mr. james coux to serves as the relatively new executive director of i-civics, the non-profit organization created by former u.s. supreme court justice sandra day o'connor, who was the recipient of our very own nas margaret chase smith award just a couple years ago at our winter conference. he investigated the impact of technology and the internet on legal education and studied the intersection of video games and moral development. he helped find legal university, provides training for professional development for poverty lawyers across the nation. he holds a ba in social studies. from harvard university, and a juris doctor from harvard law school. we ask him to speak about the committee to us about i-civics, which is a curriculum in many of our states, a number of teachers and others are using this curriculum in their government and civics classes. mr. chapman and i serve as chairs in our own states in local committees that are working closely with our supreme courts and our judicial system and others to advance the use of justice o c'connor's initiative. we're pleased to have mr. ku here