Fall 2008
Volume 2, Number 1
LAW-RELATED EDUCATION NEWS
PACE XIX “Oklahoma Government: Know Your Three Branches”
INSIDE THIS ISSUE Page 2 LRE Coordinator’s Welcome PACE XX Reunion Chief Justice James Winchester pictured with XIX PACE participants inside the Oklahoma Supreme Court Courtroom. The nineteenth annual Programs Advancing Citizenship Education institute was held July 13-17, 2008, at the Reed Conference Center. The institute began with the Bill of Rights Institute’s “Supreme Court DBQ’s:Exploring the Cases that Changed History”. Participants spent a day at the Oklahoma Bar Center and State Capitol. Chief Justice James Winchester and Judge Gary Lumpkin invited the teachers into their courtrooms and discussed issues facing the courts. Speakers for the conference included Frosty Troy; Attorney General Drew Edmondson; State Department of Education, Social Studies Curriculum Director, Kelly Curtright; OK Elections Board Training Coordinator, Carol Morris; Rep. Gary Banz, Rep. Ed Cannaday; 2007 Supreme Court Teacher of the Year, Janet Cook; OU Associate Professor of Law, Mary Sue Baccus; OBA Executive Director, John Morris Williams; OBA Director of Communications, Carol Manning; LRE Committee Chair, Jack Clark; LRE Committee Vice-chair, Tracy Pierce Nester; and OBU Professor, Mary Oppegard. Conference attendees left with great resource materials and information.
Page 3 Hatton W. Sumners Summer Institute Page 4 Lawyers in The Classroom Page 5 Law Day Mock Trial Program Supreme Court Teacher and School of the Year Contests Norman HS at National Finals
Judge Gary Lumpkin with PACE participants in the Court of Criminal Appeals.