Brooklyn judge congratulates essay winners
Brooklyn Appellate Division Justice Robert Miller stood alongside New York State Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman and Administrative Judge for the First Judicial District, Sherry Klein Heitler, to present prizes to selected New York City high school students.
Students across NYC participated in an annual essay contest organized by the Association for Supreme Court Justices. This year’s theme coincided with Law Day’s focus on voting rights in America. Rubaya Yeahia of Stuyvesant High School, who wrote a superb essay titled “American Democracy and the Rule of Law: Why Every Vote Matters,” received the grand prize: her essay was published in the New York Law Journal.
Ten other high school students, including Fatumata FoFana of the Brooklyn Latin School, received prizes of $100 each and an opportunity to spend a week at a court of their choice over the summer. “Each of the Administrative Judges have agreed to work with the students,” noted Miller.
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