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This website is a resource of the SBM Law Related Education & Public Outreach Committee.
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LRE Sites, Tools, and Resources
- SBM Constitution Day—Celebrating Constitution Day
- Center for Civic Education provides programs focused on civic/citizenship and law related education.
- Michigan Center for Civic Education promotes and supports the development of responsible citizens through study of civics, government, and law.
- Michigan Supreme Court Learning Center provides information about the Michigan court system and educational resources for students and teachers.
- Winning Futures Mentoring Program
- Center on Congress at Indiana University
- Dirksen Congressional Center developed the Congress in the Classroom education program designed for high school or middle school teachers of U.S. history, government, civics, political science, or social studies.
- National Center for State Courts—civic education resource guide
- A Lawyer Helps—Recognizing lawyers who make a difference for people and for society.
- Find Law for Legal Professionals
Statewide LRE Programs
- Center for Civic Education provides programs focused on civic/citizenship and law related education.
- Michigan Center for Civic Education promotes and supports the development of responsible citizens through study of civics, government, and law.
- Local and Special Purpose Bars
- Michigan Association for Justice helps Michigan's working families seek justice when they are injured by an unsafe product, drunk driver, or by another person's negligence.
Diversity Pipeline Resources
- Street Law: Diversity in the Legal Profession operates programs designed to increase diversity in the legal profession. These programs target high school students of color and work to increase their interest in the law, their knowledge about legal careers and legal career pathways, and encourage them to pursue legal careers.
- Legal Outreach: College to the Law Schools provides support to college students and other talented minority students who desire to attend law school.
- NYC Bar Resource Guide—Best practices standards for the recruitment, retention, development, and advancement of racial/ethnic minority attorneys
- CLEO: Council on Legal Education Opportunity is committed to diversifying the legal profession by expanding legal education opportunities to minority, low-income, and disadvantaged groups.
- ABA Pipeline Diversity Directory is an online searchable database of projects, programs, and initiatives that equip minority students to pursue legal careers.
- ABA Choose Law Program utilizes a video, a written guide, a website, and lawyer volunteers to teach ninth-grade students of color the importance of the legal profession
- ABA Center for Racial and Ethnic Diversity serves as the leading advocate for racial and ethnic diversity within the ABA.
- NBA Arizona Pipeline Program educates, trains, mentors, and empowers minority college and high school students of color to enter the practice of law.
- The Pipeline Crisis mobilizes private sector leadership, investments, and advocacy to create and clear pathways for young black men to achieve social and economic equality.
- U of MI Diversity Matters: Outreach Initiatives
- Diversity at Michigan's Cooley Law School—Cooley stands firm in its belief that a diverse student body enhances both the academic experience and the legal profession.
- Teaching Tolerance—Thought-provoking news, conversation, and support for those who care about diversity, equal opportunity, and respect for differences in schools
- Bill of Rights Institute—Educating young people about the Constitution
- The Choices Program offers history and current news for the classroom
- ABA Law Day
- SBM Constitution Day—Celebrating Constitution Day
- ABA Constitution Day—Celebrating Constitution Day
- Constitutional Rights Foundation—Educating tomorrow's citizens
- National Constitution Center is dedicated to increasing public understanding of, and appreciation for, the Constitution, its history, and its contemporary relevance.
- Constitutional Rights Foundation of Chicago works with elementary and secondary schools to develop critical thinking skills, civic participation, and commitment to the rule of law among young people.
- ABA Public Education Resources
- Street Law at the UW School of Law offers lesson plans developed by University of Washington School of Law students
LRE Training for Michigan Teachers
- Center for Civic Education provides programs focused on civic/citizenship and law related education.
- Michigan Center for Civic Education promotes and supports the development of responsible citizens through study of civics, government, and law.
- Michigan Department of Education, Social Studies Resources
- Michigan Supreme Court Learning Center provides information about the Michigan court system and educational resources for students and teachers.
- Cornell Law Library has a collection of over 700,000 volumes and provides access to numerous online services and free internet sources.
- Congress in the Classroom will help you understand today's Congress and suggest ways to teach about it.
- SBM Constitution Day—Celebrating Constitution Day
- Washtenaw Country Bar Constitution Day Activity
- Michigan Courts Educational Resources offers lesson plans and resources for the classroom.
- Educating for Everyday Democracy: The Jury Process teaches the concepts of due process, equal protection, individual rights, and justice as they apply to the importance of jury service and diverse jury pools.
- Michigan Legal Milestones recognizes significant legal cases and personalities in the state's history, and places bronze plaques at featured sites to document the historical significance.
- Law Related Education & Public Outreach Committee
- The Choices program offers history and current news in the classroom.
Local Bar Associations and Resources
- Local and Special Purpose Bars
LRE for Kids and Students
- Our Courts is a web-based education project spearheaded by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor designed to reinvigorate civics teaching and learning.
- Democracy Kids offers brief activities to get kids thinking about democracy, what it means, and how it works.
- Center for Civic Education provides programs focused on civic/citizenship and law related education.
- Michigan Center for Civic Education promotes and supports the development of responsible citizens through study of civics, government, and law.
- Congress for Kids gives access to interactive, fun-filled experiences designed teach the foundation of our federal government.
- Bill of Rights for Students offers educators a variety of educational programs and instructional materials, including online teachers' guides for use in history, government, civics, and social studies middle and high school classes.
- Constitutional Rights Foundation seeks to instill in our nation's youth an understanding of citizenship through values expressed in our Constitution and its Bill of Rights.
- National Constitution Center provides resources for government or American history class.
- You and the Law helps young people be aware of their rights and responsibilities under the law.
- The Law for Minors, Parents, and Counselors—As a teenager, you have rights. Learn what you can and cannot do when it comes to medical issues, mental health issues, adoption, guardianship, emancipation, abortion, and changing your name.
- Discover Law—No matter where you are in the process of exploring careers, it is not too early to discover law.
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