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• What Is Law & Why Does It Matter?: Build basic legal literacy. Help students see how the law shows up in their everyday lives and why understanding it gives them power. Difference between civil/criminal law, law vs. morality, rule of law.
   

• How Laws Are Made, Advocacy, Voting & Representation: How laws are created at the local, state, and federal levels. Explore how youth can influence the law through civic engagement. Initiatives, lobbying, protests, elections, representation.​

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• Police Encounters & Juvenile Justice: Teach students how to safely assert their rights when interacting with law enforcement. Miranda rights, detention, search and seizure, juvenile vs. adult justice.

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• Rights in School: Empower students to understand their rights in school and how to advocate for themselves. Suspensions, searches, protests, free speech, Title IX, undocumented students’ protections.

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• Housing Rights: Tenant rights and housing justice. Help students understand what families can do if housing is unstable. What landlords cannot do, lease basics, eviction defense, rent control, gentrification.

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• Torts, Negligence & Personal Harm: Show how civil law can be used when people are injured or harmed, and when lawsuits are justified. Car accidents, slip-and-falls, bullying.

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• Contracts, Scams & Consumer Smarts: Prepare students to recognize legal responsibilities and red flags in everyday transactions. Signing leases, car loans, online scams, credit traps.

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• Family Law: Foster Care, Custody, and Support: Explore the systems that intervene in family life and how young people can navigate them. Child welfare, guardianship, support, emancipation.

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• Constitutional Rights in Everyday Life: Connect students' lived experiences to constitutional protections and limitations. Speech, privacy, religion, protest, limits of government power.

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• Labor & Economic Justice: Equip students with knowledge about their rights at work and the power of organizing. Wage theft, youth employment, unions, discrimination.

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• Immigration & Undocumented Youth: Provide clarity on legal rights regardless of immigration status and resources for support. DACA, deportation defense, ICE encounters, sanctuary policies.

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• Digital Rights & Online Surveillance: Help students understand what they can (and can’t) say online; how their data is tracked. Cyberbullying, school surveillance, facial recognition technology, freedom of expression, data privacy.

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• Environmental Justice: Show how environmental issues are legal issues, especially in low-income and BIPOC communities. Pollution, land use, climate, access to green space.

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• Capstone Project: Teach-Back & Creative Projects: Let students reflect, synthesize, and own what they’ve learned through public expression via zine, PSA, know-your-rights workshop, or youth teach-back event.

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• Intro to Moot Court or Mock Trial: Encourage students to develop argumentation and public speaking skill. Case breakdown, argumentative writing, roleplay as attorneys, witnesses, judges