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Celebrating Kauaʻi’s First Law Day Art Contest

Posted on May 20, 2024 in Featured News, News & Reports, Press Releases
Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School students holding their 2024 Law Day Art Contest award certificates and their artwork. From left: Pohai Kaupu Brown, Alyssa Agpaoa, Cindy Lin, and Fifth Circuit District Family Court Judge Gregory Meyers, 05/10/2024.

District Family Court Judge Gregory Meyers congratulates the Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School student winners of the Fifth Circuit’s 2024 Law Day Art Contest. From left, Pohai Kaupu Brown (third place), Alyssa Agpaoa (first place), and Cindy Lin (second place).

LIHU‘E, Hawaiʻi – Seven eighth grade students from Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School helped the Fifth Judicial Circuit on Kauaʻi hold its first-ever Law Day Art Contest by submitting original works of art representing the theme “The Rule of Law and Lady Justice.”

Participants took a field trip to the Puʻuhonua Kaulike Judiciary Complex on May 10, where they publicly unveiled their works of art. Three winners were announced by the Fifth Circuit’s Aloha Committee:

First Place – Alyssa Agpaoa

Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School student Alyssa Agpaoa’s rendering of Lady Justice in pencil that shows her sneaking a peek from under her blindfold.

Second Place – Cindy Lin

Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School student Cindy Lin’s rendering of Lady Justice in pencil, holding scales in her left hand and a sword in her right.

Third Place – Pohai Kaupu Brown

Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School student Pohai Kaupu Brown’s colorful poster “We Are All Equal” poster featuring squares highlighting different groups of people such as “Man or women,” rich or Poor,” and “religious or NOT.”

Each received a gift bag and certificates of achievement provided by the Judiciary, along with gift cards thanks to the graciousness of their academic coach who made the event happen.

The contest was organized by Fifth Circuit District Family Judge Gregory H. Meyers following his visit with three Chiefess Kamakahelei classes during National Judicial Outreach Week in March.

Seven Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School students holding their 2024 Law Day Art Contest works of art, with two school advisors and Fifth Circuit District Family Court Judge Gregory Meyers in the back row, at the Puʻuhonua Kaulike Kauaʻi Judiciary Complex, 05/10/2024.

Judge Meyers congratulated the winners and thanked each of the students for sharing their visions of the ideals that are enshrined in our system of justice. He also expressed his thanks to the First Circuit staff who coordinate Oʻahu’s Law Day art contest for their support and guidance in launching this civics education engagement. The Fifth Circuit looks forward to expanding the art contest to more schools in the future.

Law Day is an annual event, originally conceived in 1957 when American Bar Association President Charles Rhynes envisioned a national day to mark our commitment to the Rule of Law. The following year, President Dwight D. Eisenhower established the first Law Day. In 1961 Congress issued a joint resolution designating May 1 as the official date.

 

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