LRE Advisory Committee Subcommittees 2010-11

LREA Subcommittees 2010-11 (Co-Chairs Mikael Gross & Rod Allison)

LREA Advisory Committee

MEETING DATE: Friday, 8/27/10; 12:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.; The NC Legislative Office Bldg., Raleigh
Committee News Link

 

The following subcommittee meetings are held at the NC Bar Center in Cary:

Diversity in the Profession (DIP) Law Career Conference – Rod Allison, Subcommittee Chair
Law Career Conference for 8th-12th grade students, 1 day event; scheduled for Oct. 22, 2010

Justice Iredell Middle School Mock Trial Tournament – Lucy Austin & Karissa Davan, Subcommittee Co-Chairs
Assist with judging & facilitating at a courthouse where teams will be presenting for the Middle School Tournament. Held on Dec. 3, 2010 at Durham County & US Bankruptcy Greensboro Courthouses
Follow-up Meeting: TBD   
Ryan Blackledge
David Melin
Tessa Leftwich
Melanie Hamilton
Rebecca Britton
Matt McGuire
Max Rodden
Read more about the tournament and view photos here.
 

Justice Teaching Institute (JTI) 2011 – Doug McClanahan & Hassan Kingsberry, Co-Chairs
Comprehensive interactive legal system training for educators; 2 ½ day program; implement alternate years with the Mock Trial Training; to be scheduled for August 2011
MEETING DATE: Tuesday, Feb. 22; 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. 
Matt McGuire
Melanie Hamilton
Karissa Davan
Susan Giamportone
Edith Duncombe (DPI Liaison)
 

We the People (WTP) State Competition – Rufus Allen & Diane Savage, Subcommittee Co-Chairs
Assist with competition planning and judge students competing in simulated congressional hearings based on their knowledge of the constitution; WTP State Competition scheduled for March 11, 2011.
*Meetings: 1st – 12/1 at 11 a.m.; 2nd – Thurs. 1/27/11 at 11:00 a.m. conf. room C
Matt McGuire
Justice Paul Newby
Jim Morgan
Dalton Edwards (DPI Liaison)
Olivia Weeks
Lucy Austin
Maureen Klaum
Joseph Schmitz
Todd Whitlow
We the People State Competition held on March 5, 2010 at the Holiday Inn Brownstone in Raleigh. 

We the People (WTP) State Showcase* – Olivia Weeks, Subcommittee Chair
Assist with competition planning and judge students showcasing in simulated congressional hearings based on their knowledge of the constitution; WTP State Competition scheduled for March 11, 2011.
 
WTP Project Citizen (PC) State Competition – Jim Morgan & Eddie Rudiger, Co-Chairs
Assist with competition planning and judge student public policy projects & possibly visit classroom to assist in development of their projects; PC State Competition scheduled for April 15, 2011
*MEETING DATE: Thursday, Feb. 3; 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. 
Justice Paul Newby
Dalton Edwards (DPI Liaison)
We the People Project Citizen held on April 12, 2010 at the NCBA in Cary. 
 

WTP Project Citizen (PC) Showcase* – NOT ASSIGNED, Subcommittee Chair
Assist with showcase planning and judge student public policy projects & possibly visit classroom to assist in development of their projects; PC State Showcase scheduled for April 15, 2011

Teens and Attorneys Partners in Success (TAPS) - Jeffrey Edwards, Subcommittee Chair
Empower students with new skill sets that will enable them to be more successful in their high school careers; 5 day program; biennially – first TAPS to include 16 male students, to be scheduled July 2011
MEETING DATE: TBD   
Dolores Williams
Hassan Kingsberry
Leanor Hodge
Heather Culp

Speaker Subcommittee – Melanie Hamilton & Lucy Austin, Subcommittee Co-Chairs
Coordinate teacher & community online speaker requests (LRE department currently handles)
MEETING DATE: Tuesday, Feb. 1; 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.    
Project 1: Create a county map for educators to access volunteer speakers; similar to the online courthouse fieldtrip contact map: http://lre.ncbar.org/resources/courthouse-tour-information.aspx
Project 2: Organize career day kits for volunteers.
Project 3: Create instructional video for attorneys to present at career days and in the classroom Justice Paul Newby
Nan Hannah
Judge Linda McGee

             

Literature/Book Project – Ryan Blackledge, Judge Robert Jones, Bradley Piner, Co-Chairs
Creating age appropriate classroom resources for volunteer or teacher to use in school classroom
The subcommittee members are carried over to this fiscal year from 2009-10 to complete the resource for early 2011 release.  In final phase with NCBA in-house desktop.
MEETING DATE: Thursday, Feb. 3; 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Lucy Tatum Austin
Jeanette Doran
Dalton Edwards (DPI liaison)
Steve Friedland
Lacusia Green
Tessa Leftwich
Cynthia O'Neal
Max Rodden
Mindi Schulze

 

Elementary/Book Project (new) – Cindy Baldwin, Subcommittee Chair
MEETING DATE: Thursday, Feb. 3; 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.   
Project: Develop an elementary level resource
Mindi Schulze
Kathleen Tanner
 

Visual & Educational Game Develop. - Rufus Allen & Ryan Blackledge, Subcommittee Co-Chairs
MEETING DATE: Thursday, Feb. 3; 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.   
Project: Develop a game based on the publication created

Elementary Mock Trial Video Project (new) – Mikael Gross, Chair
MEETING DATE: TBD (week of April 4)
Project: New film project similar to the Trial of Gold E. Locks; view mock trial scripts created by Judge Corpening on LRE website at: http://lre.ncbar.org/resources/publications/mock-trial-scripts.aspx
Judge Craig Croom
Phil Gray
Leanor Hodge

Publication Subcommittee – David Yoon, Subcommittee Chair
MEETING DATE: Tuesday, Feb. 1; 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.     
Project: Categorize resources – law/civics/US history; research for additional resources to add to the website
Kelly Leong
Colleen Kochanek
 

Courthouse Contacts for Field Trips Subcommittee – Kris Gardner, Subcommittee Chair
Courthouse Tour Information page launched in May 2010, research, database and implementation complete.  
MEETING DATE: Tuesday, Feb. 1; 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.  
Project 1: Create a county map for educators to access speakers; similar to the online courthouse fieldtrip contact map: http://lre.ncbar.org/resources/courthouse-tour-information.aspx  (work w/ courthouse contact subcommittee & People subcommittee)
Project 2: Need missing information and update current as needed. Add other courts and contacts (Judge Linda McGee and Justice Newby)
David Yoon
Justice Paul Newby
Kelly Leong
Judge Linda McGee

Courthouse Tour Information webpage launched in May 2010

Other Participation:
- Local Bar visits with LRE Director.  If you are interested, please email dwright@ncbar.org.
- Public Relations: each subcommittee to appoint a person to draft a 250-500 word article about the event or project completed and submits to the LRE department.  The NCBA Communications Dept. will edit and the article will be posted to the LRE website under Committee News.  Each quarter the committee news link will be broadcast to LRE legal professional partners and the LRE Advisory Committee.