Student essay on free speech wins judicial contest hosted by Judge Robert Miller
A Brooklyn high school student won the annual Independence of the Judiciary High School Essay Contest held by Appellate Division Justice Robert J. Miller on Monday.
William Lohier won the contest, co-sponsored by the New York City Bar, the Association of Justices of the Supreme Court of the State of New York and the New York Law Journal.
Given the prompt of “Free Speech, Free Press, Free Society,” Lohier wrote on the subject of freedom of speech in private online forums.