My Rights, My Nation: Talking About Constitutional Freedoms — Now and in the Future
Posted by whitneybates on November 2, 2009
A Symposium for High School Students
Sponsored by the New York City Bar Association
November 21, 2009
11am-2:30pm
Please join judges, lawyers and high school students from the New York area to learn what’s behind the law and recent Supreme Court decisions and discuss how the Constitution affects your life.
Students will select two discussion sessions from the following topics:
Treating Youth as Adults in the Criminal Justice System
Separation of Church & State
Drugs, Health & the Constitution
Speakers:
Hon. Jeffrey D. Lebowitz
Hon. Daniel Lewis
Hon. John E.H. Stackhouse
Elizabeth R. Yablon
Zeb Landsman
Zakiyyah T. Salim
Agenda
10:15am – Registration Opens
11am – President’s Welcome/Opening Remarks
11:30am – 12:40pm – Small group discussion 1
12:45pm – Luncheon
1:20-2:30pm – Small group discussion 2
The program will be held at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. The Association is located on 44th Street between 5th & 6th Avenue.
