2025 Rhode Island Law Day Classroom Program
On Rhode Island Law Day, thousands of Rhode Island students, teachers, judges and lawyers share important, timely and lively law related education lessons. This year’s Rhode Island Law Day is Friday, May 2, 2025. Rhode Island Law Day classroom program lessons are open to all public, independent, private, and parochial Rhode Island middle and upper schools’ 7th to 12th grade classes, and feature in-school, classroom period participation of a Rhode Island judge and lawyer team. To promote active student participation and the best possible educational experience, the Rhode Island Law Day classroom program topic choice focuses on an issue of direct relevance to students.
The registration deadline for the 2025 Rhode Island Law Day Classroom Programs is Friday, February 7, 2025.
The Constitution's Promise: Out of Many, One
This year’s theme, The Constitution's Promise: Out of Many, One, urges us to take pride in a Constitution that bridges our differences to bring us together as united nation. Our civic lives tie us together as one “We,” whether through legislative efforts that serve the common good, through military service, or by working together, every day, to fulfill the promise of E pluribus unum; “Out of many, one.”
Online Background and Activity Information
Available classroom program material including recommended discussion points and lesson plans, as well as additional topic background information are available online by clicking here. (check back in February 2025)
2025 Hon. Francis J. Darigan, Jr. Rhode Island Law Day Essay Contest
2025 Rhode Island Law Day Essay Contest Guidelines and Rules
2025 Rhode Island Law Day Essay Contest Student Entry Form
2025 Rhode Island Law Day Essay Contest Flyer
The Rhode Island Judiciary, the Rhode Island Bar Association, and the Rhode Island Police Chief’s Association are pleased to announce the 21st annual 2025 Hon. Francis J. Darigan Jr. Rhode Island Law Day Essay Contest. The Contest is open to all Rhode Island 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students attending school in Rhode Island, but only to those grades. Through the generosity of the Rhode Island Bar Association, the Rhode Island Bar Foundation, and the Rhode Island Police Chiefs' Association, the winning essay author will receive a $2000 Scholastic Award and an engraved trophy cup. The winner’s school receives a permanent plaque and the annual Law Day Essay Award Trophy to display until the next Contest. The second-place winner will receive a $500 scholastic award generously donated by the Edward P. Gallogly Family Law Inn of Court and the Rhode Island Bar Foundation. The third-place winner will be recognized with a $100 scholastic award donated by the Rhode Island Bar Association.
2024 Rhode Island Law Day Essay Contest Winners
First Place: The Power of a Vote written by Ambujam Karuna Lohmann
Second Place: Voting written by Zachary Jean-Philippe