Law Day 2013  

Students from three Nevada high schools will make their case in Supreme Court arguments during Law Day Live 2013, a statewide internet program that highlights the importance of the justice system. The arguments will focus on three cases that have made the headlines in recent months:

• The Arizona immigration law (United States of America v. State of Arizona)
• The Pennsylvania voter identification law (Applewhite v. Pennsylvania)
• The University of Texas admissions quota system (Fisher v. University of Texas)

Student prepared briefs on the case have been filed with the court in preparation for Thursday’s (April 25) live webcast from the Supreme Court. Read more…

Law Day Live, a two-hour live educational event, will connect students in Las Vegas, Winnemucca, and Reno on April 25 to address issues of equality and the law. Real cases and real law will be explored as students at Lowry High School in Winnemucca, Canyon Springs High School in North Las Vegas, and Damonte Ranch High School in Reno research and present cases before the Nevada Supreme Court during the two-hour live webinar event.

Students will research three relevant legal cases concerning equality:  Immigration, Affirmative Action, and Voter Identification. The students will have 7 minutes to make pro and con oral arguments before the Justices of the Nevada Supreme Court. Students also will join the Justices in deliberating and rendering a decision.

Law Day Live can be viewed at lawday.nevadajudiciary.us from 10 a.m. to 12 PST on April 25.

Inside Education, produced by Vegas PBS, will feature the award-winning Nevada Supreme Court program Law Day Live on its April 23 program. The show, hosted by Dave Sheehan, will focus on the students of Canyon Springs High School as they prepare to make oral arguments before the Nevada Supreme Court. Law Day Live, a two-hour live educational event, will connect students in Las Vegas, Winnemucca, and Reno on April 25 to address issues of equality and the law.

The Inside Education program will talk to students and teachers about the challenges of researching three relevant legal cases: Immigration, Affirmative Action, and Voter Identification. The students will have 7 minutes to make their case before the Nevada Supreme Court. Students also will join the Justices in deliberating and rendering a decision.

Real cases and real law will be explored during Law Day Live with students at Lowry High School in Winnemucca, Canyon Springs High School in North Las Vegas, and Damonte Ranch High School in Reno researching and presenting cases before the court during the two-hour live event.

Inside Education can be found on Channel 10 and Cox Cable Channel 111 in Las Vegas at the following times:

Law Day is a day to reflect on and rededicate ourselves to the rule of law and the principles of liberty, justice, and equality.

Since 1958, the president of the United States has annually recognized Law Day. In 1961, Congress passed a joint resolution designating May 1 as the official day to celebrate Law Day.

This year’s theme is “Realizing the Dream: Equality for All.” One hundred and fifty years ago, President Abraham Lincoln sat in what is now called “Lincoln’s Cottage” to write the Emancipation Proclamation, which marked the beginning of the end of slavery in this country.

In the mind of the Great Liberator, freedom and equality were intertwined. Recall Lincoln’s words in the Gettysburg Address, when he issued a plea for a new birth of freedom” in a nation conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. A century later, standing in front of the Lincoln Memorial, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. renewed the call for freedom and equality in his “I Have a Dream” speech.

This year, the Nevada Supreme Court will once again feature Law Day Live, an interactive webcast linking three high schools across the state to discuss equality. In three “mock appearances” before the Nevada Supreme Court, students will argue pro and con for individual rights.