Established regular communications with national organizations such as Street Law, Inc.,  American Bar Association for Public Education, Constitutional Rights Foundation and Constitutional Rights Foundation-Chicago, Center for Civic Education, National Crime Prevention Council and others.

Created/developed professional development workshops for teachers by working with staff coordinators at Washoe County School District and Clark County School District.

Trained scores of teachers to implement such programs/curricula as We the People, Project Citizen, and Community Works.

Held the first-ever LRE conference sponsored by the State Bar for teachers and community organization leaders.  Conference presenters included staff from several national organizations and presenters from local school districts and organizations;

Increased applications for grant funding, which has provided funding for one-time and yearly endeavors including funding the LRE conference, a youth leadership workshop, and a Summer Institute professional development seminar for Nevada teachers.

Established networking as a key component for letting the community know about the State Bar’s law-related education programs.  We’ve worked with organizations such as BEST Coalition and Goshen Coalition (both in Clark County) and Youth Network (Washoe County), Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, and the Boys and Girls Clubs.

Reached into the rural communities of Logandale and Minden, Nevada.  Training sessions were conducted for teachers and community organization leaders.  Logandale was also incorporated as part of a major program for a grant request.

Facilitated a youth leadership conference for Native American youth, working with the Inter-Tribal Council of Nevada.  ore than 90 youthsfrom many of Nevada’s reservations and colonies attended the workshop;

Presented workshops at annual conference for Native Americans through U.S. Attorney Daniel Bogden.

Conducted training of district attorney staff in Community Works, a crime prevention program.

In June 2003, Street Law conducted a two-day training program for the juvenile justice staff.  The training, attended by more than 20 individuals from the Clark County Juvenile Justice Department, provided staff with learning material for the youth in detention centers as well as those in outreach centers.

Working through the National Crime Prevention Council, the State Bar of Nevada initiated a collaboration with BEST Coalition and Raising Nevada Zero Weapons-Zero Violence organizations to coordinate a conference on providing programs/services for New Americans/Diversity training.  A facilitator from the Washington, DC-based National Crime Prevention Council offered their training services at no cost and provided many resource materials to participants.  

A two-day professional development workshop was held for Clark County’s Juvenile Justice Department. A trainer from Street Law, Inc. was secured at no cost to conduct the training for more than twenty Clark County personnel.

Faith-based organizations were also targeted for civic education programs. Two churches in Clark County participated in training of its adult leaders and encouraged participation.

Initiated a collaboration with Clark County School District and Clark County Bar Association in the coordination and implementation of Law Day.  Materials are distributed each year to attorneys and teachers.

In Spring 2003, we hosted ABA President Alfred P. Carlton, Jr. when he engaged students at Cheyenne High School in “A Dialogue on Freedom,” the Law Day theme for that year.  

Received 501(c)3 status (not for profit) for the Nevada Bar Foundation.