[WSCSS] Judicial history summer institute in D.C. - all expenses paid

[Pam Inglesby]

FYI - this is an impressive summer institute in Washington, D.C. for high school teachers of history or government. I hope someone from Washington is able to attend!

Pam Inglesby | Public Legal Education Manager
Washington State Bar Association | 206.727.8226 | pami at wsba.org
1325 Fourth Avenue, Suite 600 | Seattle, WA 98101-2539 | www.wsba.org 


-----Original Message-----

Secondary school teachers of United States history and government are
invited to apply for a summer institute, Federal Trials and Great
Debates in United States History, to be held June 27-July 2, 2010, in
Washington, DC. The institute is co-sponsored by the Federal Judicial
Center and the American Bar Association Division for Public Education.
The institute will provide teachers with the training and resources to
engage students in the history of landmark federal cases. This year's
institute will study trials under the Sedition Act of 1798, Ex parte
Merryman and debates on habeas corpus during the Civil War, and a trial
of bootleggers during Prohibition.

Faculty will include David Cole of the Georgetown Law School, Saul
Cornell of Fordham University, Linda Greenhouse of Yale Law School and
formerly Supreme Court reporter for the New York Times, and Michael
Vorenberg of Brown University. Teachers will also visit the Supreme
Court and the U.S. Courthouse for the District of Columbia.
Participation will be limited to 20 teachers. Travel, lodging, and meal
expenses will be reimbursed. 

Further information and application materials are available on line at
http://www.abanet.org/publiced/summerinstitute/home.shtml
Completed applications must be postmarked no later than March 1, 2010.

Bruce Ragsdale, director 
Federal Judicial History Office
202/502-4181