William Mitchell College of Law
Teach Constitutional Law to local St. Paul High Schools!!!
Click here to apply and become a Marshall-Brennan Fellow!
APPLICATION DEADLINE IS MARCH 22, 2010
About the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project
The Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project seeks to empower
high school students to be responsible citizens and lifelong
participants in the democratic process by teaching them about their
constitutional rights and responsibilities through the Supreme Court
cases that affect students directly.
The William Mitchell Chapter
started in the Fall of 2009. William Mitchell law students selected to
be Marshall-Brennan Fellows take an advanced Constitutional Law seminar
with Professor Mary Pat Byrn. Simultaneously, Marshall-Brennan Fellows
are placed in pairs in local high schools to teach Constitutional Law to
12th grade students. Marshall-Brennan Fellows function as full-fledged
teachers - planning lessons, grading papers, and inspiring and
counseling students.
The Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy
Project was founded in 1999. The Project was named for the late U.S.
Supreme Court Justices Thurgood Marshall and William J. Brennan Jr. and
was founded with the enthusiastic support of their widows, Mrs. Cissy
Marshall and Mrs. Mary Brennan (1916-2000). Justices Marshall and
Brennan were chosen because of their commitment to education as the
touchstone of both effective demoractic citizenship and personal success
in our society.
Contact us at mbproject@wmitchell.edu
The spring 2010 Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project Team is:
Jessica Raymond and Michael Herrmann Como Park High School
Dani Fitzsimmons and Ivy Swenson Central High School
Kyle Johnson and Andre Moulton Avalon School
Charlie Lehman and W. Knapp Fitzsimmons Central High School
Pictures from Mary Beth Tinker's visit to St. Paul Public High Schools
