WHO WE TALK TO
Year 6 in Primary Schools is an ideal time to start learning about the law and how it works and we are regularly asked back year on year to schools so that all pupils can benefit as they move through the school.
We have a number of presentations targetted at Key Stage 2 which keep children interested and involved. These include quizzes, games and mock trials all of which deliver information about the way the courts work as well as the consequences of the actions of young people.
We also run an annual Mock Trial competition for Year 6 across Greater Manchester.
Find out more on the Yr 6 Mock Trials page
Key Stages 3 and 4 are dealt with at Secondary Schools. We appreciate that time is limited within the secondary school timetable and are conscious that information has to be delivered within that time frame. Accordingly we have many different tyes of presentation that manage this.
Some schools ask us to deliver presentations over 2 or more class periods.
Colleges and Schools of Law are relatively new for us.
However as young people grow and become productive members of society it is important that they know how their actions may be dealt with through the courts.
With Law students particularly, who will go on to forge their careers in the law, a practical insight into the day to day running of the courts will be as useful as the law they learn.
A MIC presentation can help to put some realism behind the learning
With Law students particularly, who will go on to forge their careers in the law, a practical insight into the day to day running of the courts will be as useful as the law they learn.
A MIC presentation can help to put some realism behind the learning
Community Groups can be any size or any age and anywhere.
In the past we have given regular talks, and presentations to groups such as Youth Groups, BAME groups, U3A classes, WI, Probus and Rotary and many many more.
Particularly welcome has been the chance to think about how you might sentence an individual given the circumstances and seriousnessness of a crime. You will learn about the process of finding of guilt and how sentencing is process driven and governed by the rules sentencers have to follow.
A presentation may even persuade you to apply to become a magistrate.
- There is no presentation fee or any expectation of payment. If an adult organisation cares to make a voluntary contribution, this would be used to help fund our activities providing presentations, mock trials and knife crime initiatives to schools and other youth groups.
- All presenters are either serving or recently retired magistrates and all material has been verified to ensure that presentations keep up with changes in the law and the processes of the magistrates court.
- If you have a particular topic you would like us to talk about, then please contact us - we may be able to help.
- However, we cannot talk about specific cases.
If you want more information about what we can do, then please email us at enquiries@gmma-mic.net .
We have made hundreds of presentations to a very wide selection of groups and would love to come and talk to you.
MIC is the outreach programme of the Magistrates Association