"BILL OF RIGHTS" PROGRAM
The FBA\OC Younger Lawyers Division is holding the second day of its tenth annual "Bill of Rights" program on April 30, 2010 at MacArthur Fundamental School in Santa Ana. The "Bill of Rights" program brings attorney volunteers to eighth grade classrooms in Santa Ana to teach the Bill of Rights. The Santa Ana Unified School District places high value on teaching its students the Bill of Rights, requiring its eighth grade students to pass a test on the United States and California Constitutions in order to graduate to high school.
The FBA\OC is looking for attorney volunteers to spend approximately one hour on April 30th to teach the Bill of Rights to an eighth grade class at MacArthur Fundamental School. Program materials and hand-outs are provided, and are fun and easy for attorneys to utilize in a classroom setting. The materials are designed to assist attorneys in making the Bill of Rights more understandable, interesting and applicable to eighth grade students. Bilingual volunteers are encouraged, as many of the students speak Spanish as a first language.
Participation in the "Bill of Rights" program not only provides the students with an understanding of the Bill of Rights and exposure to a much-needed role model, but it is sure to prove personally rewarding! In addition, volunteers are individually recognized in the program at the FBA/OC's Judge's Night in October.
Please invite your friends and colleagues to participate in the Bill of Rights program. Volunteers need simply select one of the time slots set forth below, and communicate the same to Lauren Friedman at 949-451-3814 or lfriedman@gibsondunn.com. Program materials will be mailed directly to volunteers when they sign-up for the program.
4/30/10: MacArthur Fundamental Intermediate School, 600 West Alton Street, Santa Ana, CA 92707
7:57 - 8:47, 1 Volunteer
8:51 - 9:35, 2 Volunteers
9:41 - 10:25, 2 Volunteers
10:44 - 11:28, 1 Volunteer
11:32 - 12:16, 2 Volunteers
1:02 - 1:46, 1 Volunteer
1:50 - 2:30, 1 Volunteer
Testimonials
This is such a fun and rewarding experience. The students are awesome, they had a ton of questions and we all had a great time.
It was fun for us and I think the kids. We made a PowerPoint out of the who wants to be a "bill"ionnair game.
I had a great time. The kids had many questions, and it made the discussions very interesting. Of course, candies and goodies were helpful. Many had questions like: shouldn't chewing gum . . . yawning in class, explaining myself to the teacher, and talking in class be protected by the Bill of Rights? Should the teachers be allowed to tell us to tuck in our shirts in school?
I really enjoyed the experience! I started off by talking about being a patent attorney, and what a patent was, and I brought some samples of silly patents to share with them. Then we started talking about the Bill of Rights, although we only really got through 1-5 before time was up, because the kids kept asking good questions and bringing up more things to discuss.
Kids were great, and asked a lot of questions...
This was a great opportunity to teach the kids some aspect of the Bill of Rights and answer their questions about being an attorney