Presented by: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Commission on Judicial Independence & PennCORD

Time:  8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Act 48 Credits Available

Free to Pennsylvania educators

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Learn about the Pennsylvania and United States Constitutions in this engaging and interactive one-day institute.

Review and examine key cases in the history of judicial review and learn about it from both a United States and Pennsylvania Constitutional perspective.

Participate in a classroom lesson “No Vehicles in the Park” that can be used to teach k-12 students about the differences between original intent, interpretism and non-interpretism.   

Learn how the United States Supreme Court has changed its role over the course of history and show how this affects the division of powers between the federal and state governments.  

Hear how state constitutions are being used by state courts as a basis of protecting individual rights. In particular, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision in Theodore v. Delaware Valley (a case involving drug testing in the schools) will be examined.   

Receive free lesson materials from the Pennsylvania Bar Association on the Pennsylvania and United States Constitutions that can be used with students in their classrooms.   

Network with colleagues and exchange ideas on teaching about the courts and judicial system to your students.  

Find out how to follow cases moving up to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and how to create your own lessons on past or future Court cases.  

Engage in a Mock Pennsylvania Supreme Court Argument with a distinguished panel of jurists and a team of your colleagues.  

Hear from a prominent panel of jurists about how Pennsylvania’s court system works and what judges do: from the minor courts to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.  

RSVP at link above by March 1, 2009