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




 

Law-Related Education Projects: State

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Tennessee
Tennessee Legal Community Foundation

Contact:  Janis Adams Kyser, Law-Related Education Coordinator

Address: Tennessee Legal Community Foundation
              c/o Tennessee Bar Association
              245 Ashlin Meadow Lane NE, Cleveland, TN 37312

Tel:  423-593-1444               yfj program
Fax: 423-479-9553

E-mail: jkyser@clevelandschools.org
Website: http://www.tba.org/tncivics/


Program Highlights

  • Peaceable Schools Tennessee-conflict resolution program for K-8 teachers with some 9-12 participation
  • Peer mediation training - students and teachers, grades 4-12
  • Support for the Supreme Court Advancing Legal Education for Students (SCALES) Project -- helps attending teachers understand how they can develop interactive teaching strategies using actual SCALES cases and offers advice on effective methods of making local attorneys and judges part of the schools’ teaching teams.
  • Teacher staff development-teachers, grades K-12
  • Youth Courts -- middle school level

Product Highlights

  • Lesson plans based on actual Tennessee Supreme Court cases
  • Materials created by the Peaceable Schools Training Team

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