County Bar Association to host annual Law Day
NORWICH – The Chenango County Bar Association invites the community to celebrate Law Day 2016 at the Chenango County Courthouse this coming Monday, May 16, 2016 beginning at 1:30 p.m.
The Honorable Elizabeth A. Garry, of the Supreme Court Appellate Division; The Honorable Frank B. Revoir Jr., Chenango County Court Judge; and The Honorable W. Howard Sullivan, retired Chenango County Court Judge, will host the event.
2016 marks the 50th Anniversary of perhaps the nation’s best-known U.S. Supreme Court case, Miranda v. Arizona. The 2016 Law Day theme – Miranda: More than Words – will explore the procedural protections afforded to all of us by the U.S. Constitution, how these rights are safeguarded by the courts, and why the preservation of these principles is essential to our liberty. Justice Elizabeth Garry will be addressing this theme.
The program this year, will include the Chenango County Bar Association’s presentation of the 2016 Liberty Bell Award. The annual Liberty Bell Award recognizes the distinguished contributions made to the Chenango County community by non-lawyers who have fostered public understanding of the importance of law in our community.
This year’s recipient of the Liberty Bell Award is retired educator, Donald Chirlin, a former teacher with the Norwich City School District. In addition to serving as a teacher at the Norwich City School District from 1967 to 1991, Chirlin also served as an adjunct professor with Syracuse University and SUNY Morrisville. Chirlin was nominated as Teacher of the Year in 1979 and spent many years serving on various boards and committees, including the Norwich Board of Education, the Chemical Awareness Committee with the Norwich City Schools, the Norwich YMCA, the Norwich Jewish Center and the Norwich Athletic Hall of Fame Committee. As part of the upcoming awards ceremony, remarks will be made by retired Norwich City School District Superintendent Dr. Robert Cleveland and by the recipient’s son, John Chirlin, of Albany, New York.
“When I was a senior attending the Norwich High School in 1984, I was a student in Mr. Chirlin's Sociology class. Mr. Chirlin was very passionate and well read on the complicated and controversial issues facing our nation at the time. He had the unique ability to push the students to engage in spirited dialogue regarding current affairs. It made class much more interesting for the students, and it inspired many students, myself included, to appreciate the importance of civic duty and the need to meaningfully give back to our communities,” said Revoir. “Don Chirlin is an extremely appropriate recipient of the Liberty Bell Award, as he significantly impacted the lives of his students during the four decades he taught in Norwich and his notable service to the community has continued long after his retirement from teaching.”
Judge Revoir explained that if the sum and substance of Donald Chirlin’s philosophy of life and the law could be reduced to a single quote, it would likely come from the speech of a former United States Vice President, which reads, “The moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped.”
Past recipients of the Chenango County Liberty Bell Award include amongst others, former Norwich City Police Chief Joseph Angelino, Youth Board Director Robert Mason III, Hon. Randall Lambrecht, retired Army Colonel and current Justice in the Town of Bainbridge; Leland Gary Brookins, retired Norwich City School Principal; William Evans, retired County Treasurer; and David Evans, retired Norwich Town Justice.
The Gilbertsville Mount Upton Central School District Mock Trial Team, winners of the 2016 Chenango County Mock Trial Tournament, will also be honored during the 2016 Law Day celebration. This group of high school students is led by their Mock Trial Team Coach: Mark Luettger, and their Mock Trial Team Attorney Advisor: Claudette Newman, Esq. The following students from GMU will be recognized for their hard work and dedication: Courtney Baker, Lexus Coughlin, Elle MacPherson, Colin Wind, Kayla Grabo, Felicia Musson, Savana Conrade, Meridith Hammond, Rachel Lyons, Scarlett Newman, Timothy Picozzi, Michael Pope, Zara Zeidman, Jillian Butts, Matthew Lyons, Elaina Palada, Molly D'Amato, Nicole Grabo, Mickenson Clune, Elizabeth French, Charlene Heisler, Michael O'Connor, Michael Picozzi, Lucas Piedmonte, Nina D'Amato.
The Chenango County Bar Association Scholarship Committee will also award its annual scholarship to a graduating college senior who will be attending law school in the coming fall semester of 2016.
Law Day 2016 is open to the public and free to all. Anyone interested in the event is invited to attend on Monday, May 16 at 1:30 p.m., at the Chenango County Courthouse. Please come support our local justice system, our aspiring youth and our community.
The Honorable Elizabeth A. Garry, of the Supreme Court Appellate Division; The Honorable Frank B. Revoir Jr., Chenango County Court Judge; and The Honorable W. Howard Sullivan, retired Chenango County Court Judge, will host the event.
2016 marks the 50th Anniversary of perhaps the nation’s best-known U.S. Supreme Court case, Miranda v. Arizona. The 2016 Law Day theme – Miranda: More than Words – will explore the procedural protections afforded to all of us by the U.S. Constitution, how these rights are safeguarded by the courts, and why the preservation of these principles is essential to our liberty. Justice Elizabeth Garry will be addressing this theme.
The program this year, will include the Chenango County Bar Association’s presentation of the 2016 Liberty Bell Award. The annual Liberty Bell Award recognizes the distinguished contributions made to the Chenango County community by non-lawyers who have fostered public understanding of the importance of law in our community.
This year’s recipient of the Liberty Bell Award is retired educator, Donald Chirlin, a former teacher with the Norwich City School District. In addition to serving as a teacher at the Norwich City School District from 1967 to 1991, Chirlin also served as an adjunct professor with Syracuse University and SUNY Morrisville. Chirlin was nominated as Teacher of the Year in 1979 and spent many years serving on various boards and committees, including the Norwich Board of Education, the Chemical Awareness Committee with the Norwich City Schools, the Norwich YMCA, the Norwich Jewish Center and the Norwich Athletic Hall of Fame Committee. As part of the upcoming awards ceremony, remarks will be made by retired Norwich City School District Superintendent Dr. Robert Cleveland and by the recipient’s son, John Chirlin, of Albany, New York.
“When I was a senior attending the Norwich High School in 1984, I was a student in Mr. Chirlin's Sociology class. Mr. Chirlin was very passionate and well read on the complicated and controversial issues facing our nation at the time. He had the unique ability to push the students to engage in spirited dialogue regarding current affairs. It made class much more interesting for the students, and it inspired many students, myself included, to appreciate the importance of civic duty and the need to meaningfully give back to our communities,” said Revoir. “Don Chirlin is an extremely appropriate recipient of the Liberty Bell Award, as he significantly impacted the lives of his students during the four decades he taught in Norwich and his notable service to the community has continued long after his retirement from teaching.”
Judge Revoir explained that if the sum and substance of Donald Chirlin’s philosophy of life and the law could be reduced to a single quote, it would likely come from the speech of a former United States Vice President, which reads, “The moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped.”
Past recipients of the Chenango County Liberty Bell Award include amongst others, former Norwich City Police Chief Joseph Angelino, Youth Board Director Robert Mason III, Hon. Randall Lambrecht, retired Army Colonel and current Justice in the Town of Bainbridge; Leland Gary Brookins, retired Norwich City School Principal; William Evans, retired County Treasurer; and David Evans, retired Norwich Town Justice.
The Gilbertsville Mount Upton Central School District Mock Trial Team, winners of the 2016 Chenango County Mock Trial Tournament, will also be honored during the 2016 Law Day celebration. This group of high school students is led by their Mock Trial Team Coach: Mark Luettger, and their Mock Trial Team Attorney Advisor: Claudette Newman, Esq. The following students from GMU will be recognized for their hard work and dedication: Courtney Baker, Lexus Coughlin, Elle MacPherson, Colin Wind, Kayla Grabo, Felicia Musson, Savana Conrade, Meridith Hammond, Rachel Lyons, Scarlett Newman, Timothy Picozzi, Michael Pope, Zara Zeidman, Jillian Butts, Matthew Lyons, Elaina Palada, Molly D'Amato, Nicole Grabo, Mickenson Clune, Elizabeth French, Charlene Heisler, Michael O'Connor, Michael Picozzi, Lucas Piedmonte, Nina D'Amato.
The Chenango County Bar Association Scholarship Committee will also award its annual scholarship to a graduating college senior who will be attending law school in the coming fall semester of 2016.
Law Day 2016 is open to the public and free to all. Anyone interested in the event is invited to attend on Monday, May 16 at 1:30 p.m., at the Chenango County Courthouse. Please come support our local justice system, our aspiring youth and our community.
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