The papers emphasize the need for the active support of lawyers, police and probation officers, judges, and many others from the community. Discussions of the rationale for law-related education focus on the importance of specifying the objectives for the program and the research showing the effectiveness of experiential education in promoting social, psychological, and intellectual development. Other papers discuss methods for activating students in the community, the development of State networks for community resources, and methods for making local community involvement work effectively. Further articles give guidelines on establishing court-based programs for law-related education, the use of police officers to provide education and troubleshooting in the schools, ways to involve lawyers and law students, the use of volunteers, and methods of institutionalizing community involvement. Programs for both elementary and secondary students are discussed. Guidelines are also given on the evaluation of community-based programs. An annotated resource list gives 14 articles, books, and films and the addresses of 17 organizations.