The 14th annual GAWL Foundation Girl Scout Project is fast approaching, and we need your help!  Each year, the GAWL Foundation puts on a program for Atlanta-area Girl Scouts at the State bar of Georgia headquarters in downtown Atlanta. This year's two-day event will be held on July 11 and 12 from 10:00am to 4:00pm each day. 

Here's how you can get involved in the Girl Scout Project:

• Help with the mock trial team
  •  July 11, 12pm-2:30pm
  • July 12, 1pm-4pm 
  • Lunch is provided
• Attend the mentoring lunch
  • July 12, 12pm-1:15pm

• Help with younger girls 1-day program
  • July 12 from 12pm-2pm

• Donate supplies for arts and crafts project

• Sponsor the mentor lunch
  • July 12, 12pm-1:15pm
• Sponsor the post-trial reception
  • July 12, 3pm-3:30pm

GAWL puts on a two-day program designed for rising 8th-12th grade Girl Scouts to earn a badge related to law and legal issues.  With the help of GAWL volunteers, the girls participate in a mock trial that is presided over by a real judge.If you know a girl who would like to attend one of these programs, you can register on the Girl Scouts website. But the spots are filling up quickly! 

GAWL also hosts a one-day program on July 12 for younger girls (rising 4th to 7th graders) focusing on how laws are made and changed.  As part of their program, these girls will have the opportunity to observe the older girls' trial and participate in the badge ceremony/reception with the judge following the trial. 

Finally, the older girls will also be invited to participate in a follow-up event on July 21 at Alston & Bird.  There, the girls will tour the firm and get an unique insiders' view into the legal practice.

If you are interested in the volunteering with the mock trial, please email Catherine Salinas at catherine_m_salinas@gand.uscourts.gov. 

If you are able to attend the mentor lunch, make a donation or volunteer in another way, please email Caitlin Shetter at cshetter@gmail.com.