Public Outreach
Youth for Justice informs the public about its programs through print, the Internet, presentations at conferences, and ABA’s National Law-Related Education Resource Center, which gathers information about LRE programs and products from around the Nation and acts as a clearinghouse. Inquiries via telephone, fax, and e-mail are answered with referrals to an array of resources on a wide variety of LRE topics. The Resource Center also refers those seeking information to their State’s LRE project and the other national projects to make them aware of the wealth of resources that are available.A free national newsletter, Law Matters,7 features news, information, and resources of interest to an audience of 10,000 LRE practitioners and supporters. The Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse for Law-Related Education, a part of the U.S. Department of Education’s Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) for Social Studies/Social Science Education, gathers LRE publications in its national database, which is accessible in libraries around the world.8 The program also provides LRE information for ERIC Digests that are widely distributed through the ERIC system.
Outreach via the Internet has become increasingly important. All of the national and most of the State Youth for Justice projects have Web sites that provide extensive information about LRE programs and publications. Many of the Web sites include links to related sites, LRE lessons, and classroom strategies that teachers and others can download. In addition, the program uses listservs and e-mail groups to share information with and publicize new programs to LRE practitioners, related organizations, and the media.
The program’s collaboration with other youth-serving organizations includes making presentations about LRE topics at other organizations’ national, State, and regional conferences. Organizations that feature Youth for Justice presentations at their conferences include the National Association of School Resource Officers, the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, the National Community Education Association, and the National Council for the Social Studies.
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