Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Richard N. Palmer; Attorney Wesley W. Horton, president of the Connecticut Supreme Court Historical Society; and Judge Kimberly A. Knox, who chaired the Supreme Court Historical Society’s Law Day Committee.