Teachers whose classes are involved in LAWS attended a three-hour professional development session on January 29 at the Raleigh County Courthouse. Teachers were provided with notebooks of materials to use in their classrooms, including suggested activities and LAWS handbooks for each student. Volunteer attorneys and local judges have been visiting the classrooms of the students participating in LAWS to review the cases the students will hear. After the justices rule in the cases, the students will receive copies of the Court's opinions. The LAWS project is a partnership between the court system, the bar association, the schools, and the community.
All partners work toward one goal - educating students.
The support that LAWS has received from our partners in Raleigh County has been outstanding. After the first LAWS in Beckley, the Supreme Court plans to make LAWS an annual event in different West Virginia communities.