Internet Resources on Civics and Law-Related Education

Compiled by the Council on Public Legal Education and the Washington State Administrative Office of the Courts. Please send additions and corrections to pami@wsba.org.

Washington State:

• Gateway to Washington law and government: www.lawforwa.org
• State Government: www.access.wa.gov
• State Courts: www.courts.wa.gov
• Governor: www.governor.wa.gov
• Legislature: www1.leg.wa.gov/legislature
• Social studies: www.wscss.org
• Judges in the Classroom lesson plans, mock trials, court history: www.courts.wa.gov/education
• Law Week lesson plans: www.lawweek.org
• Street Law, University of Washington: www.law.washington.edu/streetlaw
• Self-help legal publications: www.washingtonlawhelp.org
• Consumer education for teens, Attorney General's Office: http://www.atg.wa.gov/TeenConsumer/
• Information pamphlets, Washington State Bar Association: www.wsba.org/public/consumer
• American Civil Liberties Union of Washington: www.aclu-wa.org
• League of Women Voters of Washington: www.lwvwa.org

National:

• Federal Government: www.firstgov.gov
• U.S. Supreme Court: www.supremecourtus.gov
• White House for Kids: www.whitehouse.gov
• Congress: www.house.gov, www.senate.gov
• Library of Congress: www.loc.gov
• National Council for Social Studies: www.socialstudies.org
• Court TV Teacher Resources: http://www.courttv.com/choices/teachers
• CNN for Students & Teachers: www.cnnfyi.com
• New York Times Learning Network: www.nytimes.com/learning
• American Bar Association's Division for Public Education: www.abanet.org/publiced
• Center for Civic Education (We the People programs): www.civiced.org
• Constitutional Rights Foundation: www.crf-usa.org
• Constitutional Rights Foundation-Chicago: www.crfc.org
• Street Law: General information www.streetlaw.org
• Street Law: Additional resources for 7th edition of the textbook  www.streetlaw.com
• Phi Alpha Delta Service Center: www.pad.org
• Kids Voting USA: www.kidsvotingusa.org
• National Youth Court Center: www.youthcourt.net
• National Constitution Center: www.constitutioncenter.org
• The Civic Mind: www.civicmind.com
• Teach with Movies: www.teachwithmovies.org
• Landmark Supreme Court Cases: www.landmarkcases.org and www.answers.landmarkcases.org
• Justice Learning: www.justicelearning.org
• Death Penalty Curriculum: http://deathpenaltyinfo.msu.edu and http://teacher.deathpenaltyinfo.msu.edu