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American Bar Association
- Information on the law and legal profession, as well as educational materials and resources for nonlawyers in the Public Education section of the site. A Conversations on the Constitution page presents prompts for discussing constitutional issues.
http://www.abanet.org/
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American Constitution Society – Scholarly papers and video of panel discussions on such topics as access to justice, constitutional interpretation, and the religion clauses from a liberal perspective.
http://www.americanconstitutionsociety.org/
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Bill of Rights Institute – Lessons and other resources for teaching about the Bill of Rights.
http://www.billofrightsinstitute.org/
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Brown v. Board: Five Communities that Changed America - The National Park Service provides an instructional unit on the five cases that made up the decision we know as Brown v. Board.
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/121brown/index.htm
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Center for Civic Education
- Sample lessons, articles and speeches, and information about the
Center's many educational programs.
http://www.civiced.org/index.php
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Center for Education
in Law and Democracy - Sample lessons, information on research in civic education and professional development and professional development modules on discussion and simulations.
http://www.lawanddemocracy.org/
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Chicago Daily
Law Bulletin - The nation's only daily newspaper
devoted to legal issues, the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin
covers not only Chicago and Illinois news, but national and international
issues as well.
http://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/browser_pass.cfm
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Civically Speaking - Numerous lessons, a mini-mock trial manual, and more from the Minnesota Center for Community Legal Education.
http://www.civicallyspeaking.org/
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Civil Rights Videos - The video production company Vat19 provides brief videos on seven civil rights cases, featuring interviews with legal experts and actors depicting Supreme Court justices reading excerpts from the decisions.
http://www.vat19.com/free/free-video-tips-category.cfm?categoryID=33
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Constitutional Rights Foundation
- Lessons for teaching about the law, plus a free newsletter, The Bill of Rights in Action, and an excellent section on America's response to terrorism.
http://www.crf-usa.org/
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Constitutional Rights Foundation:
Chicago - An excellent site for law teachers, with an especially strong section on the American jury.
http://www.crfc.org/
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CourtTV Online - Current and
archived material on cases across the nation from the cable television
channel.
http://www.courttv.com/trials/index.html
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Deliberating in a Democracy – This support site for an international civic education project presents materials that can be used to engage students in discussing controversial public issues.
http://www.deliberating.org/
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Educational Curriculum on the Death Penalty - An online curriculum unit
that covers both sides of this controversial legal issue. From the
Death Penalty Information Center and Michigan State University.
http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?did=549&scid=58
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Famous
Trials - Detailed information about 41 notable trials, as well as an examination of legal heroes. From University of Missouri-Kansas City professor Douglas Linder.
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/ftrials.htm
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The Federalist Society – This conservative group studies and produces reports on such topics as presidential signing statements, activities of NGOs, and terrorism and the Constitution.
http://www.fed-soc.org/
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FindLaw - A comprehensive
site that is a good starting point for investigating legal issues.
http://www.findlaw.com/
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Freedom Forum - An excellent
source for information on First Amendment issues; also includes
teaching resources.
http://www.freedomforum.org/
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Global Legal Information
Network - A searchable database of laws, regulations, and other legal sources deposited at the Library of Congress by nations around the world.
http://www.glin.gov/
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In Pursuit of Freedom and Equality: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka - Detailed information and such teaching tools as a play script from the Brown Foundation for Educational Equity, Excellence, and Research.
http://brownvboard.org/index.htm
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Jurist: The Legal Education
Network - The University of Pittsburgh Law School offers extensive
resources on the law, including discussion forums, a newsletter
Paper Chase, articles on famous trials, and more.
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/
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Justice Learning
- NPR and The New York Times present debates, articles, and lesson plans on such current issues as affirmative action, civil liberties in wartime, and web censorship.
http://www.justicelearning.org/
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Landmark Supreme Court
Cases - Street Law and the Supreme Court Historical Society present in-depth teaching materials for 17 landmark cases decided by the Supreme Court.
http://www.landmarkcases.org/
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Law.com - Legal news
and a searchable data base from American Lawyer’s Media.
http://www.law.com/index.shtml
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Law-Focused Education - The State Bar of Texas provides a lesson plan archive, a curriculum guide on juries, a game teaching the Pledge of Allegiance, and more.
http://www.texaslre.org/index.html
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Law for Kids
- The Arizona Foundation for Legal Services and Education presents
this large site on the law specifically geared for young people.
http://www.lawforkids.org/index.cfm
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Legal Blogs
- Rutgers provides a directory of blogs on legal topics, along with a tutorial on how to use blogs as information resources.
http://law-library.rutgers.edu/resources/lawblogs.html
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Legal Information Institute
- A comprehensive source of legal information, including information
on Supreme Court cases, court opinions, links to laws organized
by topic, and more.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/
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Legal News Center
- The consulting firm Hieros Gamos provides links to journals,
newsletters, bulletins, and other sources of legal news.
http://www.hg.org/newsstand.html
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McGruff.org - Fun activities that teach young children about crime. From the National Crime Prevention Council.
http://www.mcgruff.org/
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Missouri’s Dred Scott Case, 1846-1857 - This site from the Missouri Secretary of State’s Office provides background information and primary sources on the landmark case.
http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/africanamerican/scott/scott.asp
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National Constitution
Center - A collection of lesson plans and a game on the Bill
of Rights are among the resources at this site.
http://www.constitutioncenter.org/
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National Criminal Justice Reference
Service - This federally sponsored clearinghouse provides numerous
reports on criminal justice issues.
http://www.ncjrs.org/
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National Jury Center - The American Judicature Society presents detailed background on juries and their importance in the U.S. judicial system.
http://www.ajs.org/jc/
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National Report Card: Civics – The National Assessment of Educational Progress presents results, a civic education framework, and assessment items.
http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/civics/
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National Youth Court Center
- Information about youth courts and their operation from this federally
funded center.
http://www.youthcourt.net/
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Street Law - Useful resources
for law teachers, plus a link to the support site for the popular
Street Law text.
http://www.streetlaw.org/
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Teaching with Documents: Observing Constitution Day – The National Archives presents activities useful for the congressionally mandated observance of Constitution Day, September 17.
http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/constitution-day/
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Youth for Justice
- Site of a collaborative national project in law-related
education, providing links to state law-related education centers
plus resources useful to teachers and program planners.
http://www.youthforjustice.org/
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Youth Summits
- The Oregon Classroom Law Project projects excellent units they have used in youth summits, in which students examine issues in depth and come together with community members to discuss solutions.
http://www.classroomlaw.org/lesson_plans/youth_summit.html