February 1, 2016 – This month’s featured JRC Law Academy is William Cullen Bryant HS of Astoria, Queens. At William Cullen Bryant, students are offered three different JRC law programs: Law Academy, Law Enforcement Academy, and Computer Forensics-Cyber Security (CF-CS).
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January 29, 2016 – On January 22, high school students from NYC, U.S.A. and Pretoria, South Africa argued their case in front of four International Criminal Court (ICC) judges at the Peace Palace. Congratulations to South Africa’s all-star team for winning the final round, and to the NYC all-star team for placing second out of a total of 16 teams from around the world.
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January 23, 2016– The Advisory Council for Career & Technical Education in collaboration with the United Federation of Teachers and the NYC Department of Education cordially invites all JRC partners to attend the third annual Partnership Appreciation event!
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January 12, 2016 – The Justice Resource Center, NYC coordinator of the 2016 New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) High School Mock Trial Tournament, is currently recruiting volunteer coaches to help prepare students for the high school competition.
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December 16, 2015 – This month, 16 high school students from Fort Hamilton’s Law Academy participated in the Library Lab visit to the Thurgood Marshall Courthouse. The Library Lab is part of the JRC’s Legal Research & Writing course and was created in partnership with the Second Circuit Court of Appeals as one of the Federal Court Visits offered to MENTOR schools. Circuit Librarians host students in the courthouse library, give them a tour and overview of legal research, and guide them through researching a First Amendment case decided by the Second Circuit. During lunch, students meet with a federal judge to discuss the case and the judicial system. Below are three students’ perspectives from Fort Hamilton’s visit.
Fort Hamilton HS students research the Guiles v. Marineau case using legal research software tools.
