Oklahoma Bar Association
Deadline Extended to Jan. 4, 2008

 Contest Theme:
Elections: Democracy in Action

For all contests:

• One $250 Grand Prize will be awarded to the best overall individual entry chosen from all grade levels.
• Judging based on originality and interpretation of the theme.
• Please include the entry form on the back of the entry.
• Entries will not be returned.
• Entries are limited to one per student in each contest.
• Teachers will receive a color participant certificate, ready for personalization, for each student who enters.
• Students submitting entries directly to the OBA will also receive a certificate.
• All teachers submitting entries will be entered into a drawing for gift certificates.
• Target date to announce contest winners: Has not been finalized.
• Winning entries will be published in the Oklahoma Bar Journal and posted to the OBA Web site at www.okbar.org.
• First- and second-place winners will receive a framed award certificate in addition to the prize money, which will be presented by the county bar association. Honorable mention winners will receive an award certificate in a presentation folder with a ribbon. Presentation arrangements for honorable mention recipients will vary by county.

Coloring Contest

• Grades: Pre-kindergarten, Kindergarten and Transitional First. First and second place winners are chosen for each grade level.
• Prizes: $50 first place, $25 second place, honorable mention certificates.
• Coloring sheets available now.

Drawing Contest

• Grades: First and Second. First and second place winners are chosen for each grade level.
• Prizes: $50 first place, $25 second place, honorable mention certificates
• Drawings may be no larger than 11”x17”.  

Collage Contest

• Grades: Third and Fourth. First and second place winners are chosen for each grade level.
• Prizes: $50 first place, $25 second place, honorable mention certificates
• 11-inch by 17-inch size only on paper or poster board.
• Elements may be assembled from any medium.
• A good collage is rich in color, texture, intricacy and meaning.
• Ideas for source materials might be magazines, yearbooks, photos, posters or maps to name a few, but no hand drawings.
• Be sure to use photocopies or computer scans of valuable items.
• Orientation may be vertical or horizontal.

Diorama Contest

• Grade: Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth
• Prizes: $50 first place, $25 second place, honorable mention certificates
• Three-dimensional shadowbox, must fit into standard shoebox.
• Teachers may contact the OBA to request transportation of the diorama entries by methods other than U.S. Mail or commercial shipping services. We will do our best to accommodate such requests wherever possible.  

Creative Writing Contest

• Grades: Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, and Eighth. First and second place winners are chosen for each grade level.
• Prizes: $75 first place, $50 second place, honorable mention certificates
• Open to any form of poetry or short story.
• Entries should be typewritten and double spaced.
• Judging criteria includes spelling and grammar.

Creative Free for All

• Grades: Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth. First and second place winners are chosen for each grade level.
• Prizes: $100 first place, $50 second place, honorable mention certificates
• Entries will be an original piece of artwork from any medium. Examples of entries might be to document student community service project (digital or DVD format preferred), a video production, mixed media artwork, rap music, creative writing, poetry, photography, collage or anything else that relates to the contest theme.

Mail entries to:
Law Day Committee, OBA, P.O. Box 53036, Oklahoma City, OK 73152

Deliver to:
Oklahoma Bar Association, 1901 N. Lincoln Blvd., Oklahoma City, OK 73105.

Questions? E-mail LawDay@okbar.org

Law Day Activities

• Target grades: Ninth and Tenth
• An online quiz of 25 questions with multi-choice answers. Most questions come from the actual test people take to become U.S. citizens. After answering the questions, a student clicks to receive his/her score – and the correct answers with a short explanation about the questions they did not get right.
• Take the quiz!

Legal Guide for Young Adults in Oklahoma

• Target grades: Eleventh and Twelfth
• Read the guide.
• Young people by law become adults when they celebrate their 18 th birthday. Becoming an adult opens up many rights - and also responsibilities. Learn more about how your life changes after you blow out those 18 candles by checking out this information online. Sections include contracts, buying a car, rights as a parent, driving and criminal charges. Teachers only will be given access to a test they can assign as a classroom project. Students can find the answers to the questions in this online reference material.
• E-mail lawday@okbar.org for access to the test.