Posts

Washington Post: A look at Georgetown U’s Street Law Program inside the D.C. Jail

Yesterday, Georgetown University’s Street Law Program was featured in the Washington Post for their work in the D.C. jail. Georgetown University Law Center is home to the first Street Law program, which began in 1972. The Georgetown program launched a variety of…

Street Law Rolls out New Rule of Law Curriculum in Jordan

For the past five months, Street Law, Inc, has been working hard to develop and implement an Arabic language curriculum focused on the rule of law in Jordan. Today, that hard work has come to fruition with the completion of…

Chief Justice Applauds Civic Education Efforts, Highlights Street Law’s Supreme Court Summer Institute

In his “2019 Year-End Report on the Federal Judiciary,” Chief Justice John Roberts emphasized the importance of civic education and the role the judiciary can play in strengthening it. The Chief Justice’s report celebrated the good work of the federal…

Loyola Law Professor’s Street Law Course Brings Legal Life Skills to Survivors of Domestic Violence

Judith Schwartz-Behar is an Adjunct Professor at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, CA. For the past two years she has taught a course called Street Law Teaching Practicum: Legal Life Skills for Domestic Violence Survivors. We recently chatted with Prof. Schwartz-Behar…

A “Summer Bridge” to a Law-Themed High School

Street Law has kicked-off the third year of its successful Summer Bridge Program at the Charter High School for Law and Social Justice (CHSLSJ) in the Bronx, NY. The program helps rising ninth-graders prepare for their transition to a law-themed high school. Its design…

Preparing Rising 9th Graders for Life at a Law-themed School

Street Law recently kicked off the second year of its Summer Bridge Program for rising 9th graders at the Charter High School for Law and Social Justice in the Bronx, NY. Building on the success of last year’s pilot program, Street Law…