Northeast Georgia lawyers, judges and court staff converged outside the courtroom Friday to celebrate the strength of the legal system and also rally against obstacles to justice. The Gainesville-Northeastern Circuit Bar Association’s Law Day banquet, held at the Gainesville Civic Center, brought together a few hundred legal minds under the theme “no courts, no justice, no freedom.” The slogan spotlighted the bar association’s concern that government funding cuts to the court system are degrading justice.