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First Amendment – Freedom of Religion Lesson and Workshop Plans

This lesson and workshop teach students about the establishment and free exercise clauses and their application to a public school setting.

Fourth Amendment – Warrants and Searches Lesson and Workshop Plans

This lesson and workshop series introduces students to the Fourth Amendment, basic warrant requirements and exceptions, and the scope and limits of searches using technology.

First Amendment – Freedom of Speech Lesson and Workshop Plans

This lesson and workshop teach students about student speech and ways in which public schools can limit speech.

Employment Law Lesson and Workshop Plans

This lesson and workshop series introduces students to discrimination in the workplace and has them conduct depositions and make arguments in a short trial alleging discrimination based on disability.

Legislation Lesson and Workshop Plans

This simulated hearing focuses on teenage driving laws. During the classroom lesson, students learn about the differences between federal, state, and local laws, and brainstorm ways to address the high rate of teenage car accidents. The conference workshop has students…

Personal Injury Lesson and Workshop Plans

Students will learn about different types of intentional torts and then study negligence and the elements of negligence. They will learn about defenses to negligence and apply their learning in a mock hearing.

Social Host Liability Lesson and Workshop Plans

Students learn about the concepts of liability and will represent an injured plaintiff or one of two defendants in a social host liability mini-trial about a young person who throws a party while his parents are out of town.