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The LRE Programs Subcommittee currently houses nine programs.
Four programs for educators:
A one-day program of law-related and civic education projects and presentations for educators and legal professionals.
Read about the A.P.P.L.E. conference held on October 6, 2008 in Wilmington.
Click here for a summary of the October 3, 2006 conference.
Click here to read about past conferences.
Justice Teaching Institute (JTI) - Next date TBA.
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.
View the 2007 JTI Agenda. |  Watch the 2007 JTI video
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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 2009.
Representative Democracy in America is a national project designed to reinvigorate and educate Americans on the critical relationship between government and the people it serves. The project introduces citizens, particularly young people, to the representatives, institutions, and processes that serve to realize the goal of a government of, by, and for the people.
RDA provides innovative educational materials for K-12 classrooms, conducts the Campaign to Promote Civic Education, and informs the general public about representative democracy through a variety of media.
Read more here.
And five programs for educators to bring to their students:
The We the People Subcommittee is Co-chaired by Rufus Allen and Cathi Hunt. 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.
2009 Article - Northwest Guilford Moves On to Nationals
Click here for state competiton details for volunteers.
Click here to request We the People books and assistance for your class.
We the People: Project Citizen is a curricular program for middle, secondary, and post-secondary students, youth organizations, and adult groups that promotes competent and responsible participation in local and state government. The program helps participants learn how to monitor and influence public policy. In the process, they develop support for democratic values and principles, tolerance, and feelings of political efficacy.
Learn more about Project Citizen.
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.
Credit Abuse Resistance Education (CARE) developed as part of a federal initiative by members of the Bankruptcy Section of the North Carolina Bar Association.
CARE was originally designed to be presented to rising college freshmen at North Carolina colleges and universities, but the need for personal financial literacy includes a greater cross section of the population. CARE teaches about personal finances to help minimize credit abuse among young adults and educate those who need to repair their credit rating. Presentations can be tailored for a teacher training session at the school or meeting facility or an attorney volunteer can visit your classroom. If you prefer, you can download the Power Point that contains slide notes in order for you to give the presentation yourself
For more information about the national CARE program, please visit: www.careprogram.us
To request a presentation for training purposes or in the classroom, please click here to be navigated to the online speaker request form.
To download the presentation click here to be navigated to the LRE Publication Station.
The Field Trip Subcommittee is chaired by Laura French.
The subcommittee works 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 to read about past field trips.
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