MEDIA ADVISORY/PHOTO OP FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Lori Sitler
Phone: (302) 577-8314
Pager: (302) 247-1132
Date: April 26, 2004
ATTORNEY GENERAL BRADY AND DEPUTIES PARTICIPATE IN LAW DAY ACTIVITIES STATEWIDE
(Wilmington, DE): Attorney General Brady and Deputy Attorneys General from her office will participate in Law Day activities at high schools around the state in the coming weeks. Since 1961, May 1st has been designated as Law Day by Congress each year. Law Day activities have expanded and, this year, include the week of April 26th and the week of May 4th. . This year's official theme from the American Bar Association is To Win Equality By Law: Brown v. Board at 50. In Delaware, Law Day is coordinated by the Supreme Court of Delaware, Administrative Office of the Courts, the Delaware Law Related Education Center, Inc. and members of the Delaware Bar.
On Wednesday, April 28th, Attorney General Brady will teach a session on "Desegregation in Delaware" at Lake Forest High School beginning at 7:30 a.m. This lesson was developed as part of a series of lessons designed to commemorate the Brown decision. It focuses on the special role Delaware played in school desegregation and discusses Belton v. Gebhart and Bulah v. Gebhart which were the two Delaware cases attached to Brown. The lesson describes how Delaware became the first state to have a state court order desegregation of public schools.
Brady will teach the same lesson plan on Friday, April 30th at Laurel High School beginning at 8 a.m. and on May 4th at McKean High School at 7:45 a.m.
Brady, who is the President of the Board of Trustees of the Delaware Law Related Education Center, stated, "As Attorney General and also as a member of the Board of the Delaware Law Related Education Center, I think it is critical for students to learn about the civic values that are the foundation of America's democracy. Delaware’s key role in school desegregation is important for our students to learn about in this anniversary year of Brown v. Board. I am proud that my office is a strong supporter of this program."
Deputy Attorneys General from the Criminal Division, Civil Division and Fraud Division will also teach classes at area schools on topics including environmental law, constitutional law, the jury system as well as school desegregation:
Speaker, Location, Date/Time & Topic
Paul Wallace
Wilmington Christian School
April 27th 8 - 8:40 a.m.
Brown v. Board
Catherine Damavandi
Dover High School
April 27th 11:18 a.m.
Jury Selection
Susan Schmidhauser
Dover High School
April 27th 8:51- 9:36 a.m.
The Jury System
Attorney General Brady
Lake Forest High School
April 28th 7:30 a.m.
Desegregation in Delaware
David Ormond
Wilmington Charter School
April 28th 10:10 a.m.
Environmental Law
Paul Wallace, Ipek Medford and Ralph Durstein
Meredith Middle School
April 28th 8 - 11:45 a.m.
Career Forum
Matthew Chesser
Smyrna High School
April 29th 8:55 a.m.
Bill of Rights
Attorney General Brady
Laurel High School
April 30th 8 a.m.
Desegregation in Delaware
Adam Gelof
Laurel High School
April 30th 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Constitutional Law
Attorney General Brady
McKean High School
May 4th 7:45 a.m.
Desegregation in Delaware
Catherine Damavandi
Caesar Rodney High School
May 6th 8:15 - 11:30 a.m.
Desegregation in Delaware
For more information about Law Day, to request an attorney to visit your school or to volunteer to participate in the program, contact: Pat Quann, Executive Director of the Delaware Law Related Education Center, Inc. at 302-778-0643 or visit their website at www.delrec.org.###