TULSA COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION, INC.
1446 South Boston
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74119·3612
Telephone: (918) 584-5243
Fax: (918) 592·0208
LAW DAY 2017 TULSA COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION /
ASSOCIATION STUDENT CONTESTS Deadline:
April 7, 2017 Deliver or Mail to:
Student Contest Committee Tulsa County Bar Center 1446 South Boston Avenue Tulsa, Oklahoma 74119 Contest Theme: "The 14th Amendment-Transforming American Democracy" Rules for each contest: • Please include the Entry Form on the back of the entry. See Entry Form attached.
• Entries will not be returned.
• Tulsa County students who enter the Oklahoma Bar Association contest will be automatically
entered in the Tulsa County Bar Foundation contest. Students may choose either contest.
• Contests limited to one entry per student, and dual winners for OBA and Tulsa County Bar
Foundation contests prohibited. The local contest is limited to Tulsa County Students unless no
other Tulsa County entries received.
• Judging based on originality, interpretation of the theme, quality, spelling and grammar. The judges reserve the right to not award a prize for any grade level. • Date to announce contest winners: to be given to winners.
• OBA contest winning entries will be published in the Oklahoma Bar Journal and posted to the OBA website at www.okbar.org. For any questions check the website. • Tulsa County Bar Foundation!Association contest winning entries will be directly contacted and
posted to the Tulsa County Bar Association website at www.tulsabar.com "Law Day". For any
questions check the website or contact Rodney Buck at (918) 494-2483.
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2017 Law Day Student Contests Information
Contest Theme:
"THE 14TH AMENDMENT-TRANSFORMING AMERICAN DEMOCRACY"
This year's theme is "THE 14TH AMENDMENT-TRANSFORMING AMERICAN DEMOCRACY". The 14th
Amendment to the u.s. Constitution was adopted in 1868 and addresses citizenship and equal protection of the laws
regarding the former slaves after the American Civil War. Approval was bitterly contested especially by the states of
the defeated Confederacy. These states had to ratify the Amendment to regain representation in Congress. The first
section of the Amendment has been frequently litigated in the courts, bringing about landmark decisions, such as
Brown v. Board ofEducation, ending racial segregation in public schools (1954) ... the Roe v. Wade case regarding
abortion (1973) ... Bush v. Gore regarding the presidential election (2000) ... and Obergefell v. Hodges (2015)
regarding same sex marriage. The Citizenship Clause ended legal barriers to citizenship for former slaves and
descendants, and defines citizenship broadly. The Due Process Clause prohibits state and local government from
depriving persons of life, liberty or property without legislative authorization; the clause has also enabled the Bill of
Rights to be applied to state action. The Equal Protection clause requires each state to provide equal protection under
the law to all persons within its jurisdiction; this clause has been used to invalidate laws which irrationally or
unnecessarily discriminate against persons belonging to various groups.
Coloring Contest [Pre-Kindergarten & Kindergarten (T-1 included in Kindergarten contest)]
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Prizes: $35.00 to winner for each grade level.
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Coloring sheets will be available on www.tulsabar.com "Law Day"- one sheet only to enter
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Judging based on quality and artistic presentation
Free Form Art Contests (1 st Grade through lth Grade)
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Prizes for each grade level: 1st grade and 2nd grade $35.00; 3rd grade and 4th grade $50.00; 5th grade through
8th grade $60.00; 9th grade through lth grade $100.00
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Examples of entries might be mixed media artwork, original music, photography, video, collage and
anything else that relates to the contest theme
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Group submissions are accepted and will be judged at the grade level of the group member in the highest
grade
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Judging based on originality, adherence to theme, quality and presentation
Writinl! Contests (1 st Grade through 1t h Grade)
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Prizes for each grade level: 1st grade and 2nd grade $35.00; 3rd grade and 4th grade $50.00; 5th grade through
8th grade $60.00; 9th grade through Ith grade $100.00
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Students will respond to a prompt based on his or her grade level provided by the Law Day 2017 web-page.
Poetry and creative writing entries will also be accepted as part of the writing contest.
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Writing Contest Prompts are available on www.tulsabar.com "Law Day" and www.okbar.org "Law Day"
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Writing Rubrics: go to www.okbar.org
• Elementary (lPortalsl14/PDF/LawDay2017lRubric Elementary School 20 17.pdt)
• Middle School (/Portalsll4/PDF/LawDay2017/Rubric Middle SchooI2017.pdt)
• High School (lPortalsll4lPDF/LawDay2017/Rubric High School 20 17.pdt)
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Judging based on originality, adherence to theme, quality and presentation
CONTESTS ENTRY FORM LAW DAY 2017
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