About DELREC
The Delaware Law Related Education Center, Inc. (DELREC) is a private nonprofit, 501c(3) organization which has provided services to Delaware’s schools and the community for nearly a decade. Its most widely known programs are the Delaware High School Mock Trial Competition, the “We the People” Competition, and Law Day in the High Schools.
The mission of the Center is to provide resources to enhance the presence of law-related education initiatives in Delaware. DELREC is a statewide consortium of educators, attorneys, judges, law enforcement officers and other community leaders. It seeks to promote active learning experiences and skills development for students who need to function in a society based on the rule of law.
About Law-Related Education
Law-related education is defined in federal law as “education to equip nonlawyers with knowledge and skills pertaining to the law, the legal process, and the legal system, and the fundamental principles and values on which these are based”. The content of law-related education includes such concepts as justice, authority, equality, property, liberty, responsibility and privacy. The development of competency in civil discourse, higher level thinking, decision-making, advocacy, critical thinking, analysis, synthesis, and public speaking are all benefits of LRE. Lastly, LRE promotes a commitment to the rule of law and to democratic values and beliefs.
Executive Director
Betsy Renzo, Esq
BRenzo@delrec.org
Programs supported by the Center
DELREC’S Board of Trustees
- Daniel M. Attaway, Esq – President of the Board
- Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
- Michael Feldman- Board Secretary
- Delaware Department of Education
- Nicole M. Faries, Esq. – Board Treasurer
- Baird Mandalas Brockstrdt LLC
- Fran O’Malley, Ph.D
- The University of Delaware, Center for Civic Education
- Eileen Wilkinson
- St. Marks High School
- Major Benjamin Feldmann
- New Castle County Division of Police
- Kaelea Shaner
- Delaware Judiciary
- April Betts, Esq.
- Delaware Office of Defense Services
- Adriana Bohm
- Delaware County Community College
- Dawn Williams, Esq
- Delaware Office of Defense Services
- Holly Golder
- Red Clay Consolidated School District
- LaKresha Moultrie, Esq.
- Delaware State University
Current and Past Support
- The Delaware Bar Foundation
- The Delaware State Bar Association
- The Delaware State Bar Insurance Service
- The Delaware Council for the Social Studies
- The Delaware Department of Education
- The Delaware Department of Justice
- The Delaware Paralegal Association
- DuPont Company
- GE Capital
- Grotto Pizza
- Happy Harry’s
- Montell USA, Inc.
- Police Chief’s Foundation
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- The State of Delaware
- The Supreme Court of Delaware
- The Uniquema Fund
- The U.S. Department of Education
- The U.S. Department of Justice, OJJDP
- Widener University School of Law
- Youth for Justice