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Lawyers & Judges: Tips on Volunteering: Youth Education




 

youth education

Where to Turn?

National Projects
Among the excellent national law-related education projects are:

  • The Center for Civic Education (www.civiced.org) for a very wide ranging program with many opportunities for lawyers and judges to volunteer at every grade level, as well as dozens of sample lessons;
  • Constitutional Rights Foundation (www.crf-usa.org) to learn about lawyer in the classroom programs and select from a wide range of lessons you can use);
  • The Constitutional Rights Foundation-Chicago (www.crfc.org) for information on volunteering in elementary schools, lessons on juries, materials in Spanish, and more;
  • Street Law (www.streetlaw.org) for information about programs in schools and the community, mock trials, and more; and
  • Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity (www.padsites.org) for programs that encourage lawyers, judges, and law students to volunteer in a wide range of activities

State Projects
For a listing of state (and national) projects: http://www.abanet.org/publiced/lre/main.html

For a listing of LRE activities by state (teacher training, lawyer in the classroom, mediation) and LRE products (mock trials, lessons, and newsletters) by state: http://www.abanet.org/publiced/lre/programs.html


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