Announcements – Chapter for the districts of Kansas & Western Missouri https://fedbarkanmo.org Federal Bar Association Fri, 24 May 2024 15:39:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://fedbarkanmo.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/cropped-unnamed-32x32.jpg Announcements – Chapter for the districts of Kansas & Western Missouri https://fedbarkanmo.org 32 32 Law Day 2024 Presentations https://fedbarkanmo.org/law-day-2024-presentations/ Fri, 24 May 2024 15:39:33 +0000 https://fedbarkanmo.org/?p=1413 Read More]]> Our Chapter again hosted Law Day presentations throughout Kansas and Western Missouri during the week of May 1. This year we had more than a dozen lawyers speak to several hundred students, including speaking to 250 7th graders at Hays Middle School. We spoke to students in Belton, Kansas City (KS and MO), Independence, Topeka, Olathe, Kansas City, and in Hays, KS. Our presenters consisted of federal judges, prosecutors, public defenders, corporate attorneys, solo practitioners, and big firm lawyers. This event, which occurred throughout a week, had lawyers/judges going into middle school and high school classrooms to talk about being a lawyer and the evolution of voting rights. We are so grateful for the opportunity to connect the bench/bar to our community and make sure students feel comfortable talking about big constitutional topics that affect their lives as well as have experience speaking with those that facilitate the justice systems in their communities.

Please join us in sending a big thank you to:

  • Volunteer Presenters: Hammons Hepner, Kevin Breer, Stephanie Lopez, Laurel Stevenson, Tuck Duncan, Patrick Waters, Eli Dodge, David Trevino, Judge James, Susan Sposato, Judge Howard, and Wendy Rohleder-Sook.
  • Teachers/schools who invited us to speak: Belton High School, Pembroke Hill School, Van Horn High School, Farm School KC, Topeka Center for Advanced Learning and College Prep, Turner High School, Olathe Mission Trail Middle School, Hays Middle School.

We hope to continue to grow this program in the years to come!

Heads up/looking forward: We are hosting a similar event, National Civics Day, on Wednesday, 9/4/24 in conjunction with the FBA Annual Meeting and Convention. Please email Danielle Atchison at datchison@uslegalimmigration.com if you’d like to volunteer to present in September OR you know a school who would like to have a speaker that day.

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FBA NEEDS ATTORNEYS AND JUDGES TO FACILITATE LAW DAY 2023 CIVICS PRESENTATIONS IN CLASSROOMS ON MAY 1ST

Volunteer to teach kids the importance of civics and the law!

CLICK HERE TO VOLUNTEER!

Our FBA Chapter is proud of our commitment to sharing resources and learning opportunities on civic education with students in our communities. We participate in Law Day celebrations (See ABA Law Day information here: LINK) each year on May 1. We are going to be presenting in Kansas and Western Missouri classrooms on the Law Day theme “Cornerstones of Democracy: Civics Civility, and Collaboration” this year during the week of May 1, 2023.

We need volunteer attorney and judges to sign up to present to HUNDREDS of students throughout our communities! It will be a time commitment of less than a couple hours and make a big impact. The FBA will connect you with pre-made presentations and resources to make your contribution as seamless as possible. Thank you in advance for making a positive impact for civics education!

What we need from you:

Volunteer Presenters! Please sign up to speak during this week. We need volunteers to go into schools and speak to the children (classroom assignments may be elementary through high school). We will provide you with a presentation and training on that presentation. All we need is your time! Please complete the survey linked to the button below to sign up to speak:

CLICK HERE TO VOLUNTEER!

School Contacts! We need contacts to more schools/teachers who may want an attorney/judge to present to their students. If you have any, please send them this LINK or have them directly email Civic Education and Outreach committee chair, Danielle Atchison at datchison@uslegalimmigration.com
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