Online Lessons

Getting the Most Out of the Deliberation Process!! 

Training jurors and judge panelists how to deliberate is an essential component to every youth court program. Therefore, these online lessons have been created to educate youth court volunteers, especially new jurors and judge panelists, on issues they should consider to help them determine a fair, constructive, and restorative disposition for youth court defendants or respondents.

Important Note: Before a youth volunteer can take the lesson(s), he/she must obtain a volunteer access code from his/her youth court coordinator. For a youth court coordinator to receive a volunteer access code, he/she must register for an Administrative Access Area on the “Getting the Most Out of the Deliberation Process” main page. This Administrative Access Area will allow youth court coordinators to know which of their volunteers have registered to take the lesson(s) and view their lesson results.

Preparing for Your Case

This section is designed to assist youth court attorneys in preparing for their youth court cases. It offers helpful information and resources to assist youth in gathering and analyzing case information, preparing questions to ask during hearings, and writing opening and closing statements.

 

 

 

 

 

Web Search: What do Our Laws and Policies Say About Underage Drinking?

Street Law, Inc. has developed a new online lesson to provide youth court administrators with another option for helping to teach the young people in their courts about the effects of underage drinking. The lesson is geared to middle school and high school students. While it was primarily developed to be used as sentencing options for respondents, the lesson also can be used to train youth court volunteers.

This online lesson guides youth as they conduct research on the Internet about laws relating to:

  1. underage drinking and alcohol-related driving,
  2. other risks of underage drinking (not related to driving), and
  3. programs and laws available in their state that attempt to reduce underage drinking

Each of the three sections of the online lesson prompts youth to record their answers and ideas on handouts provided in the lesson. They are instructed to take their answer sheets back to their youth court administrator, so the youth court administrator will know the young person has completed the assignment.