SC BAR

Overview of Law Related Education:
The South Carolina Bar Law Related Education (LRE) Division is a service arm of the Bar that, since the mid-1980s, has provided teachers, school resource officers, juvenile justice personnel and lawyers with resources, materials and technical assistance to teach law and citizenship education.  LRE serves as a central source for civic education in South Carolina, providing free and low cost trainings for teachers and School Resource Officers to implement programs to include Community Works; Foundations of Democracy; Elementary, Middle, and High School Mock Trial, LawForKids.org; Law For Teachers; Street Law; We the People:  Project Citizen; and We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution.  LRE hosts culminating activities to include regional and state competitions for Mock Trial, Project Citizen; and We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution. 

Mission Statement of the SC Bar LRE:
The mission of the SC Bar Law Related Education Committee is to develop in our citizens, particularly in our youth, a deeper understanding of and appreciation for our democratic ideals and institutions in order that they may become active and responsible participants in our society. LRE seeks to achieve this goal by fostering the skills of critical thinking, logical analysis, reasoned argument, diplomatic discourse, and tolerance for opposing views.

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The South Carolina Bar Law Related Education (LRE) Division is supported by an IOLTA grant from the South Carolina Bar Foundation.  For further information, please visit www.scbarfoundation.org.