Justice 2025 Toronto Youth Action Fund Black Legal Education Program Funded Amount: $100.00000 / Projects / Youth Action Fund / Legal Education Program The project will focus on providing legal education as an integrated part of Success Beyond Limits’ Summer Program. This 6-week Summer Program provides Black youth with mentorship, youth employment, enrichment opportunities, social and emotional supports while earning their first high school credit. The Legal Education Program will provide 100 youth from Jane and Finch in grade 8 with legal education and exposure to a career working with the legal sector. This project will be youth-led by Academic and Social Coordinators who will work in partnership with Law in Action Within Schools (L.A.W.S.). Youth will be provided with an introduction to the criminal justice system using real life scenarios and how to navigate it. They’ll discuss how legal decisions are made and the racial disparities that exist in Canada’s legal system. Their exposure and education will culminate in mock trials at the conclusion of the program as they take on various roles in the legal process such as those of bailiff, judge, witness, jury and lawyers.