Law Day
Law Day 2013
The State Bar's events for Law Day 2013 have yet to be determined.
Law Day 2012
The State Bar of Arizona will host its first annual legal-aid clinic event across the Valley and in Tucson on Saturday, April 28th in celebration of Law Day.
The 2012 Law Day Legal-aid Clinics will serve as a free legal resource where members of communities from across the Valley and Tucson can attend information sessions on a variety of legal topics.
The information sessions will be conducted by volunteer lawyers and will last 90 minutes. Lawyers will provide guests with a presentation on a specific legal topic as well as reserve time for a question and answer period. Guests can participate in one or more of the following sessions at one of the five partner locations:
Session One: 10 to 11:30 a.m.
Wills and Estate Planning - St. Paul and Pilgrim Rest Churches
Immigration Issues (in English/Spanish) - Fiesta Mall, Isaac School District and Tucson
Session Two: 12 to 1:30 p.m.
Divorce, Child Support, and Paternity Issues
Session Three: 2 to 3:30 p.m.
Bankruptcy and Foreclosure Issues
Session Four: 4 to 5:30 p.m.
Immigration Issues (in English/Spanish) - Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church
Landlord and Tenant Issues - All other locations
The following community partners will host a Law Day Legal-aid Clinic on Saturday, April 28 at their respective locations:
North Valley
St. Paul Roman Catholic Parish
330 West Coral Gables
Phoenix, Arizona 85023
Central/South Valley
Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church
1401 East Jefferson Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85034
East Valley
Fiesta Mall
1445 West Southern Avenue
Mesa, Arizona 85202
West Valley
Isaac School District - District Office
3348 West McDowell Road
Phoenix, Arizona 85009
Tucson, Arizona
State Bar of Arizona Southern Region Office
270 North Church Avenue, Suite 100
Tucson, Arizona 85701
For more information on the 2012 Law Day Legal-aid Clinics in Phoenix contact Alberto Rodriguez at alberto.rodriguez@staff.azbar.org or 602.518.8704. For the Tucson clinic contact Amy Ihrke at amy.ihrke@staff.azbar.org or 520.623.9944.
Law Day 2011
In 2011, the State Bar, the Arizona Supreme Court, and the Arizona Foundation for Legal Services & Education partnered to sponsor Law Day 2011: Bringing iCivics to Life. The state-wide event engaged students from more than 35 schools in an in-class debate that was facilitated by more than 75 volunteers from the legal profession, including members of the Bar.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (Ret.) and Arizona Supreme Court Chief Justice Berch taught the lesson to students from Desert Foothills Middle School in celebration of Law Day 2011.
We invite you to view the Chief Justice Rebecca Berch's welcome video that was shown throughout the day at each school site.
Click: Law Day Welcome
About Law Day
Each year on May 1, the United States celebrates Law Day. Originally proposed by the ABA, in 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower proclaimed the first Law Day to strengthen our country's heritage of liberty, justice and equality under the law. It was made part of the U.S. Code as Public Law 87-20 on April 7, 1961. The concept was to recognize the importance of the rule of law and both its effect and structure in our country. Over the years, legal and civic organizations nationwide have used these general ideas to develop educational programs for the public.