Law Day was established May 1,
1958 by Dwight D. Eisenhower as “A day of national dedication to the
principles of government under law.”
In the following year’s official proclamation for Law Day, President
Eisenhower stated: “Free people can assure the blessings of liberty for
themselves only if they recognize the necessity that the rule of law
shall be supreme and that all men shall be equal before the law.”
Each year when we
observe Law Day we celebrate this principle and the contributions of the
women and men who work on behalf of our system of law and justice.
-- Excerpt from
Speech by
Atty. Livia Barndollar, May 1, 2009
