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The LRE Programs Subcommittee currently houses eight programs.
Five programs for educators:
WTP Summer Institute - July 19 - 25, 2008.
The We the People Institute is designed to offer teachers an environment where they will be comfortable and surrounded by like minded people with the common goal of taking a diverse group of learners and educate them in the area of Civic Education while at the same time expand their Character.
If interested, click here to register for the institute.
Law Institute for Teachers (LIFT) - August 11 - 12, 2008.
LIFT is a program for educators, teaching them about the practical aspects of the law as it relates to them and their jobs (e.g., personnel rights, safety in schools, tort liability, student discipline, special education, 1st Amendment, Title IX, FERPA).
NC educators will learn about their rights and responsibilities within the context of the law, and their students’ rights and limits as well in order to feel empowered, inspired, and truly be "lifted" based on the knowledge they have gained at the institute. If interested, click here to register for the two day program.
A.P.P.L.E. Conference - to be held in the Fall of 2008.
A one-day program of law-related and civic education projects and presentations for educators and legal professionals.
Click here for a summary of the October 3, 2006 conference.
Click here to read about past conferences.
Justice Teaching Institute (JTI) - to be held in 2009.
In the Fall of 2007, twenty outstanding North Carolina public high school educators were invited to attend the second Justice Teaching Institute ("JTI"), an intensive 2-1/2 day program that was held the fall of 2007, at the Bar Center in Cary. JTI increases teachers' understanding of the court system and judicial process and give them the tools they need to pass that knowledge on to their students consistent with the North Carolina Standard Course of Study.
Program instructors included some of the state's most eminent legal professionals. Teachers successfully completing the program were installed as JTI Fellows. JTI also offered to other North Carolina public high school teachers an Open Session on one of the days involving presentations by and discussions with various lawyers, judges, court personnel, and policy makers.
Click here for a summary of the Justice Teaching Institute held on October 16-18, 2005.
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CMT is chaired by Mikael Gross and is a full-day workshop for North Carolina high school social studies teachers to learn more about courtroom procedure and how to conduct mock trials and moot courts in a classroom setting.
You will hear from and interact with lawyers and other legal professionals. CMT is designed to align with the North Carolina Standard Course of Study in Civics and U.S. History. You will play a role in an actual mini-mock trial and be provided with extensive resource materials.
Registration for this event is offered on a first-come, first-served basis and space is limited to 30 teachers. The first CMT workshop was offered on December 3, 2007.
All Education Partners will receive notification about the next CMT that will be offered in 2008.
And three programs for educators to bring to their students:
The We the People Subcommittee is Chaired by Rufus Allen. The primary goal of this instructional program is to promote civic competence and responsibility in elementary, middle and high school students. Students study materials relating to the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the principles and development of constitutional democracy in the United States. High school classes may choose to culminate their study through participation in competitions styled as simulated congressional hearings. Regional winners compete for the state title in Raleigh, and the state champions compete in Washington, DC, in the halls of Congress, for the national title alongside teams from every state in the nation. Begun in 1987 and funded by the U.S. Department of Education and administered nationally by the Center for Civic Education, this is the first exciting year of the We the People/LRE partnership.
Click here for more information or to request We the People for your class.
The Field Trip Subcommittee is chaired by Nan Hannah with co-coordinators, Julie Bell and Laura French. They work with teachers to design custom-tailored field trips to the NC Bar Center, home of the North Carolina Bar Association, Lawyers Mutual Insurance, and other law-related organizations. A state-of-the-art facility located in Cary, near the state capital, Raleigh, the NC Bar Center is the perfect venue for classes studying a wide variety of subjects to visit and learn about law-related topics from lawyers and other legal professionals.
Click here for more information or to request a field trip for your class.
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The Law Career Conference is chaired by Rod Allision and is designed to introduce promising minority students to local judges and attorneys and provide them with information about careers in law. It is for high school students who have demonstrated leadership and/or academic potential. The program will spotlight various career options available to those possessing a law degree as well as inform students of the preparatory measures necessary to obtain a law degree. Presenters are expected to include members of the judiciary, practicing attorneys, lawyers in other professions, and law students. The format is designed to be informative and motivational.
The Minorities in the Profession Committee of the NCBA in cooperation with the NCBA Foundation Law-Related Education Advisory Committee held a High School Law Career Conference Career Conference at NCCU School of Law, Durham, NC on October 19, 2007 and at Lenoir-Rhyne College in Hickory on March 14, 2008. The conference will continue to rotate through the state.
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