Brooklyn judge recognizes essay contest winners
Brooklyn’s Appellate Division Justice Robert Miller and the New York City Bar Association recognized 10 high school students as part of the 13th annual Independence of the Judiciary high school essay contest during a ceremony in Manhattan on Monday.
Sticking with the Law Day theme of the celebration of the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta, students from all across the city wrote essays on why it is still relevant today.
“Since the inception of the U.S. Supreme Court, the Magna Carta has been cited 170 times in opinions which shows that even though it’s an ‘ancient document,’ it has an extraordinary impact,” Judge Miller said. “It established the concept that nobody is above the law.”
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