Street Law at the UW School of Law

Resources and Links

Street Law Inc.

• Street Law Inc. - Information on the Washington, D.C. nonprofit
• Street Law Textbook - Additional resources for 6th edition of Street Law

Lesson Plans / Resources

• Center for Civic Education - Lesson plans on various topics
• The Civic Mind - Lesson plans and information on various topics
• Civic Practices Network
• Constitutional Rights Foundation - Lesson plans on various topics
• Consumer Law Information - Consumer information for teens in Washington
• Division for Public Education - American Bar Association
• Florida CivicEd (for secondary teachers and students)
• GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network) - supportive educational resources and curriculum tools
• Human Rights Education - Includes lessons and activities from Amnesty International USA Human Rights Education Resource Notebooks
• Judges in the Classroom - Lesson plans designed for judges
• Justice Learning - partnership between the New York Times Learning Network and National Public Radio's Justice Talking, the site uses audio from the Justice Talking radio show and text from The New York Times and includes articles, editorials and oral debate from the nation's finest journalists and advocates.
• Landmark Cases - Teaching materials for important U.S. cases
  • Landmark Cases-answers - Answers to questions posed in lessons
• The Law Connection (B.C.) - from the Law Court Education Society of BC.-- Browse Archives for lesson plans
• Northwest Justice Project - Legal information and court forms
• Social Studies Development Center (Indiana University) - SSDC Digests
  • Program for Law-Related Education and Delinquency Prevention
• Washington State Courts Education - Lesson Plans, Etc.
• Teaching Controversial Science Issues Through Law Related Education - Access Exellence website
• Washington State Bar Association - Lesson plans on various topics
• You Be the Judge - multimedia educational program designed for integration into high school social studies, civics and law courses; program conceived, designed and produced by judges.

Teaching and Learning

• Future of the First Amendment - Knight Foundation study of high school students' attitudes and knowledge of the first amendment
• Learning Styles - Self-test on learning styles (North Carolina State University)
  • Description of Learning Styles - Read after taking the test
• Teach with Movies - Ideas for teaching using film