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ABA Division for Public Education: State LRE Project Profiles: Kansas Bar Association




 

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Kansas
Law and Citizenship Project

Contact:  Btissam Touijer, Public Services Director

Address:  Kansas Bar Association
               1200 Harrison
               P.O. Box 1037
               Topeka, KS 66601

Tel: 785-234-5696
Fax: 785-234-3813

E-mail: btissamh@ksbar.org
Website: Kansas Citizen and Law Education Project


Program Highlights

  • Court Law Day Link-Up: the Kansas Supreme Court produces a Law Day program which links up to nine schools to have students from across the state discuss law-related issues.
  • "Faces of the Law in Kansas" exhibit (high school level)
  • LRE Clearinghouse
  • LRE teachers' seminar
  • Mock trial competition
  • Peer mediation
  • Supreme Court in Review: judges or lawyers make presentations on recent cases heard by the U.S. Supreme Court

Product Highlights

  • Lawyer presentation packets (for elementary, middle, and high school levels)
  • Lesson plans
  • Mock trial scripts
  • "U.S. Supreme Court in Review" scripts
  • Videos of LRE teachers' seminar

                 Publications:

  • Brochures for senior students on various topics
  • Law Wise newsletter, a compendium of information on law-related education activities in and out of Kansas
  • On Your Own, explains the legal issues which young people should be aware of as they prepare to leave school and enter the work force
  • Rights and Responsibilities for the younger middle school student

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