THE JURIS PROJECT
Law, Leadership & Civic Engagement
THE JURIS PROJECT · FEATURING LEAD THE WAY
Law, leadership and civic engagement belong together. Explore an issue, examine evidence, take part in a mock election, and turn your learning into a community idea.
Start anywhere or follow all six steps. Learning activities may require your existing JURIS account. The public mock ballot does not require a learning account.
Choose a manageable community concern. Explain who it affects using public information—not classmates’ private experiences.
Try it: Write a three-sentence issue statement and one question you want to investigate.
Open the Leadership Academy →Separate facts, claims and unanswered questions. Compare sources and consider the strongest competing explanation.
Try it: Identify two sources, their dates, and one limitation of each.
Explore the Case Library →Learn what different offices can and cannot do. Practice listening, deliberation and fair decision-making in youth government.
Try it: Match your issue to an office and explain that office’s responsibilities.
Explore Youth Government →Research before participating in the educational mock election. Check the current voting window on Lead the Way; keep your candidate selections private.
Alternative: Analyze a fictional ballot or explain an office without revealing a candidate preference.
Open Lead the Way mock election →Explain what you learned about evidence, responsibility and respectful disagreement. You never need to identify whom you voted for.
Try it: What changed your understanding? What would you research next?
Open student discussions →Develop a realistic, supervised project. Identify a goal, permissions, helpers, next steps and a way to evaluate the result.
Try it: Prepare a one-page plan and a 60-second explanation. Follow your program facilitator’s instructions for sharing your work.
Build your leadership plan →Already registered with Lead the Way or JURIS? Use your existing student ID and registration email on the JURIS sign-in page. You may need to sign in again when moving between websites. Do not create a duplicate account. Public mock voting remains account-free.
These pathway prompts are practice activities, not additional scholarship rules or college-credit requirements. Follow the published instructions for each course or challenge; no completion certificate or award is issued by this page.