Workshops for young people

Who We Are

Streetwise Law is a not for profit community, educational project based in London. We run law workshops for young people presented by an experienced criminal barrister.

We educate, inform and empower young people by teaching them about the criminal laws most likely to impact them.

Established in June 2014, we believe it is important for young people, to be informed about criminal laws that could affect them. We believe that if they understand criminal offences, the risks and consequences of certain activities, police powers and their rights as individuals this will help them to make better decisions, and prevent them becoming involved in the criminal justice system.

Our Mission:

What We Do

Streetwise Law run workshops in schools, youth clubs and other youth organisations.

We can deliver one workshop or run a series of workshops. All the workshops include information about specific criminal offences as well as information about rights of the individual and the procedure of the criminal justice system. Many examples of real cases are used to demonstrate how the law works in practice. There is also information provided about the life as a lawyer and advice on how to pursue a career in law.

The workshops are interactive and include quizzes, power point presentations, debates and discussion, analysis of example scenarios, short films and role-plays.

We welcome questions throughout our sessions and obtain feedback at the end to ensure that what we teach is relevant, useful and interesting.

The workshops are usually one hour in length but they can be adapted to be shorter or longer according to the needs of the organisation.

We do have funding to deliver workshops in the Royal Borough of Greenwich but charge a fee for workshops delivered elsewhere.

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