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Law School for Legislators Videos Available
8/17/99 For three hours on January 19, 1999, virtually all of Michigan's 71 first-term state senators and representatives received unique insight into the public policy process through a first-ever "Law School for Legislators" sponsored by the State Bar of Michigan. This informative and exciting program was recorded in the House Appropriations Committee Room of Michigan's State Capitol Building in Lansing and led by Harvard University Law School Professor Arthur R. Miller. The program aired on Sunday, June 27, 1999 in an edited one-hour broadcast on Grand Rapids-Kalamazoo PBS affiliated television station WGVU and is now available on videotape. The purpose of the seminar, presented by the State Bar of Michigan and Grand Valley State University, was to educate newly elected (freshman) state representatives in the process of legislative law and to help them quickly assimilate the subtleties involved in taking an idea from inception to enactment. This process was taught through a role playing debate based on a "school voucher legislation" hypothetical case. The debate was moderated by Professor Miller, an expert on civil procedure who is known to the public for hosting public affairs shows on PBS. He established a hypothetical set of facts and used a blue-ribbon panel of 12, including senior legislators, members of the press and community leaders, to extemporize a "play" based on the scenario. The featured panelists included:
For more information about "Law School for Legislatures" or on how to order the video for 39.95 plus shipping and handling, contact: Joyce E. Nordeen, State Bar of Michigan, 1-800-968-1442 ext. 6373, jnordeen@michbar.org.
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