Miami Street Law Program
Miami STREET LAW is an educational, legal outreach program that trains current law students to teach law at schools throughout Miami-Dade County. The mission of the Program is to empower youth through interactive education about law, democracy, and human rights while furthering the professional development of law students. In short, we strive to:
- Change the lives of teens by introducing them to legal analysis and critical thinking
- Provide contemporary positive role models
- Further the professional development of law students through their teaching of the law
Benefits for Law Students
Students who participate in Miami STREET LAW obtain course credit while they experience a unique, professional development opportunity. Through teaching about the law and interacting with the community, law students are given a chance to analyze state and local laws and procedures. Additionally, as STREET LAW classes use interactive teaching strategies—including mock trials, moot courts and simulated negotiations—students can hone their communication and analytical skills while gaining exposure to other professionals and the community. STREET LAW injects a human element into law school education, providing students with insight into public policy issues and concerns that impact their community.
Benefits for the Community
Miami STREET LAW provides the South Florida community with essential legal information and helps high school students navigate through our law-saturated society. The Program serves to put lawyers in a positive light while at the same time creating positive role models for the students who participate in the classes. An ancillary long-term goal of the program is to increase diversity in the legal profession.
For more information contact:
Professor Karen Throckmorton
Instructor in Law
Director Miami STREET LAW
(305) 284-1382
kthrockm@law.miami.edu
Miami STREET LAW Application Form 2012 – 2013
Log-in instructions: Log-in with your full student e-mail address and your password.
Print-out instructions: Please print out the form before submitting it.
DID YOU KNOW?
- Miami STREET LAW participants teach a wide array of topics, including torts, criminal law, family law, constitutional law, court systems and landlord/tenant law.
- 13,575 South Florida students have participated in the STREET LAW program since 2001.
- STREET LAW is currently conducted at more than 90 law schools across the country and in over thirty countries.
MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR
In Miami STREET LAW, our mission is to serve our community by inspiring critical thinking and social awareness. We welcome you to learn more about the program.
VIDEOS
Program Overview: Hear Director Karen Throckmorton discuss how the STREET LAW Program provides experiential learning and benefits Miami Law students as well as the South Florida community.
Hear the personal story of 3L Rob Collins which inspired him to want to become a Street Lawyer.
For ideas on how to positively impact a teen's life through STREET LAW, listen to 3L Nico Pelleya's ideas on pertinent topics and the challenges and rewards of being a Street lawyer.
3L Rob Weaver discusses the areas of the law which interest teens at Miami Senior High and the power of a Street Lawyer to be a positive role model.
Hear Tamara Kosic's views on the rewards of being a Street Lawyer in two very different venues: in a correctional population of female convicted teenaged felons; and in a huge inner city school in Miami.
