Marshall-Brennan Leadership Development and Constitutional Literacy Seminar

Catalog No.: 671

Course Description:

Credit/No Credit. Professional Skills course. Limited enrollment.

The Seminar is a two-credit course comprised of a weekly seminar and field work in a local high school. The seminar will meet weekly to discuss constitutional law cases of particular relevance to high school students, and cover a diverse range of instructional pedagogies for teaching constitutional law and appellate advocacy skills to high school students. Students are placed in teaching groups to teach a 9-11 week Constitutional Law class in an area high school. Method of Evaluation: Seminar participation, classroom teaching observations, high school class materials/lesson plans, short reflection papers, and a final paper. Visit http://law.scu.edu/socialjustice/marshall-brennan.cfm for more information.