The Marshall-Brennan Constitutional Literacy Project engages students from urban high schools, teaching them about the power of the U.S. Constitution and its relevance in their lives. 

Students from the Earle Mack School of Law and other law schools visit the high schools to teach classes about the legal system and its power to resolve conflicts in a civil manner.  The high school students who show the greatest aptitude can then enter moot court competitions, where they put their newfound knowledge of the law and critical thinking skills into practice. 

The Earle Mack School of Law was delighted to host the first national Marshall-Brennan Moot Court Competition’s final round on March 29, 2009.  Sixty-six high-school students from local Marshall-Brennan competitions in Baton Rouge, La., Boston, Mass., Camden, N.J., Louisville, Ky., Phoenix, Ariz., Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia took part in the national contest.   The national competition was generously sponsored by the Brook J. Lenfest Foundation, enabling the students to travel to Philadelphia and stay in a University City hotel with their high-school teachers and law-school mentors.