Law Day

Law Day is held on May 1 every year

Law Day is held on May 1 every year to celebrate the role of law in our society and to cultivate a deeper understanding of the legal profession. Law Day is an observance and is not a federal public holiday in the United States. Schools, post offices, stores and other businesses and organizations are open as usual.

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Briggs v. Elliott Court Case | History In A Nutshell
Briggs v. Elliott Court Case | History In A Nutshell

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

This audience requested episode of History In A Nutshell sheds light on the Briggs v. Elliott court case, in honor of the 70th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision...
The Briggs v. Elliott Court Case | History In A Nutshell
The Briggs v. Elliott Court Case | History In A Nutshell

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

This episode of History In A Nutshell sheds light on the Briggs v. Elliott court case, in honor of the 70th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision! The Briggs v. Elliott...
Tameika Isaac Devine | Women Vision SC
Tameika Isaac Devine | Women Vision SC

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Tameika Isaac Devine was age 29 when she ran for office for the first time. She became the first African American female and the youngest person on the Columbia City Council. She recalls winning that...
Malissa Burnette | Women Vision SC
Malissa Burnette | Women Vision SC

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Malissa Burnette is an award-winning attorney and advocate for equal rights for all. She is co-founder of the Burnette Shutt & McDaniel law firm in Columbia. She waged a legal battle to change the...
Richard Fields | SC African American History Calendar 4
Richard Fields | SC African American History Calendar
Episode 4

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Grades: 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Higher Education

Judge Richard E. Fields was born and raised in Charleston, S.C. He attended high school at the Avery Institute, graduated from West Virginia State College in 1944, and earned his law degree in 1947...
Aphrodite Konduros | James Otis Lecture 2019 3
Aphrodite Konduros | James Otis Lecture 2019
Episode 3

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

The Honorable Judge Aphrodite K. Konduros of the SC Court of Appeals, discusses the importance of the First Amendment of the Constitution, and the Freedom of the Press.
Inez Tenenbaum | Women Vision SC
Inez Tenenbaum | Women Vision SC

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Inez Tenenbaum entered law school in her 30s. She cashed out her state retirement to pay for her first year of law school. That was a turning point in her life, and she credits that move for later...
B. Michael's Progress 3
B. Michael's Progress
Episode 3

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Grades: 6 7 8

Senator Fritz Hollings was good friends with the Tecklenburg family, and took in Michael as an intern. After working for Sen. Hollings, Michael would find himself in Chicago, Illinois, working for the...
B. Michael's Progress 2
B. Michael's Progress
Episode 2

Video

Grades: 6 7 8

Here at the St. Joseph School for the Deaf, students are not taught sign language. Expectations for students, including Michael during his time, are very high at St. Joseph’s, and instead are taught...
B. Michael's Progress 1
B. Michael's Progress
Episode 1

Video

Grades: 6 7 8

Michael Tecklenburg is pursuing a career in law and politics. But what makes Michael Tecklenburg stand out is that he is pursuing his education at Columbia University Law School, and his career, while...
Discrimination in 20th Century
Discrimination in 20th Century

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Grades: 5

: Explain the practice of discrimination and the passage of discriminatory laws in the United States and their impact on the rights of African Americans, including the Jim Crow laws and the ruling in...

Follow the Rules
Follow the Rules

Lesson

Grades: Kindergarten

Students will learn that rules/laws are created to keep order and to keep us safe.

Ruth and the Green Book
Ruth and the Green Book

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Grades: 3, 5

This lesson introduces students to the difficulties faced by African Americans during the middle twentieth century. Using the book Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin Alexander Ramsey, students learn...

Minnie Kennedy and the Civil Rights Movement
Minnie Kennedy and the Civil Rights Movement

Lesson

Grades: 4, 8, 9

This lesson can be a component of a year-long project based lesson on civil rights or one part of a single, shorter PBL focusing only the civil rights era after World War II. This particular extension...

Robert Wilcox | James Otis Lecture Series 4
Robert Wilcox | James Otis Lecture Series
Episode 4

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Grades: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Robert M. Wilcox, Esquire is the Dean of the University of South Carolina's School of Law. He explains how lawyers play a role throughout society.