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ABA Division for Public Education: State LRE Project Profiles: New York




 

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New York
Syracuse University Project LEGAL
(Law-related Education Goals for American Leadership)

Contact:  James J. Carroll, Ph.D., Director of Project LEGAL

Address:  Syracuse University Project LEGAL
               230 Euclid Ave., Syracuse, NY 13244

Tel: 315-443-4720
Fax: 315-443-1448

E-mail: plegal@maxwell.syr.edu
Website: Project LEGAL Homepage


Program Highlights

  • Created "Teaching Interdiscplinary Problem Solving" (Project TIPS), a five-year (1999-2004) USDE Technology Innovation Challenge grant program for Bronx secondary schools; available for national dissemination.
  • Ask-A-LEGAL Eagle -- a free virtual reference desk service through which students and teachers can ask constitutional law questions on our website and they are answered by volunteer lawyers and experts across the country
  • CompuLEGAL -- free interactive case method application (on website) with over 60 landmark US Supreme Court cases and links to related precedents
  • Program for elementary and secondary gifted students
  • Program for learning disabled students
  • Teacher training—elementary and secondary level American history and government teachers

Product Highlights

  • Awareness brochures and 51-minute videotape
  • Publications:
    • Our Constitution Made Easier
    • Our Constitutional Heritage (secondary text for students with learning disabilities in reading and teacher guide also available)
    • The Presidency Under Our Constitution (and teacher guide)
    • Project LEGAL Teacher Manual and Student Booklet -- grades 5, 8, and 11
    • The Ratification Debates: A Dynamic Approach to Understanding the Principles and Concepts of the United States Constitution ( and teacher guide)
    • Visuals of LEGAL Issues and Supreme Court Decisions

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