Pubdate: Wed, 19 Apr 2006
Source: News-Review, The (Roseburg, OR)
Copyright: 2006 The News-Review
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STATE BAR HOLDS HIGH SCHOOL ESSAY CONTEST

PORTLAND: The deadline for the Oregon State Bar New  Lawyers 
Division's annual high school essay contest is  April 28. The first 
place winner will receive $500,  with awards of $350 for second place 
and $250 for third  place. The contest is open to all Oregon high 
school  students.

This year's topic addresses a newly proposed drug  testing policy at 
the fictional Mud Duck School  District. All students in after-school 
programs could  be tested and barred for participation for the full 
year if positive. Students testing positive will have  to deliver 
speeches on the drug use to the student body  to be considered 
eligible for extracurricular  activities the following school year. 
The New Lawyers  Division will provide legal research materials, 
including an actual case from Oregon's Vernonia School  District that 
went to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1995.  Students are asked to write 
a persuasive essay arguing  for or against the drug testing policy.

Information:  www.osbar.org/nld/essay/essaycontest2006.html; 
5200  S.W. Meadows, Lake Oswego, OR 97305; or (503) 620-0222.
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