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County schools, DA's office highlight civil‑liberties and mock‑trial programs for marginalized students
Summary
Speakers described a San Bernardino County program that brings county school students to courtrooms, pairs them with prosecutors and other legal staff, and runs mock‑trial coaching to expose historically marginalized, high‑poverty students to the legal system and civic rights.
San Bernardino County program leaders described efforts to bring county school students into courtrooms and classroom programs that pair them with prosecutors, public defenders and court staff to teach civil liberties and courtroom skills.
Speaker B, staff member with the District Attorney's Office, said the effort is intended to make legal rights accessible to students outside of higher‑education settings: “notions of your own rights and civil liberties ought to be reserved for people who go to college or law school. They're in the Constitution.” Speaker A, staff member with the San Bernardino County Office of Education, said the program targets students who “qualify under the demographics of being historically marginalized, high poverty rates.”
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