Law Day 2008 is on May 16th, 2008. A luncheon will be held at the West Chester Country Club.
For registration please download, fill out, and mail in the registration form below.
Law Day was created in 1958 by a Proclamation by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. This proclamation is below:
WHEREAS it is fitting that the people of this Nation should remember with pride and
vigilantly guard the great heritage of liberty, justice and equality under law which our
forefathers bequeathed to us; and
WHEREAS it is our moral and civic obligation as free men and as Americans to preserve
and strengthen that great heritage; and
WHEREAS the principle of guaranteed fundamental rights of individuals under the law is
the heart and sinew of our Nation, and distinguishes our governmental system from the type
of government that rules by might alone; and
WHEREAS our government has served as an inspiration and a beacon light for oppressed
peoples of the World seeking freedom, justice and equality of the individual under law;
and
WHEREAS universal application of the principles of the rule of law in the settlement of
international disputes would greatly enhance the cause of a just and enduring peace; and
WHEREAS a day of national dedication to the principle of government under law would
afford us an opportunity better to understand and appreciate the manifold virtues of such
a government and to focus the attention of the World upon them;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, President of the United States of America, do
hereby designate Thursday, May 1, 1958 as Law Day - USA. I urge the people of the United
States to observe the designated day with appropriate ceremonies and activities, and I
especially urge the legal profession, the press, and the radio, television and motion
picture industries to promote and to participate in the observance of that date.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Seal of the United
States of America to be affixed.
DONE at the City of Washington this Third Day of February in the Year of our Lord
Nineteen Hundred and Fifty-eight, and of the Independence of the United States of America
the One Hundred and Eighty-second.
(Signed) DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER By the President
JOHN FOSTER DULLES Secretary of State
The White House
February 3, 1958
