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Street Law's empowering Legal Life Skills lessons are a great option for youth-serving organizations wishing to integrate education about the law into their program offerings. The lessons are designed to boost participant knowledge and build key life skills, like conflict resolution, decision-making, communication, analytical thinking, and advocacy.

The lesson library is an ideal fit for organizations serving:

• Youth in the juvenile justice system
• Youth in the child welfare system
• Crossover youth who are impacted by multiple systems
• Re-entry youth and adults
• LGBTQ+ youth
• Homeless youth and adults
• Youth in alternative education settings
• Girls and women
• Survivors of intimate partner violence

Street Law is available to partner with organizations wishing to train their staff to implement a Legal Life Skills Program. 

Lesson Index 

Unit 1: Housing & Employment Law

1. Negotiating & Signing a Residential Lease
2. Rights & Responsibilities After Moving Into a Rental Property
3. Interviewing for a Job: Know Your Strengths & Your Rights
4. Rights & Responsibilities in the Workplace

Unit 2: Financial Literacy

1. Introduction to Credit
2. Applying for Credit
3. Avoiding & Resolving Credit Problems
4. Banking Basics

Unit 3: Personal and Public Safety

1. The True Costs of Crime
2. Dating & Sexual Assault
3. Triggers: Skills for Managing Anger
4. Rights & Responsibilities During an Arrest
5. Use of Force or Deadly Force
6. Restorative Justice & Supporting Victims of Crime
7. Child Abuse & Neglect: Reducing Risk. Building Resilience,
8. Traffic Stops: Your Rights & Responsibilities

Unit 4: The Court System, Public Policy, & Civic Engagement

1. Introduction to Criminal Law: Should It Be a Crime?
2. Introduction to the Juvenile Justice System
3. What Does a Good Citizen Know, Believe, and Do?
4. Gun Laws: What Are They? What Should They Be?

Format: Three-ring binder containing 20 lesson plans, plus access to web-based ancillary materials (individual units are also available for sale)