The education pipeline to the professions : programs that work to increase diversity / edited by Sarah E. Redfield.
2012
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Title
The education pipeline to the professions : programs that work to increase diversity / edited by Sarah E. Redfield.
Published
Durham, N.C. : Carolina Academic Press, [2012]
Copyright
©2012
Call Number
KF299.M56 E38 2012
ISBN
9781611630503 (pbk.)
1611630509 (pbk.)
1611630509 (pbk.)
Description
xix, 234 pages : illustrations, forms ; 26 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)759695856
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-231) and index.
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Table of Contents
Author and Chapter List
xv
Foreword
xvii
Preface
xix
Introduction and Overview
ch. 1
The Need for Focused Pipeline Programs with Documented Outcomes / Sarah E. Redfield
3
A Note on How Chapters Were Selected
6
A Note on Partnerships and Wingspread
7
Pre-Kindergarten and Elementary School Programs
ch. 2
Pre-K Reading and Literacy The Emerging Voices Project of the Latin American Montessori Bilingual Public Charter School (LAMB) and the Georgetown Street Law Clinic Georgetown University Law Center Washington, D.C. / Richard Roe
13
Lawyers and Literacy
14
The LAMB Charter School and Its Demographics
14
The Emerging Voices Project in Practice
15
"Educating for Citizenship" Law Focused Lessons
19
General Principles for Teaching, Learning, and Literacy Link to Democratic Education
22
ch. 3
Law Firm-Sponsored Elementary School Legacy Charter School, Chicago, Illinois / Errol Stone
25
A Bold Vision
25
Mission and Guiding Principles
26
Community and Demographics
26
Size and Growth Strategy
27
Administration
27
The SNR Role
27
Staff
28
Budget
29
Curriculum and Approach
29
Curriculum
29
Educational Projects
30
Leadership and Problem Solving (Discipline)
32
Parental and Community Engagement
33
The Results
34
Scholar Achievement
34
Awards and Recognition
35
Parent-Scholar Testimonials
36
Thoughts on Replicability
37
Conclusion
37
ch. 4
Law School-Sponsored Mentoring Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah / Rachel A. Miller
39
Abstract
40
Introduction
40
Background
41
Structure of the Program
43
Academic Focus
44
Ten to Twenty Minutes of Free Time
45
Unique Campus Location and Field Trips
45
Highlights: Mock Law Class and Mock Trial
45
Program Costs
46
Benefits to the Law School Community
47
Benefits for the Fifth Graders
48
Conclusion
50
Middle and High School Programs
ch. 5
Peer Court Smythe Academy of Arts and Sciences Middle School, Sacramento, California / Gavin E. Mody
53
Peer Courts: An Introduction
53
Smythe Academy and Its Students
54
Smythe Academy Peer Court
54
Program Origins
54
Program Description
56
Participants
56
Design and Operation
56
Program Results
58
Recommendations and Thoughts on Replication
60
ch. 6
Law-Themed High Schools Excel High School Law Academy, West Oakland, California / Ina Bendich
61
Our Origins and Participants
61
Program Description
62
Academy Structure and Curriculum
63
Youth Court
64
Student Advisory
64
After School
65
Parental Involvement
65
Budget
65
Partnerships
66
Center for Youth Development through Law
66
Alameda County Mock Trial
66
Urban Debate
67
Rose Foundation for Communities and the Environment
67
Yosemite Institute
68
Results
68
Student Successes
68
Replicability
70
Appendix California Partnership Academies
71
ch. 7
Law-Themed High Schools First Colonial High School Legal Studies Academy, Virginia Beach, Virginia / Paige Scherr
73
Background
73
Program Description
74
Academy Curriculum
75
Academy Co-Curricular Requirements
76
Academy Demographics
78
Partners in Education
78
Administrative Structure
79
Professional Development
79
Results to Date
80
Student Success Stories
81
Replicability
82
ch. 8
Multi-Faceted Outreach: High School and Beyond Legal Outreach, New York, New York / James O'Neal
83
Origins and Background
83
The Early Years: 1982-89
84
The College-Bound Program
86
College-Bound Program Components
86
After School Study and Tutorial Center (All Years)
86
Writing Classes (9-12th Grades)
86
Mentoring Program (10th-12th Grades)
87
Constitutional Law Debates (10th-12th grades)
87
Academic and Life Skills Workshops (9th Grade)
87
Social and Cultural Events (10th-12th grades)
88
Summer Law Internships (Rising 10th Graders)
88
SAT Preparation (Rising 11th Graders)
89
College Selection and Preparation (Rising 12th Graders)
89
Results to Date
89
Current Program Demographics and Structure
91
Partners
92
Administrative Structure and Budget
92
Appendix College-Bound Mentoring Program FAQs
95
ch. 9
Ninth-Grade Law Classes: High School and Beyond Saturday Academy of Law, University of California, Irvine, California / Sarah E. Redfield
97
Introduction
97
Background: Initial Approach and the Santa Ana Context
98
SAL-UCI Goals and Approaches
99
Program Components
100
Overview
100
Student Selection
101
Teachers/Teaching Assistants
102
Curriculum
102
Sample Class Synopsis
103
Final SAL-UCI Class/Campus Tour/Parent Involvement/Recognition Ceremony
103
After the Saturdays: Mentoring
104
Reaching All Segments of the Diversity Pipeline
104
Evaluation Protocol and Results
106
Conclusion: Conditions for Replicability
106
Appendix A
SAL Survey (for Pre- and Post-assessment)
109
Appendix B
Sample of Curriculum
112
Appendix C
Sample of Evaluation Protocol
118
Appendix D
Results SAL-UCI
119
ch. 10
Law Summer Program: High School and Beyond Center for Youth Development through Law, Berkeley, California / Nancy Schiff
121
Introduction
121
Our Origins
122
Our Participants
122
Our Approach
123
Program Structure
124
Classroom Activities
124
Law and Government
124
Career Development
125
College Readiness
125
Emotional and Social Development Curriculum
125
Conflict Management
126
Internships
126
Other Activities
127
Mock Trials
127
Courthouse Field Trip
127
Graduation Ceremony
127
Mentors
128
Follow-up Career and Educational Support
128
Our Funding and Community Partners
128
Our Results
129
Tracking of Participants' Educational and Career Progress
131
Stories
131
J.
131
R.
131
Dorian Peters
132
Guidance for Those Who Want to Replicate Our Program
132
Staff and Volunteer Qualities
133
Community Building
133
What Makes an Effective Internship
133
Age Range
134
Required Resources
134
Conclusion
134
ch. 11
Law School-High School Street Law Clinics at Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C., and Others / Richard Roe
135
Introduction to Street Law
135
The Work of the Street Law Clinic
136
Overview
136
Value to High School Students
137
Street Law for Law Students
138
Syllabus, Curriculum, and Credits
140
Syllabus and Curriculum
140
Orientation
141
Seminars
141
Planning and Preparing to Teach
141
Instruction
142
Supervision
142
Reflection
143
Credit
143
Conclusions
143
Replicability
144
Patrick Campbell, One Student's Success Story
144
ch. 12
Law School-High School Marshall-Brennan and Moot Court, American University Washington College of Law and Others / Maryam Ahranjani
145
Marshall-Brennan Beginning
145
Nuts and Bolts
146
Professional Development
147
Expansion
148
Costs
148
Results
149
Improvement in Understanding Constitutional Rights
149
Other Measures
150
Challenges
151
Conclusions
151
Appendix A
Constitutional Law Survey Course Syllabus
152
Appendix B
Youth Justice in America Course Syllabus
156
College Programs
ch. 13
Texas Pipeline: College and Beyond Texas Law School Preparation Institutes, El Paso, San Antonio, and Others / Richard Gambitta
163
Introduction
163
Texas and Race and Legal History
164
Hopwood to the Summer Institutes
165
UTPA Law School Preparation Institute (LSPI): "LSPI Light!"
166
UTPA and the LSPI Selection Process
166
Program Description
167
Staff, Budget, Partners
168
Results
168
The Students
169
The UTSA Institute for Law and Public Affairs and Summer Law School Preparation Academy: "LSPI Large"
169
The Origins of the Institute and Summer Program
170
The UTSA Application and Selection Process
171
Partners, Inspiration, Support
173
Program Description
174
Costs, Staff, Budget
176
The Expanded Program: A Legal Studies Minor, Legislative Scholars
180
Creating Other Opportunities, Fundraising, and Grants
181
Conclusion
183
Multiple-Level/Overarching Programs
ch. 14
Mentoring: All Levels The Pacific Pathways Mentoring Program, University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Sacramento, California / Torie Flournoy-England
187
Historical Introduction
188
Why a Mentoring Program?
188
The Role of Pacific McGeorge's Education Law Fellows
189
Partnering with Hagginwood Elementary School
190
Mentee Selection
190
Recruiting Law Student Mentors
191
Mentor Training and Screening
193
Mentor-Mentee Matching
194
Program Support from the Mentoring Coordinator
195
Sustaining an On-campus Mentoring Program --- Hands-on Support from the Law School
195
Program Support from the Partner Schools
196
An Update --- The View from 2010
197
Appendix A
Mentor Surveys
199
Appendix B
Accounts of Two Pacific McGeorge Mentors
204
Mentor Account #1
204
Mentor Account #2
204
Account of a Hagginwood Elementary School Administrator
205
ch. 15
Hispanic National Bar Association Mentoring: High School to the Profession The HNBA Multi-Tier Mentoring Program, Arizona State University and Others / Charles Calleros
207
Introduction: Awakening to a Need
207
The Hispanic National Bar Association National Mentoring Program
209
The Pilot Mentoring Program in Phoenix, Spring 2007
209
Administrative Resources for Organization
209
Recruiting Participants
209
Forming the Mentoring Teams
210
Special Requirements for Working with High School Students
211
The Launching of the Phoenix Program
211
Mentoring Activities, Spring 2007
212
Changes in the Phoenix Mentoring Program, Spring 2008
214
New School District Restrictions on Working with High School Students
214
Other Lessons from the Second Year of the Program
215
Launching the Mentoring Program in Las Vegas
216
Plans for the Future: Reaching Further Back in the Pipeline
216
Expanding the HNBA Mentoring Program to Other Communities (Including Yours)
216
Conclusion
217
Postscript
217
Notes
219
Index
233