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- Title
EDUCATING YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT LAW IN A DISADVANTAGED CITY: RUTGERS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW AND THE CITY OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY.
- Authors
FRIEDMAN, JILL; HABER, CONRAD; KLOTHEN, EVE BISKIND
- Abstract
In Camden, New Jersey, one of the nation's poorest and most violent cities, Rutgers University School of Law has established numerous community legal education outreach projects for the public. Primarily focused on young people in classrooms, detention centers, and youth development programs, these include the Street Law Pro Bono Project and the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project. First, this Essay describes the strategic establishment and development of various projects; synergies among projects; and positive impacts for law students and youth in the community, for the law school itself, and for the legal profession and society. Reflections on elements of successful programming are also provided. Second, it recounts the experience of a law student who participated in many of the law school's community legal education projects and the personal and professional impact of his experiences. Finally, the Essay argues that all law schools, and particularly public law schools, should be required to provide public education in the law as part of a comprehensive program of pro bono opportunities serving unmet legal needs in the community. Perpetuating a system of engaged democracy requires educating the public about rights and responsibilities under the law. Law students are uniquely situated to provide this critical knowledge, and public universities have a special obligation to prepare state residents for engagement in civic and political life.
- Subjects
CAMDEN (N.J.); NEW Jersey; LEGAL education; PRO bono publico legal services; RUTGERS University (Camden, N.J.); LAW schools; OUTREACH programs; LAW students; DEMOCRACY &; education; SOCIAL history
- Publication
Denver University Law Review, 2013, Vol 90, Issue 4, p937
- ISSN
0883-9409
- Publication type
Essay