S.C. Bar launches new website for youth
Contributed by S. C. Bar

On February 1, 2008, the S.C. Bar Law Related Education Division will launch LawForKids.org/SC, a new Website dedicated to teaching children about the law. LawForKids.org was created with the specific goal of educating S.C.'s youth, parents, communities and schools about the law and to encourage lawful behavior. The Website includes an interactive forum in which students may anonymously ask questions about the law and receive correct, factual information from volunteer attorneys.

Access to the Website is free and adapted for S.C. youth. There are quizzes, interactive games, cartoons, comics, law documents, links to other law related education Websites and a searchable database on S.C. law and how it affects young people. Students will find the Website helpful in research projects and homework assignments but can also use the site to play games and hear first- hand from their peers about law related incidents and how to best handle various situations.

To access the site, visit www.LawForKids.org. Click "other states" in the top right corner of the home page, and select S.C. on the U.S. map. Users will then have the option of making the S.C. site their permanent home page.

The S.C. Bar's LRE Division, which was developed to improve the ability of teachers to instruct law related education, has been a part of the Bar since 1976. LawForKids.org is a valuable tool to young people in South Carolina made possible by collaboration with the Arizona Foundation for Legal Services and Education and an IOLTA grant from the S. C. Bar Foundation.

The S. C. Bar, which has a membership of more than 12,000 lawyers, is dedicated to advancing justice, professionalism and understanding of the law.