Contest Theme:
Our History: Milestones in the Law
Students will have the opportunity to explore key individuals or events
that helped Americans make strides as the Land of the Free. What people
(the Founding Fathers, Abraham Lincoln, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Martin
Luther King Jr., etc.) or moments (Pilgrims landing at Plymouth Rock,
the Revolutionary War, the end of slavery, immigration, Civil Rights
Movement, 9/11, etc.) have made an impact on the laws of our country?
YouTube Video Contest
For all contests:
- One $250 Grand Prize will be awarded to the best overall
individual entry chosen from all grade levels.
- Judging based on originality and interpretation of
the theme.
- Deadline: Dec. 18, 2009. Must be received by the
deadline, so mail a few days earlier.
- Please include the entry
form on the back of the entry.
- Entries will not be returned.
- Entries are limited to one per student in each contest.
- Teachers will receive a color participant certificate,
ready for personalization, for each student who enters.
- Students submitting entries directly to the OBA will
also receive a certificate.
- All teachers submitting entries will be entered into
a drawing for gift certificates.
- Target date to announce contest winners: January
2010.
- Winning entries will be published in the Oklahoma Bar
Journal and posted to the OBA Web site at www.okbar.org.
- First- and second-place winners will receive a framed
award certificate in addition to the prize money, which will be presented
by the county bar association. Honorable mention winners will receive
an award certificate in a presentation folder with a ribbon. Presentation
arrangements for honorable mention recipients will
vary by county.
Coloring Contest
- Grades: Pre-kindergarten, Kindergarten and Transitional First. First
and second place winners are chosen for each grade
level.
- Prizes: $50 first place, $25 second place, honorable mention certificates.
- Coloring
sheets available now. Each student may pick one of
the coloring sheets to enter.
Drawing Contest
- Grades: First and Second. First and second place winners are chosen
for each grade level.
- Prizes: $50 first place, $25 second place, honorable mention certificates.
- Drawings may be no larger than 11”x17”.
Collage Contest
- Grades: Third and Fourth. First and second place winners are chosen
for each grade level.
- Prizes: $50 first place, $25 second place, honorable mention certificates.
- 11-inch by 17-inch size only on paper or poster board.
- Elements may be assembled from any medium.
- A good collage is rich in color, texture, intricacy and meaning.
- Ideas for source materials might be magazines, yearbooks, photos,
posters or maps to name a few, but no hand drawings.
- Be sure to use photocopies or computer scans of valuable items.
- Orientation may be vertical or horizontal.
Diorama Contest
- Grade: Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth
- Prizes: $50 first place, $25 second place, honorable mention certificates.
- Three-dimensional shadowbox, must fit into standard shoebox.
- Teachers may contact the OBA to request transportation of the diorama
entries by methods other than U.S. Mail or commercial
shipping services. We will do our best to accommodate such requests
wherever possible.
Creative Writing Contest
- Grades: Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth. First and second place
winners are chosen for each grade level.
- Prizes: $75 first place, $50 second place, honorable mention certificates.
- Open to any form of poetry or short story.
- Entries should be typewritten and double spaced.
- Judging criteria includes spelling and grammar.
    
Creative Free for All
- Grades: Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth. First and second
place winners are chosen for each grade level.
- Prizes: $100 first place, $50 second place, honorable mention certificates.
- Entries will be an original piece of artwork from any medium. Examples
of entries might be to document student community
service project (digital or DVD format preferred), a video production,
mixed media artwork, original music, creative writing, poetry, photography,
collage or anything else that relates to the contest theme.
Mail entries to:
Law Day Committee, OBA, P.O. Box 53036, Oklahoma City, OK 73152
Deliver to:
Oklahoma Bar Association, 1901 N. Lincoln Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK
73105.
Questions? E-mail LawDay(at)okbar.org
Law Day Activities
Legal Guide for Young Adults in Oklahoma
Target grades: Eleventh and Twelfth
- Read the guide.
- Young people by law become adults when they celebrate their 18th
birthday. Becoming an adult opens up many rights - and also responsibilities.
Learn more about how your life changes after you blow out those 18 candles
by checking out this information online. Sections
include contracts, buying a car, rights as a parent, driving and criminal
charges. Teachers only will be given access to a test they can assign
as a classroom project. Students can find the answers to the questions
in this online reference material.
- E-mail LawDay(at)okbar.org for access to the test.
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