Standing in the place where Selma marchers were beaten by Alabama police and hearing from one of those marchers can be a life changing experience.

Meeting with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the US Supreme Court inspired so many of my students to pursue justice (and for some, a career in law).

For so many students, the work they put into becoming a nationally competitive mock trial team has given them a confidence and set of skills they will carry with them for the rest of their lives.

Those who sat on our Student-Faculty Disciplinary Committee (Gann Academy’s “Va’ad Hamishpat”) learned how to balance justice and mercy, as well as fairness and equity in profound and nuanced ways.

These are but some of the “out of class” learning experiences my students have had over the past many years.