Supreme Court Institutes and Seminars Participant Count Surpasses 1,000
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This summer Megan Lawlor became the 1,000th participant in Street Law's Supreme Court Institutes and Seminars.
July 8, 2008
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Megan Lawlor is a social studies teacher and director of the law academy at Hirsch High School on the south side of Chicago. She’s a graduate of Colorado College and the Teach for America program. On June 19, 2008, she also became the 1,000th teacher to participate in the Supreme Court Institutes and Seminars , co-sponsored by the Supreme Court Historical Society and Street Law, Inc. The purpose of the Institutes and Seminars is to expand and improve instruction about the Court in the nation’s secondary schools. These programs began in the summer of 1995, with Chief Justice John Roberts (then a partner at the law firm of Hogan and Hartson) presenting the opening session, “Introduction to Supreme Court Practice.”
Two six-day Institutes are offered each summer. The program includes a moot court in which teachers are trained by Supreme Court practitioners to take on the roles of petitioners, respondents, and justices. The Institutes are planned for late June so that the teachers can be in the Courtroom to hear announcements of the final decisions of the term. Three-day regional Seminars are offered during the school year in Washington, DC, New York City, and St. Louis.
The highlight of the Summer Institute is a reception for the teachers hosted by a justice at the Court. The majority of the current justices have hosted receptions as part of this program. The Summer Institutes and the Seminar for D.C. Area Teachers are hosted by Georgetown University Law Center. The New York City program has been hosted by the law firms of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP and Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. Armstrong Teasdale LLP hosts the program in St. Louis.
Institute and Seminar participants become part of an active online community that connects them to new resources, each other, and staff from Street Law, Inc. and the Supreme Court Historical Society. The program's web pages offer valuable (and free) teaching materials and resources from each of the Institutes and Seminars that are available to all educators.
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Topic: Civic & Law-Related Education
Topic: US Supreme Court