Outreach for Legal Literacy
Outreach for Legal Literacy (OLL) provides a valuable learning experience for both elementary students in Monroe County and law students at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law. OLL offers law students a unique and rewarding opportunity to have a positive impact on the community while teaching elementary school students basic legal concepts. The goal of the program is to provide role models for local elementary school students while helping develop the students’ self-confidence, critical thinking skills, and oral advocacy skills. OLL was founded in 1994 by Professor Aviva Orenstein.
Program details
Small groups of volunteer law students teach in classrooms throughout Monroe County. OLL volunteers teach approximately six lessons per semester. The teaching methods emphasize active learning. During the first semester, the lessons focus on the U.S. Constitution, civic responsibility, and the role of law in our society. These lessons culminate in a community action project. During the second semester, OLL volunteers will help students prepare for a mock trial, the crowning event of the year. The mock trial offers the students an opportunity to apply the concepts they have learned throughout the year while acting as attorneys, witnesses, bailiffs, or jury members.
Additionally, OLL hosts area fifth-graders at the school at its annual Law Student for a Day event.
Executive board
- President
Madeline Richmond - Directors of Curriculum
Lauren Spratt and Andrew Parra - Director of Volunteers
Ashleigh Bickford - Director of External Relations
Amani Khoury - Director of Programming
Brieanna Newbury - Director of Organization Relations
Jessica Bonadurer - Executive Advisory Board
Collin Lundy, Mariah Davis, and Ethan Dilks
Contact us
Fifth grade teachers in the Bloomington area are welcome to contact us about our group coming to your classrooms!