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Please Support FMJI in Your Year-end Giving

We’re continuing to expand opportunities to engage with the Constitution and the stories that illuminate its significance. Will you join us as we educate and lift up the next generation of Judge Johnsons in their journeys to be pillars of justice and courage, and upholders of the law?

To become a supporter, you can:

  • Mail a check to payable to the Judge Frank M. Johnson, Jr. Institute to:
    The Judge Frank M. Johnson, Jr. Institute
    P. O. Box 100
    Montgomery, AL 36101

  • Select The Judge Johnson Institute as your benefiting charity on AmazonSmile and support our work at no additional cost to you. With each of your eligible purchases, Amazon makes a gift to us in your honor. For more information, click HERE.

  • Give a gift of stock. To do so, please contact us, and we will provide further instructions.

  • Leave a planned gift in your estate plan. To make proper arrangements, please contact us.

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Civil Discourse and Difficult Decisions Workshops for High School Students

This fall, the Judge Frank M. Johnson Jr. Institute held its first Civil Discourse and Difficult Decisions, or “CD3,” workshops for high school students. CD3 was developed by the federal courts and aims to bring young people into federal courthouses to teach them about the legal system. Students engage in legal proceedings and discussions relevant to situations youth may find themselves in…

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Judge Johnson Institute Launches Professional Development Workshops

Over the summer, The Judge Johnson Institute held its inaugural Judge Johnson Institute Scholars Program workshops. The virtual course lasted a half-day and offered an opportunity for educators to learn about the Constitution. For this workshop, educators focused on the historic court case of Williams v. Wallace, in which Judge Frank Johnson authorized the historic 1965 Selma March.

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Kicking off The Judge Johnson Institute Scholars Program: Weighing Constitutional Rights in Williams v. Wallace

Join education and legal professionals on July 14th or 21st for a half-day Judge Johnson Institute Scholars course on incorporating historic court cases into middle and high school instruction. This virtual course for educators will take a pedagogical look at the Constitutional arguments of Williams v. Wallace, the 1965 court case that followed “Bloody Sunday” and paved the way for the Selma-to-Montgomery March, a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement.

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