Welcome to the Center for Civic Renewal at Sweet Briar College. Founded in 1999, our mission is to foster effective citizen engagement through understanding of the American Constitutional System.

Our Goals

Firstly, the Center for Civic Renewal seeks to serve its community internally, on the campus of Sweet Briar College. We want to serve the Sweet Briar community--students, alumnae, staff, and faculty--by creating and promoting innovative program and service learning. To accomplish this, we developed the Law and Society Program here at Sweet Briar.

Secondly, we want to reach beyond campus to promote law and civics education for citizenship in our local community, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the nation at large. To accomplish this goal, we created the Virginia Law Related Education Center.