To find out more about the Youth for Justice initiative in your state, contact your state YFJ coordinator identified below. You can also browse a full listing of state LRE programs.
Alabama
Janice A. Bedford, Executive Director
Alabama Center for Law & Civic Education
Cumberland School of Law
800 Lakeshore Drive
Birmingham, AL 35229
Phone: 205-726-2433 or 800-888-7301
Fax: 205-726-2459
E-mail: jacowin@samford.edu
Website: www.aclce.org
Barbara Hood
Alaska Court System
820 W. 4th Avenue
Anchorage, Alaska 99501
Phone: 907-264-8230
E-mail: bhood@courts.state.ak.us
Arizona
Jeff Schrade
Program Director
Arizona Foundation for Legal Services & Education
4201 N 24th Street, Suite 210
Phoenix, AZ 85016
Phone: 602-340-7268
Fax: 602-271-4930
E-mail: jeffrey.schrade@azflse.org
Website: www.azflse.org
California
Christa Gannon
Program Director
Fresh Lifelines for Youth, Inc. (F.L.Y.)
Office of the Public Defender
County of Santa Clara
120 W. Mission Street
San Jose, CA 95110
Phone: 408-299-7789
Fax: 408-998-8265
E-mail: christa@flyprogram.org
Website: www.freshlifelinesforyouth.com
Colorado
Barbara Miller
Executive Director
Center for Education in Law and Democracy
P.O. Box 18490
300 High Street
Denver, CO 80218
Phone: 303-778-0756
Fax: 303-773-4791
E-mail: miller@lawanddemocracy.org
Website: www.lawanddemocracy.org
Connecticut
James Schmidt
Executive Director
Connecticut Consortium for Law & Citizenship Education, Inc.
30 Trinity Street
P.O. Box 150470
Hartford, CT 06115-0470
Phone: 860-509-6184
Fax: 860-509-6187
E-mail: cclce@mindspring.com
Website: www.cclce.org
Delaware
Ms. Pat Quann
Executive Director
The Delaware Law Related Education Center, Inc.
301 N. Market Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
Phone: 302-778-0643
Fax: 302-658-5212
E-mail: Delrecntr@aol.com
Website: www.delrec.org
District of Columbia
Deborah Foster
Senior Program Director
Street Law, Inc.
1010 Wayne Avenue, Suite 870
Silver Spring, MD 20910
Phone: 301-589-1130, ext. 223
Fax: 301-589-1131
E-mail: dfoster@streetlaw.org
Website: www.streetlaw.org
Florida
Annette Boyd Pitts
Executive Director
The Florida Law Related Education Association, Inc.
2874 Remington Green Circle Suite A
Tallahassee, FL 32308
Phone: 850-386-8223
Fax: 850-386-8292
E-mail: ABPflreaED@aol.com
Website: www.flrea.org
Georgia
Anna Boling
Georgia Law Related Education Coordinator
Carl Vinson Institute of Government
University of Georgia
201 N. Milledge Avenue
Athens, GA 30602-5482
Phone: 706-542-2736
Fax: 706-542-9301
E-mail: boling@cviog.uga.edu
Website: www.cviog.uga.edu/lre/index.php
Hawaii
Matt Mattice
Executive Director
The Judiciary History Center of Hawaii
417 South King Street, Room 102
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone: 808-539-4999
Fax: 808-539-4996
E-mail: matt.m.mattice@courts.state.hi.us
Website: www.jhchawaii.org
Idaho
Carey Shoufler
Law-Related Education Coordinator
Idaho Law Foundation
P.O. Box 895
525 West Jefferson Street, Boise, ID 83701
Phone: 208-334-4500
Fax: 208-334-4515
E-mail: cshoufler@isb.idaho.gov
Website: www2.state.id.us/isb/gen/lre.htm
Illinois
Kathy Bell
Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago
407 South Dearborn, Suite 1700
Chicago, IL 60605-1119
Phone: 312-663-9057 x203
Fax: 312-663-4321
E-mail: bell@crfc.org
Organization e-mail: crfc@crfc.org
Website: www.crfc.org
Erin Braun
Coordinator, Law-Related Education
YFJ Co-Coordinator
Indiana State Bar Association
One Indiana Square, Suite 530
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone: 800-266-2581
E-mail: ebraun@inbf.org
Website: www.inbar.org
Iowa
John Wheeler
Director
Iowa Center for Law & Civic Education
Iowa State Bar Association
521 East Locust, 3rd Floor
Des Moines, IA 50309-1939
Phone: 515-243-3179
Fax: 515-243-2511
E-mail: jwheeler@iowabar.org
Website: www.iowabar.org/Centerfo.nsf/$about!OpenAbout
Kansas Ron Keefover
Education and Information Officer
Office of Judicial Administration
Kansas Judicial Center
301 West 10th
Topeka, KS 66612-1507
Phone: 785-296-2256
Fax: 785-296-7076
E-mail: keefoverr@kscourts.org
Website: www.kscourts.org
Kentucky
Rachel Bingham, Professional Services Supervisor
Division of Youth, Families and Community Services
Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts
Department of Court—Community Relations
100 Millcreek Park
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: 502-573-2350 or 1-800-928-2350
Fax: 502-573-0363
E-mail: RachelB@MAIL.AOC.STATE.KY.US
Website: http://www.kycourts.net/AOC/YFC/AOC_YFC.shtm
Louisiana
Donna Buuck
Youth Education Director
Baton Rouge Bar Association
544 Main Street
Baton, Rouge, LA 70802
Phone: 225-214-5556
E-mail: donna@brba.org
Website: www.brba.org
Brenda Noland
Louisiana Center for Law and Civic Education, Inc.
544 Main Street
Baton Rouge, LA 70802
Phone: 225-214-5571
Fax: 225-344-4805
E-mail: Brenda@lalce.org
Website: www.lalce.org
Maine
Pamela B. Anderson, JD
Director
Maine Law & Civics Education
University of Maine School of Law
246 Deering Avenue
Portland, ME 04102
Phone: 207-780-4991
Fax: 207-780-4239
E-mails: pamelaa@usm.maine.edu
Website: mainelaw.usm.maine.edu/mlce/
Maryland
Shelley Brown Wojciechowski
Assistant Director
Citizenship Law-Related Education Program for the Schools of Maryland
520 West Fayette Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: 410-706-5360
Fax: 410-706-5576
E-mail: info@clrep.org
Website: www.clrep.org
Massachusetts
Elizabeth A. O'Neil
Director of Public Services
Massachusetts Bar Association
20 West Street
Boston, MA 02111-1218
Phone: 617-338-0560
Fax: 617-338-0503
E-mail: oneil@massbar.org
Website: www.massbar.org
Michigan
Linda J. Start
Executive Director
Michigan Center for Civic Education
2111 Pontiac Lake Road
Waterford, MI 48328
Phone: 248-209-2325
Fax: 248-209-2436
E-mail: ccel@oakland.k12.mi.us
Website: www.miciviced.org
Mississippi
Ginger Blanchard
Program Coordinator
The Mississippi Bar
P.O. Box 2168
Jackson, MS 39225-2168
Phone: 601-355-9226
Fax: 601-355-8635
E-mail: gblanchard@msbar.org
Website: www.msbar.org
Missouri
Millie Aulbur
Director of LRE
The Missouri Bar
P.O. Box 119
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone: 573-635-4128
Fax: 573-635-2811
E-mail: milliea@mobar.org
Website: www.mobar.org/teach/index.htm
Montana
Matthew Baum, coordinator
Law-Related Education Center
The State Bar of Montana
P.O. Box 577
Helena MT 59624
Phone: 406.442.7660
E-mail: laweducation@montanabar.org
Website: lrecenter
Nebraska
Doris J. Huffman
Executive Director
Nebraska State Bar Foundation
P.O. Box 95103
Lincoln, NE 68509
Phone: 402-475-1042
Fax: 402-475-7106
E-mail: doris@nebarfnd.org
Website: www.nebarfnd.org
Nevada
Judy Simpson (Youth for Justice Co-Coordinator)
Co-Director
Nevada Center for LRE
2678 Alpine Creek Road
Reno, NV 89509
Phone: 775-826-6632
Fax: 775-826-6642
E-mail: judithsimpson@hotmail.com
Website: www.nvbar.org
Marcia Stribling Ellis (Youth for Justice Co-Coordinator)
LRE Coordinator
State Bar of Nevada
600 E. Charleston Boulevard
Las Vegas, NV 89104
Phone: 702-382-2200
Fax: 702-385-2878
E-mail: marciae@nvbar.org
Website: www.nvbar.org
New Hampshire
Robin Knippers
Law-Related Education Coordinator
New Hampshire Bar Association
2 Pillsbury Street, #300
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: 603-224-6942 x3259
Fax: 603-224-2910
E-mail: rknippers@nhbar.org
Website: www.nhbar.org
New Jersey
Arlene Gardner
Director
New Jersey Center for Civic and Law-Related Education
Rutgers-The State University of New Jersey
Livingston Campus, Lucy Stone Hall, Rooms B305-309
Piscataway, NJ 08854
Phone: 732-445-3413/3414
Fax: 732-445-3420
E-mail: agardner@njclre.rutgers.edu
Website: civiced.rutgers.edu
New Mexico
Dora Marroquin
Executive Director
New Mexico Center for Democracy and Civic Education
7305 Vivian Drive, NE
Albuquerque, NM 87109
Phone: 505-822-3716
Fax: 505-822-0760
E-mail: bdjlglm@earthlink.net or dora@cdce.org
Website: www.cdce.org
New York
Eileen Devine Gerrish
Director
Law, Youth & Citizenship Program
New York State Bar Association
1 Elk Street, Albany, NY 12207-1002
Phone: 518-486-1748
Fax: 518-486-1571
E-mail: egerrish@nysba.org
Website: www.lycny.org
North Carolina
Kelley O'Brien
Director
North Carolina Civic Education Consortium
CB #3330 Knapp Building
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Tel: 919-962-8273
Fax: 919-843-2558
E-mail: obrien@sog.unc.edu
Website: www.civics.org
North Dakota
William A. Neumann
Executive Director
State Bar Association of North Dakota
PO Box 2136
Bismarck, ND 58502
Phone: 701-255-1404
Fax: 701-224-1621
E-mail: bill@sband.org
Website: www.sband.org
Ohio
Kate Strickland
Program Coordinator
Ohio Center for Law-Related Education
1700 Lake Shore Drive
Columbus, OH 43204
Phone:614-485-3501
Fax: 614-486-6221
E-mail: kstrickland@oclre.org
Website: www.oclre.org
Oklahoma
Jane McConnell
LRE Coordinator
Oklahoma Bar Association
1901 N. Lincoln Boulevard
P.O. Box 53036
Oklahoma City, OK 73152
Phone: 405-416-7024
Fax: 405-416-7088
E-mail: janem@okbar.org
Website: www.okbar.org
Oregon
Marilyn R. Cover
Executive Director
Oregon Classroom Law Project
620 SW Main, Suite 102
Portland, OR 97205
Phone: 503-224-4424
Fax: 503-224-1721
E-mail: office@classroomlaw.org
Website: www.classroomlaw.org
Pennsylvania
David Keller Trevaskis
LEAP-Kids
PBA Pro Bono Coordinator
222 Paxson Avenue
Glenside, PA 19038 Phone 215-576-8690 Fax 215-576-8695 Email LEAP-Kids
Puerto Rico
Vanessa Bird-Arizmendi
Puerto Rico Department of Education
PO Box 190759
San Juan, PR 00919-0759
Phone: 787-758-5652
Fax: 787-253-0931
E-mail: birdariz@hotmail.com
Website: www.de.gobierno.pr
Rhode Island
John Mattson
Director, Training & Program Development
Rhode Island Children's Crusade
134 Thurbers Ave., Suite 111
Providence, RI 02905
Phone: 401-854-5506, ext. 116
Fax: 401-854-5511
E-mail: jomattson@aol.com
Website: www.childrenscrusade.org
South Dakota
Dr. Roger Wolff, Director
South Dakota Center for Social Studies, Law and Civic Education
395 Lewis and Clark Trail
Yankton, SD 57078
605-381-1982 (cell) Email
Tennessee
Janis Adams Kyser
Law-Related Education Coordinator
Tennessee Legal Community Foundation
c/o Tennessee Bar Association
245 Ashlin Meadow Ln NE
Cleveland, TN 37312
Phone: 423-593-1444
Fax: 423-479-9553
E-mail: jkyser@clevelandschools.org
Website: www.tba.org/tncivics
Texas
Jan L. Miller
Director of Law-Related Education
State Bar of Texas
PO Box 12487, Capital Station
Austin, TX 78711-2487
Phone: 800-204-2222 x 2120
Fax: 512-475-1904
E-mail: jmiller@texasbar.com
Website: www.texaslre.org
Utah
Kathy D. Dryer
Director
Utah Law-Related Education Project
645 South 200 East, Suite 101
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Phone: 801-322-1802
Fax: 801-323-9732
E-mail: lrekathy@icw.com
Website: www.lawrelatededucation.org
Vermont
Robert Paolini
Director
Vermont Bar Association Center for Public Education
P.O. Box 100
Montpelier, VT 05601-0100
Phone: 802-223-2020
Fax: 802-223-1573
E-mail: bpaolini@vtbar.org
Website: www.vtbar.org
Virginia
Stephen G. Bragaw
Associate Director
The Center for Civic Renewal at Sweet Briar College
Sweet Briar, VA 24595
Phone: 434-381-6460
Fax: N/A
E-mail: bragaw@sbc.edu
Website: www.lrevirginia.org/
Washington
Margaret Fisher
LRE Coordinator
Washington Youth for Justice Program
Administrative Office of the Courts
PO Box 41170
Olympia, WA 98504-1170
Phone: 360-705-5341 or 206-329-2690
Fax: 360-586-8869
E-mail: mfisher130@msn.com
West Virginia
Thomas R. Tinder
Executive Director
West Virginia State Bar
2006 Kanawha Boulevard, East
Charleston, WV 25311
Phone: 304-558-7993
Fax: 304-558-2467
E-mail: tindert@wvbar.org
Website: www.wvbar.org
Wisconsin
Dee Runaas
LRE Coordinator
State Bar of Wisconsin
5302 Eastpark Boulevard
Madison, WI 53718
Phone: 608-250-6191
Fax: 608-257-5502
E-mail: drunaas@wisbar.org
Website: www.legalexplorer.com
Wyoming
Kristi Wallin
Coordinator
Wyoming Center for Civic Education
American Heritage Center
1000 E. University Ave., Dept. 3924
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone: 307-760-3898
Fax: 307-766-5511
E-mail: kwallin@uwyo.edu
