Are you interest in having your students meet attorneys and judges and learn more about our legal system? We can help! We have two opportunities for you.
1) Appellate Court Experience(ACE) provides students with an opportunity to deepen their understanding of the judicial system through a visitation to the
California State Court of Appeal and two classroom sessions. At the visitation, students observe an oral argument of a criminal appeal and afterward meet with the justices. Teachers prepare students for the visitation through a PowerPoint presentation (or reading) on the court system, by discussing the case that students will observe, and by getting students to formulate appropriate questions for the visitation. Following the visitation, teachers hold a culminating classroom session in which students role-play justices and decide the case they observed during the visitation. Teachers will then distribute the court’s opinion in the case and hold a discussion on the case and on what students have learned. ACE is available in the following locations:
Los Angeles
Sacramento
Ventura
2) Courtroom to Classroom (C2C) brings judges and attorneys to middle school and high school classrooms. The judge/attorney volunteers use PowerPoint-driven lessons with students that deal with the history of the Constitution and engage them in the content through a moot court activity, using a real Supreme Court case. The volunteers interact with the students to present content, help them prepare for the moot court activity, and answer questions. C2C is available in the following location:
Los Angeles
If you are interested in either or both of these programs, please complete the form below.
Questions? Contact Laura@crf-usa.org/714-334-2465
