International Programs
With over 20 years of experience, Street Law, Inc. has the resources, capacity, and expert staff that make it an international leader in the fields of law, democracy, and human rights education.
Street Law’s international areas of expertise include:
- Interactive teaching strategies, methods, lessons, and activities
- Democracy, constitutionalism, law, and human rights content
- Seminar and conference agenda and materials design
What can Street Law, Inc. do for you?
International Publications, Lesson Plans, and Resources
Articles and Research
Contact
Please contact Mary C. Larkin with questions about Street Law's international programs.
Active Programs
Deliberating in a Democracy
Deliberating in a Democracy challenges students in U.S. classrooms around the country to tackle current civic issues with partner schools in Central and Eastern European countries. Through classroom deliberation, videoconferences, and online discussion boards, students learn more about critical societal concerns through an international dialogue.
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Law School-Based Programs
Public legal education programs where law students teach the public practical law exist in more than 70 law schools.
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Street Law Nepal
Street Law, Inc. has partnered with UNICEF to encourage a culture of peace, human rights, and civic literacy in Nepal through training workshops and curricula development.
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Youth Act!® Program
The Youth Act! program includes curriculum, training, and practical assistance to help young people develop the leadership and vision to advocate for meaningful change in their communities. Typically delivered through community-based youth programs or infused into social studies, civics and health classes, this program harnesses diverse learning styles and abilities laying the foundation for young citizens to make a difference throughout their lives.
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Inactive Programs
Central Europe and Russia: Building a Network
A grant from the Ford Foundation in 1997 allowed Street Law, Inc. to strengthen and build capacity in existing international law school-based Street Law programs. These successful programs also helped establish continuing partnerships with Constitutional and Legal Policy Institute (COLPI) and the American Bar Association s Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative (ABA/CEELI).
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Connecting Islam and Democracy
Islam and Democracy: Toward Effective Citizenship is an Arabic text connecting the tenets of Islam to the principles of democracy. Using Street Law, Inc. s Democracy for All text as a framework, Street Law, Inc. staff, the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy, and experts from the participating countries collaborated to develop the text. Through interactive workshops, community leaders used this text to facilitate discussion about civil society and Arab culture.
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Democracy Education Exchange Project (DEEP)
Street Law was a partner in a consortium of five U.S. democracy education organizations that designed and operated the Democracy Education Exchange Project (DEEP). The program s goal was to help students in Central and Eastern Europe and the Newly Independent States of the former Soviet Union develop the knowledge, skills, and character traits essential to preserving and improving democracy.
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Open Society Institute/Street Law Network Program
A grant from the Open Society Institute, part of the Soros Foundation network, funded the development of the Open Society Institute/Street Law Network Program. The goal of the program was to develop practical law texts for secondary schools and to train educators in interactive teaching methods in Eastern and Central Europe, Central Asia, and Mongolia.
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