The Georgia Trial Lawyers Association has announced that, due to the overwhelming response received in 2014, the first-of-its-kind Seventh Amendment Scholarship Essay Competition will return for a second year in 2015. Created to recognize college-bound high school seniors who exhibit a keen awareness of the societal and judicial value of the Seventh Amendment to the U.S. Constitution’s right to trial by jury and Georgia’s civil justice system, the competition asks applicants to apply their knowledge of the Seventh Amendment to a real-world situation. This year, students will be asked to address the following question: “The Right to Trial by Jury is often viewed as ‘The Great Equalizer,’ allowing individuals and small businesses the opportunity to hold the powerful accountable on a level playing field in a court of law.