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The 10th Annual Freedom Scholarship Contest

Brooks, LeBoeuf, Bennett, Foster & Gwartney's
10th Annual Freedom Scholarship Essay Contest

We are proud to announce Caroline Ubben, a senior at Leon High School, as the winner of the 10th Annual Freedom Scholarship Essay Contest. Congratulations, Caroline! 

Read more about our winner!

2010 Scholarship winner with parents
2010 Freedom Scholarship Winner Caroline Ubben accepts the trophy.
Standing with her parents and Leon High School Principal Rocky Hanna.

Thanks to all of the students from the following schools who submitted essays for this year's contest:
North Florida Christian
Rickards High School
Community Christian
Chiles High School
Godby High School
Florida High
Robert F. Monroe
Leon High School
Homeschooled
Wakulla High
John Paul II
unknown

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 an original essay and five copies of the essay must be received by 5:00 p.m. on Monday, April 12, 2010. 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

 

 

Freedom Scholarship Winners:
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