Course Design and Instruction

Whether your school uses a block schedule (90–100-minute blocks) or more traditional class schedule (45–50-minute periods), law electives can be adapted to fit the time allotted. Street Law lessons are broken into steps with the required time noted (usually between…

Requirements vary by school. Some schools mandate a written final exam, so check with your department chair or other administrator. Many law elective teachers use authentic assessments—like mock trials or moot courts—with rubrics available in Street Law’s Classroom Guide to…

Ideally assessments in a law elective course involve authentic assessments such as participation in moot courts, mock trials, and other democratic simulations. These may be used as formative or summative assessments. Additionally, an assessment bank is provided with the purchase…