A new tradition: Mya Ingram wins inaugural speech contest

The competition was in partnership with Jean Ribault High School and the Ribault High School Future Leaders and Lawyers program.

  • By Max Marbut
  • | 12:05 a.m. May 2, 2024
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Mya Ingram, a student at Jean Ribault High School, was awarded the first speech contest prize by Alex Hill, a JBA Law Week Committee member.
Mya Ingram, a student at Jean Ribault High School, was awarded the first speech contest prize by Alex Hill, a JBA Law Week Committee member.
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At the annual Law Day meeting and luncheon May 1 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Jacksonville Riverfront hotel Downtown, the JBA Law Week Committee introduced what is intended to be a new annual Law Week tradition.

In a partnership with Jean Ribault High School and the Ribault High School Future Leaders and Lawyers program sponsored by the Young Lawyer Section of the JBA, a speech contest open to all students started this year.

The prompt, based on the “Voices of Democracy” Law Day theme, was “How can young voices shape the future of our democracy?”

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