Educational Programs

Constitution Day 2012

Please check our website in late July/ early August 2012 for information regarding the next Constitution Day event!
This is a statewide program.

Constitution Day is designated by Public Law 108-447 Sec. 111 Division J - SEC. 111(b) which states that all levels of educational institutions receiving federal funds are required to educate students on our U.S. Constitution.

For more information, call Amy LaFaver at (505) 797-6077, or email alafaver@nmbar.org.

 

Constitution Day 2011

In 2011, 8,053 New Mexico 5th graders in 152 classrooms statewide benefitted from this program and received pocket-sized Constitutions!

Classroom Law Project ...

is a partnership program of the New Mexico State Bar Foundation's Public & Legal Services Department and the Center for Civic Values.  We need volunteer attorneys for the partnership program.  Volunteer lawyers are partnered with classroom teachers to meet the following goals:

• to promote students' recognition of the impact of the law in their daily lives;
• to increase students' awareness of their rights and responsibilities as citizens; and,
• to expand students' knowledge and appreciation of the legal system of the United States.

Lawyers collaborate with teachers to make presentations at the grade level and school they have chosen to volunteer. 

For more information call (505) 797-6028.

Annual High School Essay Contest

The Public Legal Education Committee sponsors an annual high school essay contest each year in conjunction with Law Day.

Know the Law

An exciting program informs New Mexico high school students, who are about to make adult decisions, about their new responsibilities and liabilities.

 

Junior Judges

This program is designed to teach grade school students about potential consequences of bad behavior and making decisions in difficult peer situations. Topics include stealing, bullying, cheating, drugs and alcohol, and gangs and weapons. The State Bar Young Lawyers Division coordinates the program.

Schools that would like to participate in the program or attorneys who would like to volunteer should contact YLD Chair Martha Chicoski, mary.martha.chicoski@farmers.com or (505) 248-3504.

Law Day Call-In

State Bar of New Mexico - Call-In Programs