I would love to see a few more attorneys step up to teach this clinic . It is a commitment of only 1-3 hours a month .
On January 17 , we celebrate Martin Luther King , Jr . Day . This is the 37th year this federal holiday has been celebrated and it is a day to reflect on racial equality and the work remaining to achieve it . My Google search says that the theme for the 2022 MLK , Jr . Day is “ It Starts with Me .” One of the Sarasota County Bar ’ s initiatives is working towards the goal of making the legal profession more diverse is the mentoring program at the Booker High School Law Academy , which is coordinated through our Council for Diversity and Inclusion . SCBA members are matched up with a student of the same gender for weekly one-hour mentoring sessions and , from my several years of participating in the program , I can attest that the mentors get as much , if not more , from the mentoring than the students do . Heck , I got a legal assistant out of the deal . My mentee graduated last year and started interning with me her senior year . She is now attending SCF in the paralegal program and working in my office part-time . There is a need for additional mentor attorneys , especially female mentors . If you have an interest in participating , please contact David Fugett , who is running the pipeline program , at dfugett @ ncf . edu .
If you can ’ t tell , I have a passion for service . I hope I can inspire a few of you to take the plunge and volunteer . �
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