Welcome to Justice by the People, an educational program generously sponsored by the Foundation of the American Board of Trial Advocates. Bring the Constitution and the jury system to life in your classroom with this hands-on, multimedia learning experience. Share this standards-based program with your 5th-to-8th grade students today!

Make Your Case is a courtroom trial simulation in which students control the action as they experience a real courtroom setting. This Teaching Guide will help you incorporate the game into your classroom.

Find out how the jury system as we know it came about—and how different it was in the past! Explore the history of juries from the signing of the Magna Carta to today and trace the American jury system back to its roots