Mission: To plan and support the Bar Association’s participation in the annual Law Day/Law Week effort to bring information and education about the law and the courts to Sonoma County high schools. For more information on the Law Week, visit the American Bar Association.
For more information on this Committee or to join, please contact the Committee Co-Chairs!
2024 Co-Chairs
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Andrew Spaulding |
Jack Sanford |
2024 Law Week Committee Members:
- Nicole Jaffee – Ex Officio
- Carmen Sinigiani
- Michael Brook
- Bianca Garcia
- Bonnie Hamilton
- Jenica P. Leonard
- Kristin Mattiske-Nicholls
- Dominic Rosales
- Walt Rubenstein
- Rebecca H. Slay
- Gregory G. Spaulding
- Judge Andy Wick
SCOE Liaison:
- Georgia Ioakimedes
SCBA Liaison:
- Susan Demers
2024 TOPIC: Legal Issues in a Student’s Life
This will include a conversation and interactive activities based on the following general themes:
· Freedom of Speech/Expression
· Fourth Amendment Search and Seizure / Expectation of Privacy
· School Safety
Law Week Presentation Materials - 2024
Engaging The Students - suggestions by Brian Purtill and former lawyer, now teacher -Word
Engaging The Students - suggestions by Brian Purtill and former lawyer, now teacher - PDF
LAW WEEK PRESENTERS' CONTACT SHEET
Past Curriculums:
- 2023 Curriculum - Cornerstone of Democracy
- 2022 Curriculum - Individual Liberties in Current Events
- 2021 Curriculum - The Rule of Law
- 2020 Curriculum - The Rule of Law - cancelled due to Pandemic
- 2019 Curriculum - Freedom of The Press
- 2018 Curriculum - Current Events that May Impact Your Right to Vote
- 2017 Curriculum - Constitutional Separation of Powers: How Much Power Does a President Have?
- 2016 Curriculum - Equality Under the Law: A Promise Kept?
- 2015 Curriculum - The Fourth Amendment: Exploring the Question of Student Privacy Rights at School
- 2014 Curriculum - The First Amendment: Free Speech Rights in the Era of Social Media & Cyber-Bullying
- 2013 Curriculum - The Right to Bear Arms; The History and Interpretation of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
- 2012 Curriculum - A Primer on Free Speech Under the First Amendment: Selected Topics in the Constitution's First Amendment
- 2011 Curriculum - The Legacy of John Adams, From Boston To Guantanamo
- 2010 Curriculum - The American Jury - We the People in Action
- 2009 Curriculum - Ex parte Merryman and Debates on Civil Liberties During the Civil War
- 2008 Curriculum - WHEN YOU BECOME 18 - Flyer
- 2007 Curriculum - Bar Journal Cover, Article and Photos
- 2006 - no information
- 2005 Theme - “The American Jury -- We the People in Action”
- 2004 Theme - “50th Anniversary of Brown vs. Board of Education” poster contest