Upcoming Events

Western Justice Center hosts an annual Summer Associates Luncheon in Pasadena and Orange County to provide summer associates at local law firms with the opportunity to learn about public service opportunities for legal professionals as well as meet federal and state judges. Most of the judges who sit on the WJC board participate in the event.

Law students who are not summer associates are also welcome to attend.

To register for the luncheon(s), please contact Gloria at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or 626-584-7494, x13.

March 3, 10, 17 and 24 8:30-5:30

Thanks to the generous support of the JAMS Foundation, Western Justice Center will be holding its Train-the-Trainer Conflict Resolution Education Course for middle and high school educators next month. This particular offering of the training is restricted to Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) educators, including teachers, counselors, and administrators.   Training dates and times for this 30-hour training are as follows: March 3, 10, 17 and 24, 2012 from 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM on each day at Loyola Law School.  A 2-hour debrief and discussion will be scheduled sometime after the last date of the training to allow time for participants to begin implementing the program.  Interested educators can complete an online application by clicking on this link: http://tinyurl.com/T3LAUSD.

We are especially interested in having colleagues from the same LAUSD school apply to this course, so that they will be better able to implement programs and support one another on their respective campuses.  The ideal situation would consist of a team of 3-5 representatives attending from the same school. 

Participants who complete the course will receive a $400 stipend.  They will also be eligible to receive one Continuing Education Credit, and may be able to receive a Salary Point (pending approval of our proposal).

Introducing Encompass's Creating Bias-Free Classrooms Preview

Western Justice Center and Encompass have formed a partnership that allows us to expand our services to schools. WJC would like to introduce you to our partner’s educator training program, Creating Bias-Free Classrooms.  This interactive teacher-training program uses live, improvisational theater to equip educators to build safe and inclusive classroom environments.  During each training session, teachers learn the laws and relevant teaching standards for creating a safe classroom.  They assess their own comfort and competence in handling these issues, learn to identify various forms of bias, and get hands-on experience in the most effective techniques to use in a classroom. By watching realistic classroom scenes performed by teenage actors, the teachers get to see how bias affects every student in the classroom. Teachers can safely experiment with different strategies of addressing bias related to gender, race or sexual orientation by practicing on teenage actors who are trained in improvisational theater. 

The program was created by Encompass and is a project of a service-learning class at the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts.   Join us on January 19, 2012  from 5-7:30 p.m. for an overview and demonstration of the program. Please RSVP with  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it  or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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