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High school students visited a federal courthouse and argued real issues before a sitting judge.
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From taking the civility pledge to bringing a federal courthouse program to your school, there are so many ways students can get hands-on with civil discourse.
Take the Civility Pledge
Commit to engaging respectfully with people you disagree with. Read the pledge, make it your own, and share it with your school or community.
Take the pledgeBecome a Civility Ambassador
Represent Students4Civility at your school, lead conversations, and help build a culture of respectful disagreement in your community.
Learn more →Bring CD3 to Your School
CD3 is a national U.S. Courts initiative where students build advocacy, active listening, critical thinking, and civil discourse skills through a judge-led courtroom simulation.
Learn about CD3 →Model Civility with Courts & Civility
A Federal Bar Association program that brings judges and lawyers into schools to model respectful dialogue and explain why civility is essential to the courts and civic life.
Learn about Courts & Civility →Civics Break
Civility and the rule of law go hand-in-hand. Learn about our judiciary, the role of judges, and the importance of the rule of law with this free, self-paced video course from Duke Law School and earn your certificate of completion today.
Visit Civics Break →Follow Civility Organizations
A curated list of civility and civil discourse organizations — non-profits, university programs, and advocacy groups — all working to make disagreement healthier.
See the full list →Use Our Toolkit to Start a Civility Club
Form letters, instructions, and templates to help you launch your own civility club at your school. Everything you need to get started.
Explore the toolkit →Soon
Watch a Civility Leadership Training Video
A leadership training program for students who want to go deeper into civility skills and why they matter on a large scale.
Video coming soonCD3 Program
Civil Discourse & Difficult Decisions (CD3)
CD3 is a national U.S. Courts initiative developed by U.S. District Judges Robin Rosenberg and Beth Bloom. In this interactive three-hour program, students practice respectful dialogue, productive disagreement, and effective advocacy.
Schools that have done CD3
Bring CD3 to your school
In a judge-led simulation based on a U.S. Supreme Court case, students serve as attorneys and jurors with support from local attorneys while building active listening, critical thinking, advocacy, and civil discourse skills. Explore the Toolkit for ways to bring CD3 to your school.
Visit the Civility Club Toolkit →Courts & Civility
Courts & Civility Program
Courts and Civility empowers students to better understand the judicial branch and the role it plays in upholding the rule of law. This program, created by United States District Judges Beth Bloom and Robin Rosenberg, combines civic education with practical lessons in respectful communication, helping participants build the knowledge and skills necessary for engaged and thoughtful citizenship.
How to bring Courts & Civility to your school
Find the free Courts & Civility program materials in the Civility Club Toolkit.
Civility organizations
Follow civility-focused organizations
A curated list of non-profits, university programs, and advocacy groups working to make disagreement healthier — great starting points for anyone who wants to go deeper.
The Civil Discourse Project (Duke)
Sponsors courses, events, and scholarship that promote civil discourse through modeling or teaching the capacities and virtues necessary to engage in healthy exchange across difference.
Visit →Constructive Dialogue Institute
Research-based tools that teach people to bridge divides and talk across differences.
Visit →Collaborative for Campus Dialogue (Vanderbilt)
University program building skills for respectful dialogue across difference.
Visit →Disagree Better
A governors' initiative promoting healthier political conflict and problem-solving.
Visit →The Litowitz Center for Enlightened Disagreement (Northwestern University)
Helping students harness the power of difference in service of greater understanding, knowledge, and progress using intellectual and analytical tools and skills to navigate disagreement.
Visit →National Institute for Civil Discourse
Promoting civil discourse and reducing political dysfunction.
Visit →Center for American Dialogue (University of Michigan)
Service-focused hub enabling students, faculty, staff and the public to directly challenge issues faced by society in an era dominated by polarization and eroding civic trust.
Visit →Bridge Alliance
A network of organizations working to strengthen American democracy through civic engagement.
Visit →Georgetown Dialogues Initiative
Georgetown University's program for structured cross-partisan dialogue.
Visit →Braver Angels
Bringing liberals and conservatives together to reduce political polarization.
Visit →Living Room Conversations
Structured conversations that help people across the political divide find common ground.
Visit →Federal Bar Association — Courts & Civility
Judges and lawyers modeling respectful dialogue for students.
Visit →Schoolhouse Dialogues
Meet one-on-one with other students to discuss topics of your choosing. Get comfortable sharing ideas and learning from differing perspectives.
Visit →The Berkley Institute for Civil Discourse and Civic Solutions (NYU)
Founded on the principle that meaningful progress depends on both listening and dialogue among people of good faith with different beliefs, the Institute serves as a locus for conversations across the ideological spectrum.
Visit →Want to bring civility to your school?
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