Seventh grade students from Assumption School, Juanita Asapokhai, Breonna Bouthot, Patricia Jones, Hannah Mitchell, Nicholas Villandry, and Jordan Wells, participated in the annual Law Day ceremony hosted by the Connecticut Bar Association on May 5, 2014 at the Connecticut Appellate Court in Hartford.
This year’s theme, declared by the American Bar Association, was “Reflections on American Democracy: the Historic (and Continuing) Struggle for the Right to Vote.” The program was a mock press conference featuring four important figures from U.S. history in the struggle for the right to vote. Attorney Lewis Button played Gouverneur Morris, Attorney Daniel Krisch played Thomas Door, civics teacher Barbara Nidzgorski played Alice Paul, and Justice Richard Robinson played John Lewis. The actors were in full character, dressed in era appropriate clothing provided by the Old State House Museum. Twelve students from Litchfield Montessori Middle School in Litchfield, Assumption School in Manchester, and Westfield Academy in West Hartford were the “reporters” who questioned each of the figures.
The Honorable Alexandra DiPentima, Chief Appellate Court Judge, welcomed attendees to the Connecticut Bar Association’s 2014 Law Day Ceremony, followed by remarks from CBA President Kimberly A. Knox. Attorney Matthew Dallas Gordon moderated the event and, after the program, Connecticut Secretary of the State Denise W. Merrill presented citations to each of the students.
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Juanita, Breonna, Patricia, Hannah, Nicholas, and Jordan were among the 12 students from across the state selected by the Connecticut Bar Association’s Civics Education Committee to participate in this year’s Law Day ceremony.
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