About the Institute

Co-sponsors: The Federal Judicial Center and the American Bar Association Division for Public Education

Dates: Sunday, June 22, through Friday 27, June, 2008

Location: Federal Judicial Center, Washington, DC

Designed especially for teachers of U.S. History, the Federal Trials and Great Debates Summer Institute will deepen participants’ knowledge of the federal judiciary and of the role the federal courts have played in key public controversies that have defined our constitutional and other legal rights.

The institute will provide secondary school educators with the training and resources they need to engage students in the history of three landmark federal trials:

• The Aaron Burr Treason Trial
       -Featured Historian: To be determined
• In re Debs and the Pullman Strike
       -Featured Historian: Daniel Ernst, Professor of Law, Georgetown Law
       School
• The Trial of the Chicago Seven
       -Featured Historian: Steven Lawson, Professor of History, Rutgers
       University

Participants will work closely throughout the institute with leading historians, federal judges, and curriculum consultants.

Participation will be limited to 20 teachers. Travel, lodging, and meal expenses will be reimbursed to institute participants according to U.S. government per diem rates.

How to Apply
Your application for participation in the institute must include:

• A completed application form, signed by you and your principal or department head [download PDF of form]
• Your current resume
• A one-page statement describing the reasons why you wish to attend the institute

Application packets must be postmarked no later than March 1, 2008, and sent to the attention of:

James H. Landman
American Bar Association
Division for Public Education
321 N. Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60654
James Landman