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THE LEGAL BRIEF
VOLUME 42, ISSUE 3
2024 Law Day Speech Contest
The TCBA held the preliminary round of the TCBA Law Day Speech Contest for high school students on April 16, 2024, at the Thurston County
Courthouse. The topic this year was “ Do you support the changes made by Initiative 2113 (concerning vehicle pursuits by peace officers), do you support that RCW 11.116.060 should have continued to remain good law, or do you support some other change that would be more appropriate. ” Thank you to our panel of judges, Thurston County Superior Court Judge, the Honorable Christine Schaller and the Honorable Anne Egeler, and two TCBA Board of Directors, Marie Docter and Melissa Goldmann, for judging the preliminary round. We had 10 students from local high schools participate this year. All of the students did an amazing job preparing and presenting their speeches for the preliminary round. Rory Line, Natasha Thompson, and Christine Zang advanced to the finals which was held during a West Olympia Rotary Club meeting at Tugboat Annie ’ s on April 30, 2024. The West Olympia Rotary Club selected three members from the audience to be judges during the final round. The three finalists did an amazing job presenting their speeches once again. After deliberation by the judges, first place was awarded to Natasha Thompson, a senior at Olympia High School, second place was awarded to Christine Zhang, a senior at Olympia High School, and third place was awarded to Rory Line, a senior at Timberline High School.
The TCBA presented scholarship money to each finalist ($800 for first place, $600 for second place, and $400 for third place) and the West Olympia Rotary Club presented each of the finalists with a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place plaques.
A HUGE THANK YOU to the following TCBA members and West Olympia Rotary Club members for donating towards the prize money this year:
Renah Blair Rietzke Family & Community Foundation
Church Rietzke Johnson
John Kesler III
Wertjes Atkission Law
Alan Wertjes
Dickson Frohlich Phillips Burgess
Judge Daniel Berschauer (Ret.)
Steve Henderson
Neil Falkenburg
Tom Henderson
Gene Johnson
From left to right: Natasha, Christine, and Rory.
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