Youth Symposium
Objective:
Provide information to high school and college students on entering the legal profession.
Agenda:
9:00 a.m. – 9:20 a.m.
Registration/Check-in
Snacks and networking.
9:20 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Welcome and Opening Remarks
9:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
What does it take to get into law school?
Charting a path to law school: choosing the right classes in high school and college; how much do your grades matter; what extra curricular activities will help you get into law school?
Panel consists of:
- College admission counselor
- Law school admission counselor
10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
What can you do with a law degree?
The versatility of having a law degree: judges and law professors are lawyers too; working in a large law firm; creating laws as a legislator; running a legal department without practicing law.
Panel consists of:
- Prosecutor
- Judge
- Legislator
- Director
- Law professor
- Law firm
11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
What you always wanted to ask a lawyer but were too afraid to ask.
Learn valuable “tips and tricks” of the trade from experienced lawyers.
Session includes an interactive exercise where every student writes 1 – 3 questions on a piece of paper, crumbles the paper, then playfully lodges the paper at one of the lawyers in the room
Panel consists of:
- private sector attorney
- public sector attorney
- solo practitioner
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Mentorship Luncheon
An experienced attorney and at least 1 law student is assigned to sit at every table.
1:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
Closing Remarks & Evaluation Form
Door prize: an i-pod touch
Students who submit an evaluation form are eligible to receive an i-pod touch in a drawing.