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Brooks, LeBoeuf, Bennett, Foster & Gwartney's
Annual Freedom Scholarship Essay Contest

The Brooks, LeBoeuf, Bennett, Foster & Gwartney Freedom Scholarship was established in 2001 and the firm has since awarded $27,500 to assist students in achieving their educational goals. Our firm believes that a college education is an important step in attaining individual personal dreams. We believe the freedoms, afforded by our Constitutional Bill of Rights, make these dreams possible for all Americans.

Contest rules:

  • The applicant must be a high school junior or senior and a resident of Leon, Wakulla, Gadsden or Jefferson County.
  • The essay must be typewritten and contain no less than 500 and no more than 1,000 words. The subject of the essay must be: The Bill of Rights: What it means to me as an American. The essay must cover one, any combination or all of the first ten amendments to the Constitution.
  • Only one essay may be submitted per person.
  • No current or past employees or immediate family members of Brooks, LeBoeuf, Bennett, Foster & Gwartney, or of the independent celebrity judges are eligible to enter the competition.
  • The top ten essays will be submitted to a panel of independent celebrity judges who will select the award winning essay. One scholarship in the amount of $2,500 will be awarded directly to a high school junior or senior.
  • The completed application with copies of the essay must be received by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 9, 2012. Essays can be mailed or hand-delivered to:

Brooks, LeBoeuf, Bennett, Foster & Gwartney, P.A.
Attention: Freedom Scholarship
909 East Park Avenue
Tallahassee, Florida 32301

Click here to download the APPLICATION for the 2012 Freedom Scholarship Essay contest.

Freedom Scholarship Winners:
2011 Logan Harvey, Wakulla High School
2010 Caroline Ubben, Leon High School
2009 Jessica Stephens, Homeschooled
2008 William Doran, Leon High School                           
2007 Kathleen Wade, Lincoln High School
2006 Rebecca Lu, Lincoln High School
2005 Lisa Nicole Trainor, Lincoln High School
2004 Layne Zhao, Lincoln High School
2003 Rachel Kuncicky, Lincoln High School
2002 Katie Lynn Ball, Lincoln High School
2001 Whitney Johnson-Rule, Rickards High School