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Street Law - Opportunities for Law Students

published April 21, 2009

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In 1972 law students at Georgetown University of Law, created a program that was an experimental effort to teach the practical and useful aspects of law to youth in Washington DC. The program was so amazing that it caught on and continues to catch on through the nation. Today, the program called Street Law is a non-profit organization with programs in elementary schools and high schools. The program has various curriculum books that are used to teach the law-based programs.

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Who are the teachers of the Street Law program? The answer is volunteers from all over the US in communities across states. The schools use the curriculum and 10 law schools put students in their communities and local schools to teach the street law curriculum as part of their course requirements during a law student’s degree work. Law Firms from the country are participating in teaching the courses to communities in their locales. The program entices law enforcement offices and juvenile justice professionals to pick up the program and make it available in their environments. Included are the government agencies who work with people who need to be trained on the practical side of law and how it affects them on the streets.

This popular program moved outside the US to other democracies in 30 countries. The curriculum increased to include new topics:
 
  • Crime prevention
  • Conflict resolution
  • Youth advocacy for use in school systems
  • Juvenile justice facilities
  • Community settings

With the new topics came the development of new curriculum of which this article will give a brief review.

Vulnerable and At-Risk Youth: Street Law gears up to teach youth coming out of the foster care program and youth in the Juvenile Justice System. The focus is on teaching at-risk youth about their rights and responsibilities under the law.

Civic and Law Related Education: This program uses the law with special teaching techniques to train students and non-lawyers about legal principles and the teaching empowers them to be contributing citizens to society.

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Human Rights and Democracy Education: In this curriculum, Street Law uses the universal human rights declaration to teach the intrinsic nature of human rights in 30 countries.

Diversity in the Legal Profession: This is a unique program for Street Law because its purpose is to teach students of color about opportunities in legal careers and encourage them to choose a legal path of education and training in college.

Youth Leadership and Advocacy: This leadership program empowers youth to be participants in their school, communities and the world as a change agent. It trains them to distinguish problems around them and then make positive change for everyone.

Street Law is a unique program which has created a movement world wide. It has now become a part of some Law School requirements in which law students teach and the phenomena continued into the law firms.

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Harrison is the founder of BCG Attorney Search and several companies in the legal employment space that collectively gets thousands of attorneys jobs each year. Harrison’s writings about attorney careers and placement attract millions of reads each year. Harrison is widely considered the most successful recruiter in the United States and personally places multiple attorneys most weeks. His articles on legal search and placement are read by attorneys, law students and others millions of times per year.

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published April 21, 2009

By CEO and Founder - BCG Attorney Search left
( 23 votes, average: 4.7 out of 5)
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