William Mitchell College of Law
Congratulations to our 2010 Marshall-Brennan Fellows!
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
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