The Chicago Bar Association has partnered with a longstanding civic education program that brings lawyers directly into the classrooms of Chicago-area elementary schools to teach the U.S. Constitution and promote the principles of democracy.  The new partnership between the CBA and the Edward J. Lewis II Lawyers in the Classroom program was announced by CBA President Jesse Ruiz, who serves as the Illinois Deputy Governor for Education.  The program, which had previously been administered by Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago (CRFC), recently transitioned to the Association’s charitable entity, CBA Television Productions Inc. The Lawyers in the Classroom program places attorney volunteers in second through eighth grade classrooms to teach a curriculum that promotes civic education with an emphasis on teaching students about their rights and responsibilities embodied in the Bill of Rights and the U.S. Constitution.  Teams of lawyers from both large and small firms partner with individual schools and visit the school three times per year to conduct the program.  Approximately 60 Chicago area schools are participating in the program this year.