On May 2, 2014, members of the state judiciary and the bar joined together to visit various schools across Rhode Island in order to promote awareness of our judicial system, to discuss a relevant and timely legal topic, and to educate the students on their rights and responsibilities as citizens under our legal system.
HCC attorney J. David Freel, Esq. was one of the participating instructors as part of Rhode Island Law Day. He was paired with Judge Stephen Isherwood of the Rhode Island District Court. They addressed students from two, 7th grade classes at the Father John V. Doyle School in Coventry, R.I., on the topic of Fourth Amendment rights and other current issues related to privacy law.
The event was organized by the Rhode Island Bar Association. Each year, Law Day programs are conducted across the United States during the entire month of May by bar groups, courts, schools and community to explain the crucial role that the rule of law and the legal process play in protecting freedom. In 1961, Congress issued a joint resolution designating May 1 as the official Law Day.
