A youth and justice forum for students in eighth grade through high school is planned from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday at Columbia Basin College in Pasco.
More than 100 students from area schools will learn about the justice system from judges, attorneys, police officers and other professionals, a news release said.
The event is being put on by Educational Service District 123, the Washington State Minority and Justice Commission, the Washington State Bar Association Young Lawyers Division, Columbia Basin College's office of diversity, Gonzaga University School of Law, Seattle University School of Law and the University of Washington School of Law.
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