ASU High School Leadership Academy: 'Religious Liberty in America'

The ASU Center for American Institutions is pleased to offer incoming high school sophomores, juniors and seniors an opportunity to join us on the ASU Tempe campus on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, Martin Luther King Day, for a High School Leadership Academy.

Using the 2022 Supreme Court case 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis as a guide, students will participate in a mock trial taking on the roles of attorneys representing 303 Creative LLC and Aubrey Elenis and the State of Colorado or of Supreme Court justices. 

Student participants will choose which judicial role they would like to explore in the trial. 

Students will also learn about the origins of religious liberty in America and the history of court challenges to religious liberty in the modern era. 

Two academies will be held on Monday, January 20 from 9 a.m.to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on the ASU Tempe campus. Depending on availability, students will be assigned to one of the two sessions. The fee to attend is $50, which is subsidized by funding from the Apgar Foundation, the Bradley Foundation, the Palo Verde Republican Women, and community donors to the ASU Center for American Institutions. There are scholarships to attend for families who request them via email to the event contact by January 10, 2025.