This committee recruits judges, attorneys and Houston area school districts to participate in a project organized by the Texas Supreme Court Historical Society and the State Bar of Texas Law-Related Education Department, based on teaching the book, Taming Texas: How Law and Order Came to the Lone Star State by James L. Haley. The project focuses on 7th grade Texas history classes, with the judges and attorneys teaching students how the state’s court system fits into the larger picture of Texas history, from the days of Stephen F. Austin to the present. Click here to sign up for Teach Texas 2018.
Students at Gregory Lincoln Middle School learn about the history of the Texas court system and impact on the state's development through the Teach Texas Program, sponsored by the HBA and Texas Supreme Court Historical Society. Thank you, Justice Brett Busby and Warren Harris! pic.twitter.com/dhMgLMmW73
Thank you to all our of volunteers who taught in the Teach Texas program this year, helping seventh graders learn how law and order came to the Lone Star State. Pictured below are a some of the 77 attorneys and judges who reached 3,576 students in Houston-area Texas history classes this year.
Harris County Attorney Vince Ryan and Assistant County Attorney Francie Aguirre at O’Donnell Middle School in Alief ISD.