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The Marshall-Brennan
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2010 Karchmer Competitions: Roosevelt HS senior, Kiana Harper with Mrs. Cissy Marshall at the May 19, 2010 event. |
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About Marshall-Brennan
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Washington, DC Chapter
About Marshall-Brennan Fellows |
U.S. Chapters
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International Chapters
City University of
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In the fall of 1999, Professor Jamin Raskin of American University Washington College of Law launched the Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project named in honor of the late United States Supreme Court Justices Thurgood Marshall and William J. Brennan, Jr. This project, founded with the enthusiastic support of Mrs. Cissy Marshall and the late Mrs. Mary Brennan, was designed to mobilize talented second- and third-year law students, as well as LLM students, to teach courses on constitutional law and juvenile justice in public high schools in the District of Columbia and Maryland. The national program is headquartered at the Washington College of Law in Washington, D.C., and the program has expanded to licensed chapters in law schools across the country.
This movement for constitutional literacy is rooted in the belief that students will profit for a lifetime from learning the system of rights and responsibilities under the U.S. Constitution. Many citizens do not participate and feel disengaged from politics. The Marshall-Brennan Fellows work with teachers, administrators and lawyers to teach students their rights as citizens, the strategic benefits of voting, how lawmaking occurs and other fundamental constitutional processes.
“The Marshall-Brennan experience is an invaluable opportunity for both the fellows and the students. I have learned things about myself that will be with me forever. I have acquired skills that will be valuable in nearly everything I do.”- Rosa Satanovskaya, 2009-'10 Marshall-Brennan Fellow |
