Summer Institute for Secondary School Teachers 2014 – Federal Trials and Great Debates

Secondary school teachers of U.S. history and government are invited to apply for a summer institute, Federal Trials and Great Debates in United States History, to be held June 22-24, 2014 in Washington, DC. 

NOTE: Completed applications must be postmarked no later than March 1, 2014.

The institute is co-sponsored by the Federal Judicial Center and the American Bar Association Division for Public Education. 

The institute will provide teachers with the training and resources to engage students in the history of landmark federal cases. 

This year’s institute will study the Sedition Act trials of 1798-1800, the trial of Prohibition era bootlegger Roy Olmstead, and the Pentagon Papers cases. 

Faculty will include Saul Cornell of Fordham University, Richard Hamm of the University at Albany, and Geoffrey Stone of the University of Chicago Law School. 

Teachers will visit the Supreme Court and the U.S. Courthouse for the District of Columbia, and will participate in a workshop at the National Portrait Gallery.

Participation will be limited to 20 teachers. Travel, lodging, and meal expenses will be reimbursed.


Further information and application materials are available online at this link. 




Bruce Ragsdale, director
Federal Judicial History Office
202/502-4181