Jefferson County Central High School has its own courtroom.

It's not a real one, but it is giving students some real life lessons and how the law works.

The goal is to get students of color involved in the legal process, and it's working.

This program is the oldest magnet program in all of Jefferson County.

It was the first magnet program, and it began in 1986.

And one of the one of the goals of the program was to help increase diversity in the legal field.

We have problems with our partners.

Brandeis School of Law is one of our main partners, the Louisville Bar Association.

By meeting other lawyers, meeting other judges, we have that available so that the students get the message from more than just me.

I've been able to do several things throughout the magnet.

Need judges and the attorneys go to different law firms.

I have done internships.

I'm still currently doing a Legal Aid society which involves me going to the courthouse, being a court runner for legal aid.

Once you get to know the criminal justice system and see how things work in the flow of things, you're able to see the flaws, but you're able to also see the good in the court system.

Being in law was a really big deal to me.

I see a lot of the injustices my community goes through, so I feel like the best route to change the system is to be a part of the system and change it from the inside out.

I think it's really important for law to be in like a majority black high school because I feel like we have a very large disconnect between the black community and law.

And when you look at the criminal justice system, whether from police attorneys, judges, it is a lot of white people.

And I'm not saying that they aren't doing a good job, but it's it feels better when you're able to see someone that looks exactly like you because you're like, hey, I can do that, too, whether than just seeing another person sitting on the stand.

Because when you see someone that looks like you, you are able to have that connection and relate and they're able to understand more of where you come from.

Law is involved in every aspect of your life, and I feel like that's something that's really important for students and even adults to realize.

I know a lot of black people are kind of targeted by like our law providers.

And so if we can bridge that gap by helping people learn their rights, like being in the law.

MAGNAY Lets you know or lets you explore, I guess, the rights that we have, that we have that people don't know that we have.

So we know more about the law than the average citizen would.

The way we're going to make a better system is one student at a time that, you know, when we read or discuss cases of of of wrongdoing within the justice system, whether it's at the police level or a court level, that we want to reaffirm that this generation is going to have to fix the problems that exist.

Since the Law magnet program started.

About 45 students have graduated and gone on to become lawyers, judges or land some other kind of job in the legal field.