CANCELLED – Law Day Celebration 2020

EVENT CANCELLED

As a result of the current CDC recommendations and in an effort to do our part, the Douglas Elbert Bar Association has chosen to cancel this year’s Law Day celebration scheduled for May 1, 2020.  We will be announcing the winners of the Law Day Awards, the results of the DEBA Treasurer Election and the results of the Law Day Scholarship via member announcement email and on the Douglas Elbert Bar Association website  https://douglaselbertbar.org/ in lieu of the  in-person gathering. ———– The annual Law Day Celebration will be held on Friday, May 1, 2020, at the Douglas County Courthouse, located at 4000 Justice Way, Castle Rock, CO 80109. The celebration begins at noon with a catered lunch provided to all. 

Law Day speaker is TBD.

In addition to the guest speaker, the celebration will include the presentation of annual awards and the introduction of the incoming Douglas Elbert Bar Association treasurer.

2020 LAW DAY ESSAY CONTEST DETAILS

This year’s Law Day theme is:   

“Your Vote, Your Voice, Our Democracy: The 19th Amendment at 100.” In 2019-2020, the United States is commemorating the centennial of the transformative constitutional amendment that guaranteed the right of citizens to vote would not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of sex. American women fought for, and won, the vote through their voice and action. The women’s suffrage movement forever changed America, expanding representative democracy and inspiring other popular movements for constitutional change and reform. Yet, honest reflection on the suffrage movement reveals complexity and tensions over race and class that remain part of the ongoing story of the Nineteenth Amendment and its legacies.”

  There is no fee for attendance of the Law Day celebration, or for lunch.