The Sacramento County Bar Foundation Is Bringing Back KIDS LAW DAY

By J. Edward Brooks

After a three-year hiatus, The Sacramento County Bar Foundation is excited to announce that Kids Law Day will return this spring! Please consider volunteering and/or donating to this amazing event.

Kids Law Day is a program that brings attorneys, judges, paralegals and legal secretaries into Sacramento-area elementary classrooms for hour-long presentations. At this time, eight local schools have requested we bring the program into their 4th, 5th, and 6th, grade classrooms. Nearly 1000 students in over 35 classrooms will be eager to hear from representatives of our legal community who want to inspire these young minds to think about a career in the legal profession and the importance of the ju- diciary system in our society.

The program is a wonderful opportunity for legal professionals to get “out of the office” and into a classroom, and for many children, this will be their first encounter with members of our legal community. Presenters will discuss their careers and how they fulfill their professional purposes and make a difference in our communities. These presentations are not boring lectures – speakers and students will be interacting with each other. Students always ask interesting questions and speakers share their personal stories. There is even a mock trial skit with students reading lines and the rest of the class deliberating as the jury! A program outline and materials will be provided for presenters. At the end of the presentation, SCBF will provide each student with school supplies as a gift. More information about Kids Law Day and how to volunteer can be found on the SCBA’s website.

The Sacramento County Bar Foundation is the “charitable arm” of the Sacramento County Bar Association. It is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation supporting programs that improve the administration of justice, enhance public confidence in the legal profession, cultivate understanding of, and respect for, the rule of law and support law related services. To volunteer, contribute, or for more information about the SCBF, visit www.sacbar.org and click the Sacramento County Bar Foundation link.

Every fall, attorneys from around the state participate in the Conference of California Bar Associations (CCBA). Members form delegations from their local or specialty bar associations and propose legislation to improve the law in some way. The CCBA, and its predecessor, the State Bar Conference of Delegates, has a proven record of success having put forward over one hundred proposals that have been signed into law. So, what does this have to do with Andi Liebenbaum?

In 2013, as a newly elected member of the board of directors for the Sacramento County Bar Association, I attended what I had thought was just an SCBA holiday party meet-and-greet. I arrived and met some of the other attendees, and then the presentations began.