Monday, April 30, 2012

Prof. Brandeis to speak to Alaska judges about teaching in schools and the community as part of judicial outreach

Prof. Jason Brandeis, J.D., Justice faculty has been invited to be a panelist at the Alaska Judicial Conference in Anchorage on May 4. He will be discussing "Fostering Public Education: Teaching in Schools & Community Settings." Other panelists are Judge Joel Bolger, Alaska Court of Appeals, and Conference Chair, and Pam Orme, Anchorage School District Social Studies Curriculum Director.

The panel is part of a series of conference presentations on "Explaining and Defending the Role of the Courts: Judicial Outreach in Your Community."  The Alaska Court System has an active program of reaching out to and involving community members state-wide through a variety of programs and events.