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The Next Stage of Street Law.

This weekend, the 5th (unofficially) bi-annual Street Law training Session took place in the HQ of the Law Society of Scotland’s headquarters in Edinburgh. It’s the first one in a year-and-a-half I haven’t been involved in, which saddens me a bit.

Street Law is now firmly implanted as part of LSoS’s Legal Education programme – which is fantastic news. Street Law is not ‘teaching law’ the way the LL.B or Diploma means it. The aim of Street Law is to make those most likely to come into contact with the law (who are, by the way, the demographic groups least likely to study law) more aware of the rules and their rights in those situations. Continue reading “The Next Stage of Street Law.”

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#StreetLaw 4: Discrimination and the Law…

…or why it might not be a generational thing. This week, David and I did something a little different to the previous weeks. We had, up until now, used lessons that we’d either done before personally, or had been prepared by others for us to use. This week, however, we wanted to prepare our own lesson in response to a suggestion from the first week. … Continue reading #StreetLaw 4: Discrimination and the Law…

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#StreetLaw 3: Aliens and Human Rights

…or when I realised even kids hate lawyers! For our third lesson we thought we’d be a bit more adventurous that we had one before and not use just worksheets and pens, but strips of paper with human rights (mostly according to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child) which the groups can move about themselves. It was a risk…but we were prepared to take it. … Continue reading #StreetLaw 3: Aliens and Human Rights

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#StreetLaw 2 – Should It Be a Crime

…or why kids seem to have a basic (strict) morality. For our second Street Law lesson, David and I decided to do one of the lessons we did at our training: Should It Be a Crime? There was no BBC filming this week – so we were relieved that at least. we wouldn’t have to keep repeating ourselves for the camera. Although it did mean we … Continue reading #StreetLaw 2 – Should It Be a Crime

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#StreetLaw 1 – Stop and Search

…or a how a group of S3 pupils played a part in this week’s FMQs. I’ve written before about The Law Society of Scotland’s expanded Street Law programme and how excited I am by it. On Tuesday, I took my first lesson at Bellahouston Academy with an S3 class. The subject was Police Scotland’s use of Stop and Search [S&S] – and the BBC came in to film some of for a … Continue reading #StreetLaw 1 – Stop and Search

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Creating a High School Law School…

…or why I’m particularly excited about Street Law. I’ve complained twice in the last month that understanding of the law outside of the profession is, generally, quite poor. Even our own government makes mistakes that are simple to avoid (and for some, their approach to law-making leave a lot to be desired). I’ve also said that it is up to law students and lawyers to improve … Continue reading Creating a High School Law School…

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