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. There is also a focus on
how these concepts may be in conflict. The development of higher level thinking
skills is a key part of law-related education. Students develop skills in critical
thinking, decision making, communication, reasoning and managing conflict. Law-related
education promotes a commitment to the rule of law and to democratic values and beliefs.
Programs supported by the Center
DELREC’S Board of Trustees
- The State of Delaware
Judge, Superior Court (Retired) - Barry Townsend, LPI, SPS – Vice President of the Board
- O’Rourke Investigative Associates, Inc.
- Bernard Pepukayi, Esq. – Board Secretary
- Pepukayi Law LLC
- Nicole M. Faries, Esq. – Board Treasurer
- Baird Mandalas Brockstrdt LLC
- Daniel M. Attaway, Esq
- Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
- Chief Michael Capriglione
- Police Chief’s Council
- Samuel L. Closic, Esq.
- Prickett Jones & Elliot, P.A.
- George E. Evans, Esq.
- George E. Evans Attorney at Law
- N. Christopher Griffiths, Esq.
- Connolly Gallagher LLP
- Darryl A. Parson, Esq.
- New Castle County
- Randolph K. Herndon, Esq.
- Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP
- Richard K. Herrmann, Esq.
- Morris James LLP
- Anthony J. Iannini.
- GE Capital
- Jason Jowers, Esq.
- Morris James LLP
- Megan McGovern, Esq.
- Bayard P.A.
- Fran O’Malley, Ph.D
- The University of Delaware
- The Honorable Diane Clark Streett
- Judge, Superior Court
- The Honorable Gary F. Traynor
- Justice, Supreme Court of Delaware
- Eileen Wilkinson
- Country Day School of the Sacred Heart
- Pat Quann
- Executive Director
- 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
Current and Past Support
