| Constitution Day Conference
| Constitution Day - September 17 |
CRF-OC's Constitution Day Conference was added in response to the U.S. Department of Education's mandate that educational institutions (accepting federal aid) celebrate Constitution Day, (September 17th) with educational programming to improve students' understanding of the role the U.S. Constitution plays in our country.
Constitution Day is presented in collaboration with Chapman University, the Orange County Department of Education, Orange County Superior Court and the Orange County and Federal Bar Associations.
The workshops will be based around the three branches of government, the executive, the legislative and the judicial, and how the Constitution creates interplay between them to provide checks and balances for our government. Each workshop will deal with a "theme" regarding an amendment to the Constitution and showcase how that branch relates to and interacts with the other branches.
The culmination of the workshops will be a Supreme Court hearing with sitting judicial officers augmented by students selected from the workshops to listen to arguments from accomplished attorneys regarding the theme amendment and to question them about their stance. The bench will then deliberate and reach a verdict based upon on the arguments. High school students learn, through the workshop process, that the Constitution is a living document that governs our everyday lives.
MAKE IT COUNT: YOUR VOTING RIGHTS
Featuring California Secretary of State Debra Bowen
and workshops with
Hon. James P. Gray and Michael Hueston of Rutan & Tucker LLP
Join CRF-OC, the Department of Education, Orange County Superior Court and the Orange County and Federal Bar Associations in interactive workshops to explore and celebrate our Constitutional right to vote and its continuing affect on our lives.
To register for this year's Constitution Day Conference, please download and complete the registration form fax or mail to:
15411 Redhill Suite B
Tustin CA, 92780
Fax: 714.258.8727
Thank You to Our 2008 Constitution Day Sponsors!
Orange County Bar Association
Orange County Bar Association Charitable Fund
Irell & Manella LLP
Outwater & Pinckes
Orange County Federal Bar Association
Chapman University
California State Bar Foundation
Fat Burger
Click here to sponsor or donate to the Constitution Day Conference
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