The Virginia Bar Association Rule of Law Project
The Rule of Law Project is an educational initiative for middle school students. The purpose of this multi-faceted program is to inspire students to become active citizens by helping them appreciate and protect the rights we enjoy under our laws and the responsibilities we share as American citizens.
This website provides links to “The Law Rules” video, a training video for teachers and volunteer lawyers and judges, instructional resources, project evaluation forms, publicity, and a list of contacts to help implement the Rule of Law Project in the classroom.
To view the video online, click below.
To download the video to your computer for classroom use, click here. (60mb .exe file) If you are on a Mac, click here. Note: The download will take less than 5 minutes on a high speed connection. After the download, the screen will ask you to select ROLmed.mov. The movie will save to your computer without needing special software. For classroom use, download the video at least 1 day BEFORE the class visitation.
Note: The download will take less than 5 minutes on a high speed connection. After the download, the screen will ask you to select ROLmed.mov. The movie will save to your computer without needing special software. For classroom use, download the video at least 1 day BEFORE the class visitation.
Educators and Lawyers:
Teaching Together
• Virginia School Superintendents
• Virginia Local Bar Association
Contacts (Excel document)
This partnership among teachers, lawyers and judges provides students with an enriching, interactive experience about the importance of the rule of law in their daily lives and gives them a better understanding of the need to preserve and protect it as the foundation for the rights and freedoms we enjoy. To offer this experience in your area, please contact us. Lawyers and judges in local bar associations will follow up with you to coordinate a project for your schools. Together, we can make a difference to your students, to our community and to our country.
Testimonials
"This program makes very real to students why it’s important to study civics, history and government. It’s about being a good citizen."
- Tim Isaacs, Director of Curriculum Development, Roanoke City Public Schools
"The program enables our students to have an exposure they couldn’t have by any other means. If you say ‘rule of law’ to kids, they will say, ‘huh?’ But this gets to the fundamentals of what our country is based on."
- Rita Bishop, Superintendent, Roanoke City Public Schools
