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Anyone and everyone is welcome to be a part of Forge Evolution!
Here at Forge Evolution Teen Court, our volunteers are a big part of how we serve our community and keep Teen Court running.
As a Forge Evolution Volunteer, you will get the chance to work in a courtroom on a team of Peer Panelists and Case Managers to hear teen cases in our community and decide their sentencing. This is a combination of community service hours, Forge Evolution classes, behavioral health services, community classes, and more.
Volunteer opportunities are scheduled Tuesday evenings every month.
Adults + Parents
Ways to get involved
Volunteer
Volunteering with Forge Evolution programs allow you to work with other teens and give back to the community.
- Join a panel of my peers for a mock trial.
- Be a positive influence to help other teens
- Add Teen Court to my future college and scholarship applications
- Act as a case manager for Peer Panels.
- Be a mentor for the student attorneys at Trials.
- Be a positive influence to help teens
Here are several ways to get more involved with Teen Court Program! Whether you’re a parent with a teen(s), or if you just want to get more involved in supporting a great cause, here’s how you can be a part of our mission!
Get on board
Interested in applying for our Board of Directors? Forge Evolution is ALWAYS looking for engaged members of the community to serve on our board!
Partner with us
Do you work with an organization who wants to get more involved and support our mission? Email us for more information!
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Adult volunteers
As an adult volunteer, you can get more involved working with our youth in a variety of ways. The level of involvement is up to you. We can find the right place for you!
- Adult volunteers attend Peer Panels as case managers. Your role is to "oversee" our student volunteers (peer panelists) in their questioning and sentencing process in the courtroom.
- Volunteer as a mentor attorney to our volunteer student attorneys. Forge Evolution would love to use the expertise of real life attorneys to help mentor student attorneys who serve our Teen Court Trials
- Apply for the Board of Directors or serve on a Committee
- We provide Quarterly Trainings for all Volunteers
Youth volunteers
As a youth volunteer, you will have the unique opportunity to “come when you can” to help other youth in your community and meet other teens from all over El Paso County and surrounding areas.
- Students who are at least 13 years old but not yet graduated from high school.
- Come sit on a panel with fellow volunteers as a peer panelist to question and sentence peers from our community. With guidelines from Forge Evolution, decide your peers' "sentencing" with Teen Court. Choose from a variety of classes, community service, and more.
- After additional training, under the supervision of an adult mentor attorney, you can volunteer as a student attorney in a real case involving a teen defendant.
Send us a message.
Got a question? We would love to hear from you!
Feel free to contact us by providing some basic info about you. We will happily point you in the right direction and respond as soon as possible!
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