May 9, 2006

Ms. Kathy Cox
State Superintendent of Schools
2066 Twin Towers East
205 Jesse Hill Jr. Drive SE
Atlanta, GA 30334

Dear Superintendent Cox:

The Court of Appeals of Georgia is celebrating its Centennial this year. The Court is working to involve the public in this celebration and has scheduled a number of events to do so including scheduling oral arguments around the state and sponsoring panel discussions for the State Bar members. In order to involve the state's youth in the celebration, we are awarding substantial scholarships sponsored by the Justice Served Foundation, Inc. to the first place, second place and quarter final winners in the high school oratorical contest set out in the enclosed proposed announcement.

School winners will be given the opportunity to compete in finals to be held at the State Bar Center located in Atlanta. We expect at least one of the final arguments to be held in the courtroom in that facility. The winner will be invited to attend the Court's Centennial Dinner on Friday, October 6, 2006 at the Atlanta Aquarium and give his or her speech to the attendees.

We would like your permission to contact the public schools about the contest. Accordingly, any way in which you could assist us to communicate with the public high schools and encourage participation, would be greatly appreciated.

This announcement will be sent to all Georgia public and private high schools for which we can obtain mailing addresses. We hope to have good representation of the high schools statewide.

Should you have any questions or desire further information about the Centennial Oratorical Contest, please feel free to contact Ms. Holly Sparrow, Deputy Administrator, at 404-651-8498. Since schools may be closing for summer shortly, we would appreciate your prompt immediate response.

Sincerely,

John H. Ruffin, Jr.

Chief Judge