Atlanta Bar Law School Outreach Committee Furthers Leadership Pipeline Plan
The Law School Outreach Committee( LSOC) is recruiting more law student members and encouraging them to transition to full membership as part of the Atlanta Bar’ s leadership succession plan.“ We want to continue building our Bar leadership pipeline with high-caliber candidates. And we want to ensure that our law students’ membership continues to be useful and meaningful. It is crucial to keep law students engaged pre- and post-graduation,” noted Atlanta Bar President Maggie Vath.
Since revival of the committee in the fall, law student membership has grown from 164 law students to 384. LSOC members have attended on campus meetings with law students, attended an ACYL event, and drafted and forwarded a Survey Monkey to all law student and recent graduate members to learn more about their needs. In addition, LSOC committee members are liaising with Section Chairs to identify how law students can help sections.
Preliminary results from the Survey Monkey to law students and recent graduates prompted the creation of a one-on-one mentoring program. Law students will be matched with attorneys or judges based on practice focus, community interests, and other factors. The LSOC will gauge mentor interest in the coming weeks and make a determination about the viability of a program.
The LSOC is also promoting the Minority & Diversity Clerkship Program( M & DCP), which is overseen by Denisha Wise, Committee and Special Programs Coordinator
“ We want to continue building our Bar leadership pipeline with high-caliber candidates.” of the Atlanta Bar. The M & DCP allows qualified 1Ls( rising 2Ls) to perform compensated legal work for law firms, in-house departments of corporations, and judges for the summer. The deadline for 1Ls to apply is February 1, 2018. Interested students should apply via the Georgia Law School Consortium Symplicity site at https:// law-glsc-csm. symplicity. com / students /.
In addition, the LSOC working with the Atlanta Bar’ s Continuing Legal Education Director Kristyn Girardeau and CLE Board of Directions Vice Chair / Chair Elect Brooke M. French to promote the Atlanta Bar’ s two-part Developing Lawyers Series to be held on February 27, 2018 and April 12, 2018 at Georgia State College of Law. Brooke explained,“ This series is beneficial for lawyers at any stage of their careers who want to improve how they practice law. It offers practical knowledge about developing a practice, generating clients, managing the clutter and keeping ourselves healthy. The Atlanta Bar hopes that this series will give our lawyers the tools they need to be successful in the area of law and type of practice they choose – whether that’ s a litigator, a transactional lawyer, sole practitioner, a lawyer at a firm, a
22 December 2017 / January 2018