CO-CHAIR:

Hon. Diane O. Leasure, Chair
Circuit Court for Howard County
8360 Court Avenue
Ellicott City, Maryland 21043-4550
Phone: (410) 313-2066
Fax (410) 313-3192
Email: diane.leasure@courts.state.md.us
 

Shannon McClellan (Co-Chair)
655 W Lombard St, Ste 505
Baltimore, MD 21201
(410) 706-7253
Email: mcclellan@son.umaryland.edu

2010/2011 ANNUAL REPORT:

This Committee promotes law-related education in Maryland schools to educate students about the law and presents the statewide High School Mock Trial Competition, in which 48,000+ students have competed. Its programs include the Law Links High School internship project, the Baltimore City Teen Court, MYLaw Summer Academy and several peerconfl ict mediation initiatives. It also produces curriculum, publications, videos and computer software in law-related education, confl ict resolution and violence prevention and provides teacher training. The Committee, in conjunction with MSBA’s Public Awareness Committee, sponsored MSBA’s Law Day Conference in May highlighting the Association’s Video Competition on “Rules of the Road.”