Check other law-related organizations in your state for handbooks that can be distributed to government classes or other social studies students. Students at this age are eager to learn about how their adult status will affect law-related issues, such as driving and traffic offenses, leasing an apartment, and getting married. A wide selection of scripts geared to different levels is available from the Law Day Store . Or you may want to write your own, based on a current issue. Mock Voir Dire Voir dire is the process for examining prospective jurors in order to determine whether a potential jury member is biased or has any connections with a party to the action or a prospective witness.
Examination is oral and conducting a mock dire can teach youth about the jury process.
Lawyers can act as prosecutors and defense counsel while students play the roles of prospective jurors. Moot Court Divide students into two teams. After studying a unit on law, each group is given a legal point to research. Lawyers from the community can advise the teams and debrief the exercise. This activity forces student to think on their feet and put their reasoning skills to the test.