New Jersey State Bar Foundation

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Publications
The Legal Eagle The Legal Eagle is a legal newspaper for kids intended for grades 5 and up. On-line Order Form
You Have the Right Also available in PDF format You Have the Right is a guide to the rights of young people in New Jersey.
Respect Respect is a newsletter that highlights the issues of tolerance and diversity and is intended for students in grades 7 to 12. Online Order Form
Bill of Rights Bulletin Also available in PDF format This newsletter is packed with informative articles on the Bill of Rights as well as fun puzzles. (grades 3-8)
Students' Rights Handbook Also available in PDF format
Working It Out The New Jersey State Bar Foundation is seizing the opportunity to promote violence prevention by helping interested schools establish Conflict Resolution and Peer Mediation Programs.
The Right to Special Education in New Jersey - A Guide for Advocates Also available in PDF format This manual is designed to help advocates, including parents, obtain special education for children with disabilities residing in New Jersey.
Video Loan Library The Foundation maintains a free videotape loan library on a wide variety of law-related topics.
Publication Order Form

Mini-Court
Mini-Court Also available in PDF format The New Jersey State Bar Foundation provides free Mini-Court Teacher's Guides for teachers of grades K - 2. The guide features one five-day lesson plan for grades K - 1 and another for grade 2. The purpose is to teach young children about the legal system in an age-appropriate manner. Teachers and lawyers designed the lesson plans, which are easy and fun to use in class. The guide also contains a courtroom diagram, glossary of legal terms, word searches, certificate for students, activities and resources. You can download the Mini-Court Teacher's Guide from this web site. For more information or to order copies of the guide, contact sboro@njsbf.org or call 732-937-7519. This program helps to fulfill New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standard for Social Studies 6.1 regarding democratic citizenship.
Mock Trials - Grades K - 12

Newsletters
Newsletter: Forum - Fall 2006 Newsletter: Forum - Summer 2003 Newsletter: Forum - Fall 2002 Newsletter: Forum - Winter 2002 Also available in PDF format Newsletter: Forum - Summer 2001 Also available in PDF format Newsletter: Forum - Winter 2001 Also available in PDF format Newsletter: Forum - Summer 2000 Newsletter: Forum - Spring 2000

Other Information
How to Get An Attorney to Speak to Your Class The New Jersey State Bar Foundation offers a free Speakers Bureau, where volunteer attorneys address school, community and senior citizens groups throughout the state on numerous areas of the law.
George Street Playhouse Tolerance Project The New Jersey State Bar Foundation lends its support to the George Street Playhouse's Touring Theatre, bringing five plays to students in disadvantaged areas throughout the state. The plays, New Kid, Peacemaker, In Between, Tomato Plant Girl and Wasted, address such timely issues as school violence, tolerance, prejudice, drug abuse and peer pressure.

All of the New Jersey State Bar Foundation's programs and publications are made
possible by funding from the IOLTA Fund of the Bar of New Jersey.

New Jersey State Bar Foundation
New Jersey Law Center
One Constitution Square
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
(732) 249-5000 Telephone
(732) 828-0034 Fax