Law Day is a conference for high school students. It is one day of energizing and thought-provoking seminars at Portland State University.

Law Day features 18 different workshops on legal issues concerning and of concern to youth. More than 500 students from Oregon and southwest Washington participate and learn from scholars, activists and other experts.

 

Law in the 21st Century:
Enduring Traditions, Emerging Challenges

CLP’s 30th Annual Law Day Conference

Wednesday, May 5, 2010
8:30am — 1:30pm

Portland State University
Smith Memorial Student Union
1825 SW Broadway, Portland (Map)

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OVERVIEW

An exploration of the justice system featuring 18 dynamic workshops for high school students

Since 1981, more than 15,000 Oregon and SW Washington high school students have attended the Law Day Conference featuring exciting workshops that explore our legal system. The Conference was first started to celebrate National Law Day, May 1, by offering students a variety of provocative, informative, and timely workshops about legal issues and led by legal experts. The success of the conference has led to full-capacity workshops each year as well as fostered dialogues and discussion on how the law affects us all.

Classroom Law Project sponsors this conference in order to provide students with information to help make well-reasoned decisions. Workshops are interesting, topical, and so current that many are being argued in the courts today. When students leave the conference at the end of Law Day, they will be more informed citizens, know more about where to go for help, and, we hope, develop new interest and appreciation for being an active citizen.

 

HOW TO SIGN UP

Students will attend four workshops – two in the morning and two in the afternoon. Using the Workshop Descriptions and Student Worksheet, students are asked to prioritize their top four morning choices AND top four afternoon.

Students will be assigned to two a.m. and two p.m. workshops on a first-come, first-serve basis as room capacity allows. Please note, this means students may not be assigned their top choices. Students must return the registration form plus $10 (includes lunch and materials, non-refundable) fee to the teacher.

Downloads needed for registration:

Steps for registration:

  1. Submit the Student Registration Form (Zipped File: simply double click to unzip) via upload through the online event registration form OR by email to office@classroomlaw.org.
  2. Submit payment via credit card through the online event registration form OR by mailing ONE check to CLP (see our mailing address at the bottom of this page).

**Registrations will NOT be complete until payment in full has been received by Classroom Law Project.

 

SCHEDULE

8:30 – 9:00am – Registration (Ballroom, 3rd Floor)
9:00 – 10:00am – Workshop 1
10:00 -10:05am – Break
10:05 – 11:05am – Workshop 2
11:05 – 11:20am – Lunch
11:20 – 12:20pm – Workshop 3
12:20 – 12:25pm – Break
12:25 – 1:25pm – Workshop 4

 

WORKSHOPS

Click here for Workshop Descriptions

Morning Workshops

  • Careers in the Law: Opportunities for Everyone (Handout)
  • Cops and You: Do You Have an Attitude?
  • CSI: The World of Forensics
  • From Local to Global: Business in the 21st Century
  • Military Enlistment: Read the Contract Carefully
  • Oregon’s Bill of Rights: You be the Judge! (Handout)
  • Sex Crimes and Measure 11 (Powerpoint)
  • Student Rights (Handout)
  • Talking About Racism (Handout)

Afternoon Workshops

  • Animals and the Law (Handout)
  • Consumer Savvy
  • Date Rape: When No Means No
  • Environmental Justice
  • Equal Rights and Sexual Orientation (Handout)
  • Immigration
  • Inside Guantanamo
  • Sex Trafficking (Handout)
  • What’s your Cyber Identity? (Handout)
 

LAW DAY PLANNING COMMITTEE

Classroom Law Project
Marilyn Cover
Morgan Bennett

Lewis & Clark Law School
Toni Berres-Paul
Eleanor Garretson

Multnomah Bar Association, Young Lawyers Section
Jodie Ayura

Oregon Paralegal Association
Kelley Chaney
Mary Ann Ivie

Portland State University
Lissa Kaufman
Emily Persico

Teacher
Marilyn Drichas, Rosemary E. Anderson

 

The 2010 Law Day Conference
was made possible with support from:

Portland State University
Lewis & Clark Law School
Classroom Law Project Founders Circle Members

The Law Day Planning Committee wishes to thank the many volunteers and speakers who have donated their services. The Conference is intended as a forum to discuss and foster a better understanding of the law. Viewpoints expressed by the workshop presenters are their own and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the conference sponsors.