by David Trevaskis | Jun 25, 2024 | LEAP, LEAP in Action
Onley Times piece from October 4, 1990 highlights a new law program LEAP supported at Olney High School. Download (PDF,...
by David Trevaskis | Jun 25, 2024 | LEAP, Training
Classroom Strategies is a piece by Street Law co-authors Lee Arbetman and Ed O'Brien from 1978 which was part of the inspiration for Beth Farnbach starting the mock trial program in the Philadelphia schools around that same time. View or download the PDF below....
by David Trevaskis | Jun 25, 2024 | LEAP, LEAP in Action
The page of pictures from the April 21, 1989 Legal shows pictures from a panel discussion of an 18th century ghost jurist and real-life 20th century counterparts. Download (PDF,...
by David Trevaskis | Jun 12, 2024 | LEAP, LEAP in Action
Jim Klyap, one of the original teachers in the LEAP statewide educational network, sent this message: [I} retired after 38 years at Purchase Line-I have subbed since at a school closer to me called Penns Manor-In total I have 58 years in Education now! Just got a knee...
by David Trevaskis | Jun 6, 2024 | LEAP, LEAP in Action
Joe Price, today a highly respected Lackawanna County lawyer and champion of justice supporting civil legal aid across the Commonwealth, was just a young law student getting his first taste of life in north central Philadelphia in the mid-1970s when he was working at...
by David Trevaskis | May 18, 2024 | LEAP, Mock Trial
LEAP has always championed mock trial in Philadelphia, with Central High School winning the first citywide competition among a handful of schools (circa 1981). The mock trial program was the brainchild of then LEAP Executive Director Beth Farnbach. By 1984, Beth was...
