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ABA Division for Public Education: State LRE Project Profiles: Oklahoma




 

Law-Related Education Projects: State

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Oklahoma
Oklahoma Law-Related Education Program

Contact:  Jane McConnell, LRE Coordinator
              Youth For Justice Coordinator

Address:  Oklahoma Bar Association
                P.O. Box 53036, Oklahoma City, OK 73152

Tel: 405-416-7024
Fax: 405-416-7088

E-mail: janem@okbar.org
Website: Oklahoma Bar Association Website


Program Highlights

  • Judge- and Lawyer-in-the-classroom
  • LRE network -- County Bar Law-Related Education Coordinators are liaisons between teachers and attorneys in the county and the State Law-Related Education program
  • LRE student teacher training
  • Library/Resource Room
  • Model Congress Program
  • Oklahoma Close-Up Program -- brought about 120 Oklahoma students from all across the state in a mock-participation in government at the state capital
  • OBA/Law-Related Education Clearinghouse
  • Oklahoma Foundation for the Humanities Traveling Exhibit
  • Partnerships between lawyers and teachers
  • “Practical law" courses
  • PROS (Peaceful Resolution for Oklahoma Students) -- teaches young people alternative non-violent ways to resolve problems
  • Substance Abuse and the Law-NICEL
  • Teacher training-PACE: Program Advancing Law-Related Education
  • Traveling exhibits
  • Video library
  • We the People -- Center for Civic Education program
  • Workshops

Product Highlights

  • Newsletter: Citizenship News
  • Young Adult Guide -- booklet for graduating high school seniors on practical areas of the law

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