| Constitution Day Conference
CRF-OC's Constitution Day Conference was added in response to the U.S. Department of Education's mandate that educational institutions (accepting federal aid) celebrate Constitution Day, (September 17th) with educational programming to improve students' understanding of the role the U.S. Constitution plays in our country.
Constitution Day is presented in collaboration with Chapman University, the Orange County Department of Education, Orange County Superior Court and the Orange County and Federal Bar Associations.
The Constitution Day conference is designed as an interactive series of workshops for high school students to learn about the Constitution and discover how it is a living document that impacts their lives. Participants start off the day with a plenary keynote address to introduce them to the conference theme and provide them with the foundational constitutional knowledge that they will use throughout the day’s events. Students further explore the theme by choosing to participate in 2 out of the 6 workshops offered. These workshops are designed to engage students through discussion and debate on a specific aspect of the general theme.
The culmination of the workshops will be a Supreme Court hearing with sitting judicial officers augmented by students selected from the workshops to listen to arguments from accomplished attorneys regarding the theme amendment and to question them about their stance. The bench will then deliberate and reach a verdict based upon on the arguments. High school students learn, through the workshop process, that the Constitution is a living document that governs our everyday lives.
Constitutional Defense of
Unpopular Causes
Friday, September 16, 2011
Saddleback College
Keynote Address by
Join CRF-OC, the Department of Education, Saddleback College, Orange County Superior Court and the Orange County and Federal Bar Associations in interactive workshops to explore and celebrate our Constitutional rights.
To register for this year's Constitution Day Conference, please email Wendy Townsend at wtownsend@crfoc.org
Thank You to Our 2011 Constitution Day Sponsors!
Diamond
Orange County Bar Association- Charitable Fund
Platinum
C.M. and Edna P. Cotton Family Foundation
Palace Entertainment
Gold
Aitken Aitken & Cohn
Irell & Manella
Federal Bar Association — Orange County
Rutan & Tucker, LLP
Snell & Wilmer
Special Thanks
American Board of Trial Lawyers
Orange County Department of Education
Orange County Bar Association
Orange County Bar Association Charitable Fund
Saddleback College
Superior Court of California, County of Orange
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