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James W. Cooper Fellows |
2007-2008 Essay ContestScholarship Award Winners
Statewide Winner - $3,000 Savings Bond West Haven High School
Runner-up - $1,500 Savings Bond East Lyme High School
Runner-up - $1,500 Savings Bond East Lyme High School |
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Last Updated September 2008 |
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Essay submissions are judged on content/originality, organization, use of resource materials and writing. The Connecticut Bar Foundation and the James W. Cooper Fellows do not represent or endorse the accuracy or the reliability of any of the information, content, sources or statements contained in any student essay contest entry in the Connecticut Bar Foundation James W. Cooper Fellows 2007-2008 Statewide High School Essay Contest. |
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2007-2008 Essay Contest Topic |
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“Mary’s Pot Luck—Students’ First Amendment Rights”
The topic hypothetical was premised on a case in which a high school student, Joseph Frederick, displayed a banner reading “Bong Hits 4 Jesus” during the Olympic torch relay in Alaska. The student and his classmates were standing across the street from school, having been released from classes to see the torch. The school principal, Deborah Morse, suspended the student for violating the school’s policy against displaying materials that promoted illegal drug use. The student subsequently sued the principal. The United States Supreme Court heard the case, Morse v. Frederick, and issued a ruling which addressed the First Amendment as it applies to student’s right to free speech. |
