ERIC ED364487: State and Local Bar Associations Law-Related Education Activities.

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State and Local Bar Associations Law-Related
Education Activities.
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American Bar Association, Chicago, Ill. Special
Committee on Youth Education for Citizenship.
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DESCRIPTORS
Alcohol Education; Drug Education; Elementary
Secondary Education; *Law Related Education; Lawyers;
*Learning Activities; Professional Associations;
School Community Relationship; Social Studies; *Youth
Programs
IDENTIFIERS
American Bar Association; Law Day
ABSTRACT
This document is a listing of the law-related
education activities of state and local bar associations grouped by
state. Under each state, the state association and often one or more
local association are listed. Information on each association
includes committees relating to law related education, a listing of
law related education activities, funding sources, and the name,
address, and phone number of the appropriate contact person. Some
association listings also include volunteer recruitment strategies
and resources. Listed activities include Law Day, mediation, Lawyer
in the Classroom, teen court, mock trials, court docent,
bicentennial, teacher education, programs f,31- at-risk youth, and drug
prevention projects. The most common funding sources include general
operating budgets, bar foundation grants, senior bar funding, Young
Lawyers Section activity budgets, and organization dues. Volunteers
are recruited by personal appeals, contacts for specific projects,
publicity of projects, volunteer sign up sheets in dues packets,
special invitations, and articles in organization newsletters.
Resources listed include booklets, videos, newsletters, and
curricular materials. (DK)
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ALABAMA
Alabama State Bar
Committee: Citizenship Education
Activities: Law Day, mock trials, MENTOR, Bar-School Partnerships, state conferences,
bicentennial
Funding Sources: membership dues, IOLTA
Contact: Keith Norman, Director of Programs, Alabama State Bar, 415 Dexter Street, Post
Office Box 671, Montgomery, AL 36104; 205-269-1515
Birmingham Bar Association
Committees: Public Education,Law-Related Education, Juvenile Justice
Activities: Bar-School Partnerships, Lawyer in the Classroom, Bill of Rights, teacher
education
Funding Source: general fund
Contact: Beth Carmichael, Executive Director, Birmingham Bar Association, 2nd Floor, 109
North 20th Street, Birmingham, AL 35203; 205-251-8006
ALASKA
Alaska Bar Association
Committee: Law-Related Education
Activities: Bar-School Partnerships, Lawyer in the Classroom, Bill of Rights, teacher
education
Funding Source: general operating expenses
Contact: Deborah O'Regan, Executive Director, Alaska Bar Association, 310 K Street #602,
Post Office Box 100279, Anchorage, AK 99510; 907-272-7469
ARIZONA
Arizona State Bar Association
Committee: Law-Related Education
Activities: mock trials, Law Day, MENTOR, summer law camp, bicentennial, Lawyer in the
Classroom, state conferences, teacher education
Funding Source: IOLTA (The bar association provides funds for the Arizona Center for
Law-Related Education.)
Resources: resource library, newsletter
Volunteer Recruitment Strategies: special invitations, articles in the newsletter, Arizona
Attorney
Contact: Lynda Rando, Director, Arizona Center for Law-Related Education, Arizona Bar
Foundation, 363 North 1st Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85003; 602-340-7360
Arizona/Pima County Young Lawyers Division
Committees: Street Law, Youth Education, Public Education, Law-Related Education,
Juvenile Justice (The bar association works closely with the Avizona Center for Law-Related
Education and provides funding for that organization.)
Activities: Law Day, MENTOR, mock trial, Lawyer in the Classroom, Bar-School
Partnership, Street Law, drug prevention project with other legal professionals
Funding Sources: line item in operating budget, bar foundation
Contact: Pamela Treadwell-Rubin, Juvenile Section, 2225 East Ajo Way, Tucson, AZ
85713-6295; 602-740-5088
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CALIFORNIA
State Bar of California
Committee: Communications and Bar Relations
Activities: Law Day, Bill of Rights, bicentennial, partnerships with libraries, community law
schools, Chambers of Commerce
Resources: booklets
Funding Sources: operating budget, grants, publications' revenue
Volunteer Recruitment Strategies: promotions in publications, introductions
to projects at
annual meeting and bar leaders' conference, offering complete access to
state bar staff and
resources for local projects
Contact: Laura Dille, Public Outreach Coordinator, State Bar of California, 555 Franklin
Street, San Francisco, CA 94102; 415-561-8230
Alameda County Bar Association
Activity: Law Day
Volunteer Recruitment Strategy: encouragement of employees by law firms
Contact: Walter Pyle, Continuing Legal Education, Board Liaison, Alameda County Bar
Association, Suite 208, 405-14th Street, Oakland, CA 94612; 510-849-4424
Los Angeles County Bar Association
Committee: Law-Related Education
Activities: mock trials, Street Law, Bill of Rights, bicentennial, Lawyer in the Classroom
Volunteer Recruitment Strategy: addressing the Board of Trustees and Barristers
Contact: Karen Brodkin, Chair, Law-Related Education Committee, Los Angeles County Bar
Association, Suite 302, 9220 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90069; 310-274-6184
Monterey County Bar Association
Committee: Legal Education Consortium
Activities: Law Day, Lawyer in the Classroom, Bill of Rights
Funding Source: MCLE programs
Volunteer Recruitment Strategies: personal invitations to participate, having sub-groups,
such as women lawyers, law schools, etc.
Contact: Helen Boody, Executive Director, Monterey County Bar Association, 215 West
Franklin Street, Suite 309, Monterey, CA 93940; 408-375-1693
Sacramento County Bar Association
Committees: Public Education, Bicentennial
Activities: Law Day, mock trial, Bill of Rights, Bar-School Partnership, bicentennial, teacher
education, MENTOR, mediation, Lawyer in the Classroom
Funding Sources: membership dues, the bar foundation, individual law firms
Volunteer Recruitment Strategy: personal invitations to participate
Contact: Robert Stone, Executive Director, Sacramento County Bar Association, Suite 101,
901 H Street, Sacramento, CA 95814; 916-448-1087
San Diego County Barristers
Activities: Law Day, Lawyer in the Classroom, Lawyers in the Library
Funding Source: county bar association
Contact: Unda Mullany, San Diego County Barristers, 101 West Broadway, Suite 1700,
San Diego, CA 92101-3881; 619-233-4777
Bar Association of San Francisco
Committee: Law-Related Education
Activities: Law Day, mock trial, Street Law, Lawyer in the Classroom
Funding Source: membership dues
Volunteer Recruitment Strategies: mailings, notices in the newsletter
Contact: Ann Coulson, Barristers Club of San Francisco, 685 Market Street, Suite 700, San
Francisco, CA 94105; 415-764-1600
San Joaquin County Bar Association
Committee: Public Education
Activities: mock trials, Law Day, college legal services, lawyers in the library
Resources: booklets
Contact: Ade lle Barrette, Director, San Joaquin County Bar Association, 301 East Weber
Avenue, Stockton, CA 95202; 209-948-0125
COLORADO
State/Denver Bar Associations
Committees: Law-Related Education, Juvenile Justice, Substance Abuse, Bicentennial
Activities: Law Day, Bill of Rightz, MENTOR, Lawyer/Doctor Drug Prevention, mediation,
teen court, mock trials, Bar-School Partnerships, teacher education, an evening law session
at juvenile detention, state conferences, bicentennial
Resources: booklets, curricular materials, videos, the text Law in Colorado
Funding source: department of public legal education
Volunteer Recruitment Strategies: training, publicity, volunteers' ability to select schools to
visit, volunteer recognition
Contact: Christine Northrop, Public Outreach Coordinator, Colorado Bar Association, #950,
1900 Grant Street, Denver, CO 80203; 303-860-1115
Boulder County Bar Association
Committee: Bicentennial
Activities: mock trials, Law Day, Lawyer in the Classroom, Bill of Rights, bicentennial,
Strset Law
Funding Source: general revenue
Contact: Midge Korczak, Executive Director, Boulder County Bar Association, 1942
Broadway, Suite 318, Boulder, CO 80302; 303-440-4758
CONNECTICUT
Connecticut Bar Association
Committee: Law-Related Education
Activities: mock trials, Law Day, Lawyer in the Classroom, Bill of Rights
Resources: booklets
Funding Source: donations from sections
Volunteer Recruitment Strategy: Members are sent annual information on all programs and
asked to indicate areas of interest. A database is maintained to fill program needs.
Contact: Marion Whipple, Public Service Manager, Connecticut Bar Association, 101
Corporate Place, Rocky Hill, CT 06067; 203-721-0025
Waterbury Young Lawyers Section
Committees: Law-Related Education, Youth Education, Public Education
Activities: mock trials, MENTOR, teen court, Law Day, Lawyer in the Classroom,
Bar-School Partnership
Volunteer Recruitment Strategies: personal recruitment and contact
Contact: Thomas Sansone, Associate Attorney, Young Lawyers Section, 50 Leavenworth
Street, Post Office Box 1110, Waterbury, CT 06721-1110; 203-573-1200
DELAWARE
Delaware Bar Association
Committee: Public Education
Activity: Law Day
Contact: Kevin O'Connell, Chair, New Lawyers Committee, Delaware Bar Association, 1225
King Street, Post Office Box 1709, Wilmington, DE 19899; 302-655-7371
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Bar Association of the District of Columbia
Committees: Young Lawyers Section, Street Law
Activities: Law Day, Street Law, mock trials
Funding Source: Young Lawyers Section activity budget
Contact: Randolph Scott, Executive Director, Bar Association of the District of Columbia,
12th Floor, 1819 H Street N.W., Washington, DC; 202-223-6600
District of Columbia Bar
Committee: Community Education
Activities: Law Day, Lawyer in the Classroom, programs for at-risk youth
Resources: booklets, videos
Funding source: contributions
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Volunteer Recruitment Strategies: personal recruitment, brochures, an annual orientation
Contact: Tony Cramer, Director of Public Service Activities Corporation, 6th Floor 1707 L
Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20036; 202-331-3883
FLORIDA
The Florida Bar
Committee: Law-Related Education
Activities: Law Day, mock trials
Resources: booklets, curricular materials
Funding Sources: general operating budget, grants
(The bar association co-sponsors the
Florida Law-Related Education Association.)
Volunteer Recruitment Strategies: working with local bar associations and providing project
initiatives
Contact: Carol Bracy, Program Coordinator, Public Service Programs, The Florida Bar, 650
Apalachee Parkway, Tallahassee, FL 32399-2300; 904-561-5600
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Dade County Young Lawyers Section
Committees: Youth Education, Law-Related Education, Bicentennial
Activities: Law Day, MENTOR, mediation, Lawyer in the Classroom, bicentennial, Bill of
Rights, Bar-School Partnerships, mock trials
Funding Source: general operating budget
Volunteer Recruitment Strategy: personal appeals
Contact: Johnnie Ridge ly, Executive Director, Dade County Bar Association, #214, 123
Northwest First Avenue, Miami, FL 33128; 305-371-2220
Jacksonville Bar Association
Activities: Law Day, MENTOR, teen court, Lawyer in the Classroom, Explorer Post, mock
trials
Contact: W. Marc Hardesty, Chair, Law Explorers, 4th Judicial Circuit Court, 11 North 14th
Street, Box 9, Fernandina Beach, FL 32034-3106; 904-261-6011
Tallahassee Bar Association
Committee: Law-Related Education
Activities: Law Day, MENTOR, adopt-a-school, mock trials
Funding Source: general operating budget
Volunteer Recruitment Stratecies: personal recruitment, contacts for specific projects
Contact: Roberta Mand, Executive Director, Tallahassee Bar Association, Post Office Box
813, Tallahassee, FL 32302; 904-222-3292
GEORGIA
State Bar of Georgia
Committees: Law Awareness for Youth, High School Mock Trial, Young Lawyers Section
Activities: Law Day, Law Week, Teen Court, mediation, state conferences, teacher
education, Bicentennial, Street Law, Bill of Rights, Bar-School Partnership, Lawyer in the
Classroom, Law-Related Education recognition ceremonies, Law Awareness for Youth, mock
trials
Resources: newsletter, booklets, curricular materials, videos
Funding Sources: Young Lawyer Section budget, IOLTA
Volunteer Recruitment Strategies: personal recruitment, contact
Contact: Philip Newton, State Mock Trial Coordinator, Young Lawyer Section, State Bar of
Georgia, 800 The Hurt Building, 50 Hurt Plaza, Atlanta, GA 30303; 404-527-8779
HAWAII
Hawaii State Bar Association
Committees: Law-Related Education, Attorney-Medical Professional Partnership
Activities: Lawyer/Doctor Drug Prevention project, teacher education, MENTOR, Law Day,
Lawyer in the Classroom, mock trials
Resources: booklets, videos
Funding Sources: senior bar funding, bar foundation grants
Volunteer Recruitment Strategies: publicity of projects, volunteer sign-up sheets in dues
registration packets
Contact: Paulette Suwa, Young Lawyer Division Administrator and Project Coordinator,
Hawaii State Bar Association, Penthouse, 9th Floor, 1136 Union Mall, Honolulu, HI 96813;
808-537-1868
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IDAHO
Idaho State Bar
Committee: Law-Related Education
Activities: teacher education, Bill of Rights, Law Day, Lawyer in the Classroom,
teen court,
state conferences, mock trials
Resources: booklets, newsletter, curricular materials, videos
Funding sources: Idaho Law Foundation, grants, IOLTA
Volunteer Recruitment Strategies: advertising, the lawyer/teacher partnership, direct
contact through mock trials
Contact: Dana Weatherby, Law-Related Education Coordinator, Idaho Law Foundation, Post
Office Box 895, Boise, ID 83701; 208-342-8958
ILLINOIS
Illinois State Bar Association
Committees: Law-Related Education, Juvenile Justice
Activities: teacher education, Bill of Rights, Law Day, bicentennial, mediation, state
-.:onferences, mock trials
Resources: booklets, newsletter, curricular materials
Funding Source: bar association budget
Contact: Donna Schecter, Law-Related Education Coordinator, Illinois State Bar Association,
424 South Second Street, Springfield, IL 62701; 217-525-1760
Chicago Bar Association
Committees: Youth Education, Homeless Youth, Street Law, School Law
Activities: Street Law, Law Day, MENTOR, Lawyer in the Clasnmm, mock trials
Resources: videos, curricular materials
Funding Source: special projects fund
Contact: Kathy McEnroe, Administrative Director, Chicago Bar Association, 321 South
Plymouth Court, Chicago, IL 60603; 312-554-2000
West Suburban Bar Association
Activity: Law Day
Contact: Lois Bugajsky, West Suburban Bar Association, 320 Circle, Forest Park, IL
60130; 708-366-1122
Winnebago County Bar Association
Committee: Legal/Medical
Activities: Lawyer/Doctor Drug Prevention project, Law Day
Volunteer Recruitment Strategy: mailings
Contact: Suzanne Riggs II, Executive Director, Winnebago County Bar Association, 321
West State Street, Suite 300, Rockford, IL 61101; 815-964-4992
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INDIANA
Indiana State Bar Association
Committee: Law-Related Education Advisory
Activities: teacher education, Bill of Rights, Law Day, bicentennial, drug education
program
Resources: booklets, newsletter, curricular materials
Funding Sources: bar association and bar foundation budgets, grants, donations
(The bar
association co-sponsors the Indiana Center for Law-Related Education with Indiana
University.)
Contact: Nancy Heck, Assistant Executive Director, Indiana State Bar Association, 6th
Floor, 230 East Ohio Street, Indianapo!is, IN 46204; 317-639-5465
IOWA
Iowa State Bar Association
Committees: Public Education, Law-Related Education, Young Lawyers Section
Activities: teacher education, Law Day, mock trials
Resources: booklets, videos
Funding Sources: bar foundation and bar association budgets
Volunteer Recruitment Strategy: annually providing all young lawyers with committee
application forms
Contact: Kirk Hurtung, President, Young Lawyers Division, Iowa State Bar Association,
1101 Fleming Building, Des Moines, IA 50309; 515-288-3667
Plymouth County Bar Association
Activities: Law Day, citizenship awards
Contact: Marten Trotzig, Secretary-Treasurer, Plymouth County Bar Association; Plymouth,
IA; 712-546-8873
KANSAS
Kansas Bar Association
Committee: Public Information
Activities: teacher education, Bill of Rights, Law Day, state conferences, Street Law
Resources: booklets, newsletter, curricular materials, videos
Funding Sources: bar foundation budgets, grants
Volunteer Recruitment Strategy: panelists and speakers at meetings
Contact: Patti Slider, Communications Director, Kansas Bar Association, 1200 Harrison
Street, Topeka, KS 66612; 913-234-5696
Topeka Bar Association
Committee: Law Day
Activities: bicentennial, mock trials, Lawyer in the Classroom, Law Day
Resources: booklets, videos
Contact: Judyanne Somers, Executive Director, Topeka Bar Association, 534 South
Dansas, 1 Townsite Plaza, Tower Executive Suite A, Post Office Box 1399, Topeka, KS
66601; 913-233-3945
KENTUCKY
Fayette County Bar Association
Activities: Law Day, Bill of Rights, Lawyer in the Classroom
Resources: booklets
Volunteer Recruitment Strategy: committee sign-up on membership dues registration form
Contact: Susan Schwemm, Director, Fayette County Bar Association, 701 Beechmont
Road, Lexington, KY 40502; 606-266-9897
Louisville Bar Association
Committee: Public Service
Activities:
Bill of Rights, Lawyer in the Classroom
Funding Sources: bar foundation, grants, general fund
Volunteer Recruitment Strategy: speakers bureau
Contact: Barry Queenan, Executive Director, Louisville Bar Association, 707 West Main
Street, Louisville, KY 40202; 502-583-5314
LOUISIANA
Lousiana State Bar Association
Committees: Youth Education, Law-Related Education, Bicentennial, Substance Abuse,
Young Lawyers Section
Activities: Lawyer/Doctor Drug Prevention project, Bill of Rights, mock trials, Lawyer in the
Classroom
Resources: booklets, curricular materials, videos
Funding Sources: Young Lawyer Section budget, IOLTA
Volunteer Recruitment SW3gies: media coverage, reception for volunteers
Contact: Lloyd Bowers, Chair, Young Lawyers Section, Lousiana State Bar Association, 601
St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70130; 504-581-6180
Baton Rouge Bar Association
Committees: Youth Education, Law-Related Education, Mock Trial
Activities: Law Day, MENTOR, mock trials, Lawyer in the Classroom
Resources: booklets, curricular materials, newsletter
Funding Sources: membership dues, IOLTA
Volunteer Recruitment Strategy: personal contact
Contact: Ann Scar le, Executive Director, Baton Rouge Bar Association, Post Office Box
2241, Baton Rouge, LA 70821;504-344-4803
MAINE
Maine Stat. Bar Association
Committee: Public Affairs
Activities: Law Day, mock trials, Lawyer in the Classroom
Funding Sources: general budget, IOLTA
Volunteer Recruitment Strategy: coverage in the Bar Journal
Contact: Virginia Wilder Cross, Public Affairs Director, Maine State Bar Association, 124
State Street, Post Office Box 788, Augusta, ME 04330; 207-622-7523
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