Law students will teach lessons in local high schools on substantive legal issues, the relationship between law and justice, and how justice can be accomplished or improved. Lessons are based on controversial cases in constitutional law and are designed to challenge students to think critically.
Organization
Street Law
Street Law is a student organization at Texas Law. Street Law sends law students into local AISD middle and high schools throughout the school year to teach practical, participatory lessons about legal issues important to today’s youth, including law, democracy, and human rights. Street Law is operating the High School Project in partnership with the Richard and Ginni Mithoff Pro Bono Program’s Educational Equity Project.
Project Details
- Project Date
Friday, April 13
- Project Time
- 11:00am-4:30pm
- Approximate hours of work requested
- 3 hours, including training and lesson planning; Students may sign up to work 11:10am-12:40pm or 3:00pm-4:30pm; Students may sign up for more than one class period)
- Training
- A 1.5 hour training session will be held on Thursday, April 12, 6pm-7:30pm (TNH 2.124)
- Skills used
- Legal analysis; issue spotting; public speaking and clear communication of laws
- Project location
- Akins High School, 10701 S. 1st Street, Austin, TX 78748
- Number of student volunteers requested
- 6 (3 per class period)
- Class year preference
- 1L, 2L, 3L, LLM
- To Apply
- Submit email stating interest to ssedgwick@law.utexas.edu