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An Afterschool Legal Education and Mentoring Program for New
York City High School Students
Constitution Workers, a project of The Constitution Works
(TCW), partners New York City eleventh and twelfth grade
students with volunteer attorneys from private sector law
firms and public sector law offices for an intensive study
of constitutional law. Participating students meet weekly
with their attorney-mentors at the law offices in groups of
approximately twenty students.
In the two-month fall program, the mentoring attorneys guide
enrolled students through a challenging examination of controversial
First, Fourth, and Eighth Amendment issues, including capital
punishment and banning obscene music. The program highlights
include a mock Senate investigative hearing at the Association
of the Bar of the City of New York and a mock criminal court
case at the Fordham University School of Law.
In the spring program, students learn about the rights of
young people and the freedom of religion. The culminating
events are a mock community forum and a mock Supreme Court
oral arguments hearing.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE:
If you are a New York City
eleventh or twelfth grader interested in becoming a Constitution
Worker, please contact
us. You will receive a letter via mail regarding your
acceptance into the program, and further information about
the opening event and subsequent meetings. The best time to
apply is during the month preceding the program (please see
the calendar
for fall and spring program dates).
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