April 2-5, 2000 Atlanta, GA Overview | Conference Program Speakers | Workshops | Proceedings | Advisory Board | Youth for Justice | Starr Award YOUTH FOR JUSTICE STATE LRE CENTER DIRECTORS' MEETING The Youth for Justice Program, funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention of the U.S. Department of Justice, involves young people in law-related education and related programs that address national problems, especially violence by and against youth. The program's five national and 50 state organizations offer an array of LRE programs and activities for school, juvenile justice, and community settings. The Youth for Justice state center directors will meet on Sunday, April 2 and Monday, April 3, prior to the beginning of the main Law-Related Education Leadership 2000 conference, to address common issues and concerns. The draft pre-conference agenda is below. Sunday, April 2 9 - 5:30 Registration   10:00 - 12:00 Introduction to Youth for Justice and Law-Related Education for new directors and new state LRE staff. (Bebs Chorak, Street Law and Pat Quann, Delaware LRE Center)   12:00 - 1:15 Optional lunches with state LRE center directors and staff from the Youth for Justice grantees who provide liaison services to those states.   1:30 - 2:00 Introductions and overview of agenda (Lee Arbetman, Street Law)   2:00 - 5:00 “What To Do When the Governor Calls …?” LRE advocates and practitioners are often asked to provide evidence that LRE works. What evidence is available? What additional evidence do we need? These questions will be explored through an activity in which participants formulate a response to the governor’s call for information on effective violence prevention programs. SSEC staff will help participants identify issues involved in establishing a research agenda for LRE and share preliminary YFJ plans for an evaluation “readiness” year in 2000 - 2001. Activities during the readiness year will help determine if an evaluation of LRE’s effectiveness is feasible and desirable. (Barbara Miller and Laurel Singleton, Social Science Education Consortium)   5:15 - 6:30 Reception (Dinner on Your Own)     Monday, April 3 8:30 - 9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast   9:00 - 10:00 a.m. The Youth for Justice Work Plan for 2000 - 2001 (Nisan Chavkin, Constitutional Rights Foundation/Chicago and Roy Erickson, Center for Civic Education) This session will provide an overview of the YFJ project for the coming year with specific emphasis on ways that state LRE centers can participate in the program. The overview will include a discussion of funding available for youth summits, intensive technical assistance (both infrastructure building and staff development/teacher training), and LRE in juvenile justice settings.   10:00-10:15 a.m. Coffee Break   10:15 - 11:45 a.m. Concurrent Workshops Session A: Web Sites, eGroups, and Cybertraining: The Opportunities and Challenges of Technology (Marshall Croddy, Constitutional Rights Foundation/Los Angeles) This session will give LRE state center directors an opportunity to reflect on the benefits and costs of technology and to share their experiences in this area. Participants will consider the extent to which technology can enhance communication and technical assistance, supplement teacher training, and assist in identifying program resources. Session B: Building Resources for Your Program in the New Millenium (Jennifer Bloom, Minnesota Center for Community Legal Education and Carolyn Pereira, Constitutional Rights Foundation/Chicago) How will LRE be supported in the 21st century? What will be the impact of lower crime rates, continuing concern about school violence, turnover among teachers (retirements and the new crop of young teachers), reports of weak civics performance on the NAEP test, and the pervasive influence of standards and state testing programs? This session will provide a strategic look at the ongoing challenge of building resources to support your program. Session C: Online Youth Summits (Paula Nessel and John Paul Ryan, American Bar Association/Division for Public Education) The first National Online Youth Summits utilized List Serves, a web site, and other technologies to engage over 50 classrooms from around the country in discussions among themselves and with legal/public policy experts during 99-00. The ABA staff will explain how to use various forms of technology economically in order to create online summits (local to international), share lessons learned from this year’s summits, and describe how teachers in your state can participate in the 2000-01 National Online Youth Summit. 12 noon - 2:00 p.m. Working Lunch (Program and speaker to be announced)     2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Table Talk Mini-Sessions Session A (2:00 - 2:25) Table 1 Table 2 Table 3 Table 4 Table 5 Session B (2:30 - 2:55) Table 1 Table 2 Table 3 Table 4 Table 5 Session C (3:00 - 3:25) Table 1 Table 2 Table 3 Table 4 Table 5 (We would include in the table talks: Youth Summits, Youth Courts, LRE in JJ Settings, Working with School Resource Officers, VOICE, Bell Gardens, Parents and the Law, What’s New at CCE? What’s New at CRF? What’s New at Street Law?)   3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Break   4:30 - ABA Leadership Conference Begins More information about the Youth for Justice Program Back to top