The Rhode Island Law Day (RILD) Committee, with particular help from Rhode Island Bar Association, the Rhode Island Judiciary, Roger Williams University School of Law, and the Rhode Island Police Chiefs’ Association, sponsored the 2021 Hon. Francis J. Darigan, Jr. Rhode Island Law Day Essay Contest. Open to all Rhode Island 10th, 11th, and 12th grade students, the Contest focused on American Society and the Rule of Law, the same topic offered through this year’s RILD Classroom Programs.
Veronica Sabatino, a student at Narragansett High School, won first place in this year’s contest. Veronica received a $1,000 scholastic award made possible through the combined generosity of the Rhode Island Bar Association and the Rhode Island Police Chiefs’ Association. She also received a personalized engraved trophy cup, and her school received the Hon. Francis J. Darigan, Jr. Rhode Island Law Day Essay Contest trophy cup for a one-year display, and a permanent plaque commemorating her achievement. And, thanks to the generosity of the Edward P. Gallogly Family Law Inns of Court, a second-place winner, McKenzie Gardner, another student from Narragansett High School, was awarded a $250 scholastic award and a personalized engraved trophy cup.