BANGOR Four area high school students were honored Wednesday by the Penobscot Bar Association in its annual Law Day essay and poster contest. This years theme The Legacy of John Adams, from Boston to Guantanamo: Does the presumption of innocence still exist today, in the face of: the 24-hour news cycle, stereotyping of disfavored groups, creation of and access to information over the Internet? drew 58 entrants from around Penobscot County.
In what may be a first, Gov. Jay Nixon is expected to sign a proclamation declaring May 1 to be Law Day in Missouri. The ceremony is expected to take place at 10:44 a.m. Thursday in the Governor's Office in Jefferson City. Missouri Chief Justice William Ray Price Jr. and other Missouri Supreme Court judges are expected to attend.
BANGOR, Maine -- The Penobscot County Bar Association awarded its Law Day prizes Tuesday in a short ceremony at the Penobscot Judicial Center. The theme for this year's art and essay contest, set by the American Bar Association, was "No Courts, No Justice, No Freedom: In this Era of Shrinking Tax Revenues and Budgets, How Can Courts Meet Their Mandate of Providing Justice for All?
Floyd Abrams, considered by many to be the nation's pre-eminent media and constitutional law attorney, will be the keynote speaker when the Bar Association of Erie County honors six during its Law Day awards luncheon April 28 in the Hyatt Regency Buffalo. Abrams, based in New York, has developed a national reputation in media and due-process cases over the past four decades, bar President Scott M. Schwartz said.
Oklahoma Chief Justice Steven W. Taylor will be the speaker for the Law Day luncheon May 2 at the Skirvin Hilton Hotel in downtown Oklahoma City. Taylor was appointed to the Supreme Court of Oklahoma by then- Gov. Brad Henry in 2004. From 1984 to 1994 he served as associate district judge in the 18th Judicial District. In 1991 he was the first associate district judge ever to be elected president of the Oklahoma Judicial Conference. From 1994 to 2004, he served as chief judge of the 18th Judicial District, which encompasses Pittsburg and McIntosh counties. In his more than 20 years as a trial judge, Taylor presided over more than 500 jury trials, including the Terry Nichols Oklahoma City bombing case.
Imagine trying to defend people accused of taking part in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. What about representing a serial killer or militia member who just gunned down local citizens? It has been done, sometimes at great personal cost, such as the scorn John Adams suffered when he represented a British officer and soldiers who fired into a crowd of protestors, killing five in what came to be called the Boston Massacre.
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