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Essentials
of Law-
Related
Education
skills
attitudes
A GUIDE FOR PRACTITIONERS & POLICYMAKERS
practices
values
concepts
Standing Committee
on Public Education
Director’s Note: The Essentials of Law-Related Education was first published
in January 1995. It represented a call to action for the LRE community as the
nation’s schools were challenged to set curriculum standards in the content areas. Since
its publication, we have distributed thousands of copies of this document. We have
also made it available on the division’s website. The decision to revise this important
resource is solely based on the continued requests that we receive for it. For this
reprint, we have rev