Learn about the Pennsylvania and United States Constitutions in this engaging and interactive one-day institute. The program is free to Pennsylvania educators.
Review and examine key cases in the history of judicial review and learn about it from both a United States and Pennsylvania Constitutional perspective.
Learn how the United States Supreme Court has changed its role over the course of history and 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. 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 the classrooms.
Network with colleagues and exchange ideas on teaching about the courts and judicial system.
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.
Act 48 Credits Available
Substitute Teacher Funding Available
AGENDA
8:30 a.m. Registration
9:00 a.m. Welcome by Chief Justice Ronald Castille and First Lady Judge Marjorie Rendell
9:10 a.m. Warm-up Exercise
9:45 a.m. Roundtable: Judges on Judging
10:45 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. Changing Roles: The Old, Modern and Contemporary Courts and their Impact on Federalism
12:15 p.m. Luncheon
1:00 p.m. Standard Aligned System Mock PA Supreme Court Argument
