The Florida Law Related Education Association, Inc. (FLREA) is a private corporation classified as a non-profit organization under the 501(c)(3) section of the United States Internal Revenue Code

Internal Revenue Code

The Internal Revenue Code is the domestic portion of Federal statutory tax law in the United States, published in various volumes of the United States Statutes at Large, and separately as Title 26 of the United States Code...

. The main offices are located at 2874 Remington Green Circle, Suite A, Tallahassee, Florida

Tallahassee, Florida

Tallahassee is the capital of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat and only incorporated municipality in Leon County, and is the 128th largest city in the United States. Tallahassee became the capital of Florida, then the Florida Territory, in 1824. In 2010, the population recorded by...

, 32308, United States.

History

FLREA was established in 1984 “to improve justice and expand education for democracy through the development and implementation of law related education programs for Florida youth” The organization has grown into one of the premiere and most respected law related education associations in the country.

The current executive director is Annette Boyd Pitts

Activities

The Florida Law Related Education Association is involved in coordination and execution of the following activities:

• Campaign for Civic Education
• Civitas International Civic Education Exchange Program
• Florida High School Mock Trial Competition
  Mock trial
  A Mock Trial is an act or imitation trial. It is similar to a moot court, but mock trials simulate lower-court trials, while moot court simulates appellate court hearings. Attorneys preparing for a real trial might use a mock trial consisting of volunteers as role players to test theories or...
  
  
• Florida Law Honor Society
• Justice Teaching Institute
• Moot Court Competition
  Moot court
  A moot court is an extracurricular activity at many law schools in which participants take part in simulated court proceedings, usually to include drafting briefs and participating in oral argument. The term derives from Anglo Saxon times, when a moot was a gathering of prominent men in a...
  
  
• Kids Voting
• Law Week
• United States Senate Youth Program
  United States Senate Youth Program
  The United States Senate Youth Program is an annual competition sponsored jointly by the U.S. Senate and the William Randolph Hearst Foundation....
  
  
• We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution
• We the People: Project Citizen

Awards

FLREA has received the National Improvements in Justice Award and the Isidore Starr Award for excellence in law related education. In addition, participants in the FLREA Mock Trial competition have gone on to place in the top ten at the National High School Mock Trial Championship

National High School Mock Trial Championship

The National High School Mock Trial Championship is an American nationwide competition of high school mock trial teams. The competition debuted in 1984 in Des Moines, Iowa, with teams representing Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and Wisconsin....

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