McCoy & Hiestand is excited to offer a $2,500 financial award to a student applying for the firm’s 7th Amendment Scholarship. This scholarship requires students to think critically about the 7th Amendment and discuss, in a 500 to 1,000-word essay, whether or not the Amendment should be construed literally.

The 7th Amendment reads as follows:

“In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.”

McCoy & Hiestand encourages applying students to approach this topic from a variety of angles and to muse on the nature of justice and the value of a jury. Students should also be prepared to submit evidence of a 3.0 or higher GPA and enrollment or acceptance into an accredited United States university or graduate school. Hopefuls from all fields of study are encouraged to apply.