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The Annex Gleaner has published a story describing the LAWS program and quoting teachers and students who are participating in the program ("Learning LAWS: U of T and TDSB partner to benefit Annex students," December 6, 2006).

Read the full article (PDF). Reprinted courtesy of the Annex Gleaner.

LAWS was recently featured on the Toronto District School Board's web site:

Students and teachers of the Law in Action within School (LAWS) Program at Central Technical School and Harbord Collegiate Institute are looking forward to a second successful year.

The primary focus of the partnership with the University of Toronto (U of T) Faculty of Law is to help Grade 10 applied and academic students achieve success in their post-secondary pursuits by incorporating law and justice themes into English, Science, History, Math, Civics, and Careers programs.

The first of its kind in Canada, the LAWS program surpassed its initial expectations by providing students with after-school tutoring by Faculty of Law students, job-shadowing of various legal professions, as well as paid summer placements at legal firms.

LAWS high school student Tristan Narro and Justice of the Peace His Worship Mark Conacher, appeared on CBC Radio 99.1FM's Metro Morning to discuss their experience with the LAWS Court Experience Program.

The LAWS Summer Placement Program was recently featured on OMNI Television. Watch the feature here: Windows Media Format or Real Media Format.

LAWS was recently featured in the Spring/Summer 2006 edition of Nexus, the Faculty of Law's alumni magazine:

This past spring, we reported the launch of Canada’s first law and justice-themed high school outreach program Law in Action Within Schools (LAWS) at two nearby high schools, Central Technical School and Harbord Collegiate Institute. The partnership between the U of T, Faculty of Law and the Toronto District School Board combines law-related studies with hands-on experiences for students who may

OJEN (Ontario Justice Education Network) published the following in the Sping/Summer Edition of their newsletter "Courtrooms & Classrooms":

There are significant law-related changes underway in two of Toronto’s high schools. Since September 2005, Central Technical School and Harbord Collegiate Institute have been the pilot sites for Canada’s first law and justice-themed secondary school program.

Modeled after programs in two law themed high schools in New York City, the LAWS program – Law in Action Within Schools – is an initia

On March 1, 2006, Kirk Makin, an award-winning justice columnist for the Globe & Mail, visited the grade 10 English LAWS class at Central Tech. Using examples from his work on the Bernardo and Guy Paul Morin trials, Mr. Makin facilitated an engaging workshop on how to write an effective lead paragraph. The following is an article written by a LAWS student describing Mr. Makin’s visit to her class. It was published in Ultra Vires, the Facutly of Law's student newspaper.

By Luxsumey Vijayanathan, grade 10
Central Technical School

On March 1st, news writer Kirk Makin shared his expertise with grade 10 LAWS (Law in Action Within Schools) students at Central Technical School.

Makin, a news reporter from the Globe and Mail, gave an interactive workshop  on the justice system and the news media. The visit was arranged by the LAWS Program, an educational partnership between the University of Toronto Faculty of Law and Central Technical School.