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Civic & Law-Related Education

According to the Law-Related Education Act of 1978, law-related education is “education to equip nonlawyers with the knowledge and skills pertaining to the law, the legal process, and the legal system, and fundamental principles and values on which these are based.”

Street Law’s civics and LRE programs offer curriculum designed around these principles, training in these methods, and program design to develop educated, active citizens—both in the U.S. and abroad.

Law-related education achieves the following:

increases knowledge
develops analysis, critical thinking, and debate skills
reduces juvenile delinquency and violence
increases participation in school and extracurricular activities
inspires adult participation in community and civic activities

Programs

Community College

Street Law, Inc. has developed an innovative law-based civics course and textbook for community colleges. Community colleges across the Unites States will begin offering the course during the 2011–2012 school year as part of a general education program. The course and text will prepare students for active community participation in the United... Read more

Deliberating in a Democracy

An international program to teach students how to deliberate controversial public issues Deliberating in a Democracy challenges students in U.S. classrooms to tackle current civic issues with partner schools in Latin America, Central/Eastern Europe, and North/Western Asia. Through classroom deliberations and videoconferences, students learn more about critical societal concerns through... Read more

Educating to Protect Intellectual Property

Street Law's intellectual property initiative educates young people about the role and importance of intellectual property in our society and the laws and policies in place to protect both the property and the citizens who use it. Read more

Law School-Based Programs

Public legal education programs—where law students teach the public practical law—exist in more than 70 law schools. Register your law school's Street Law program View the directory of registered law school programs Read more

School Resource Officers

Street Law for School Resource Officers is an interactive program designed to improve communications and relations between the police and young people. The curriculum prepares school resource officers to teach legal topics in the classroom. Read more