Teachers Law School
Teachers Law School is presented by the Orange County Chapter of American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) in partnership with the Orange County Department of Education.
ABOTA Foundation, Webpage
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2024 - Juvenile Justice: Alternate Courts and Support
Featured Speakers:
Improving Outcomes for Vulnerable Juvenile Court Populations, Presented by Judge Lindsey Martinez
CARE Court - A Path to Recovery, Presented by Judge Ebrahim Baytieh
Peer Court, Presented by Alan Crivaro, Esq., and Michelle Antenesse, Assistant Program Manager, CRF-OC
Project Youth OC, Presented by Laura Marcum, Executive Director Project Youth OC
Educator Resources Google Folder
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2023 - Untold Stories of Japanese Internment:
Navigating Legal and Community Challenges
Featured Speakers:
Judge Linda Marks, retired Superior Court of Orange County Yoshi Kubota, President of ABOTA Foundation’s OC Chapter Mexican American Stories During Japanese Internment, Presentation by Judge Frederick Aguirre, retired Superior Court of Orange County Panel: Untold Stories of the Japanese American Internment: An Interview with Justice Motoike Moderator: Dr. Jeff Hittenberger Interview: Justice Joanne Motoike, Associate Justice, 4th District Court of Appeal Untold Stories of Japanese American Internment: The Kindness of Color, Janice Munemitsu, Author of The Kindness of Color Deb Tropp, executive board member of ABOTA Foundation’s OC Chapter Text Set with Resources Google Folder |
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2022 - The Mendez Historic Freedom Trail and Monument
Featured Speaker: Sylvia Mendez
Text Set with Resources Google Folder
2021- Tinker v. Des Moines: Student Engagement and the First Amendment
Featured Speaker: Mary Beth Tinker
Agenda with Resources Google Folder
2020 - Constitutional Constants During Time of Crisis
Featured Speaker: Dr. Ralph Young
Agenda with Resources Google Document
Lesson Application Google Document
2019 - Korematsu, Courts and the Classroom
Tanforan Assembly Center, line to mess hall
Korematsu v. United States, 1944
Featured Speakers:
Presentation by Assistant U.S. Attorney Vibhav Mittal
Presentation United States Probation Officer Greg Vidana
Hon. Josephine L Staton, Judge, US District Court
Hon. David O. Carter, Judge, US District Court
Magistrate Courtrooms - Presentation by Hon. John D. Early, U.S. Magistrate Judge
Hon. Kirk Nakamura, Presiding Judge, OC Superior Court
Hon. Joanne Motoike, Presiding Judge, OC Juvenile Court
Michael Maguire, Esq. National President of ABOTA
Agenda Google Document
Planning Template Google Document
2018 - Civics Content for the Classroom
Mr. and Mrs. Mendez
Mendez, et al v. Westminister [sic] School District of Orange County, et al, 1946
Featured Speakers:
- Judge Charles Margines, Presiding Judge, Orange County Superior Court
- Judge Maria D. Hernandez, Former Presiding Judge, Orange County Superior Court, Juvenile Division
- Justice William W. Bedsworth, 4th District Court of Appeal
- Justice Kathleen E. O’Leary, Presiding Justice, Fourth District, Third Division, California Court of Appeal
Justice Raymond J. Ikola, Justice of the Fourth District, Third Division of the California Court of
Appeal Justice Richard D. Fybel, Justice of the Fourth District, Third Division of the California Court of Appeal
- Michael P. Maguire, Vice President of the American Board of Trial Advocates
- Special Guest, Gonzalo Mendez, Jr.
Agenda Google DocumentMendez Lesson Google Document
2017 - Civics Content for the Classroom
Erwin Chemerinsky
Featured Speakers:
Agenda Google Document
