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Twenty Years in 2012!
Join us in Chicago as we celebrate our 20th Anniversary: "Reaching Back, Lifting Up" 2012 Twentieth Anniversary and Tenth Biennial Conference September 20–23, 2012, at the Marriott on the Magnificent Mile.
In 2012, as JTBF celebrates our Twentieth Anniversary, we look forward to returning to our hometown to host our Tenth Biennial Conference in Chicago, IL. The Conference will be attended by lawyers, law professors, federal and state judges, law students, college students, and high school and middle school students. Conference attendees will participate in discussions on contemporary legal issues that will provide unique opportunities to address the expansion of the pipeline and issues affecting diversity in our society. Please click through for Conference sponsorship information and an overview of the Conference schedule.
Students interested in the Summer Legal Institute and Middle School Law Camp: please click through for information and applications! (Prospective SLI students: please choose the appropriate city from the menu on the left side of the Summer Legal Institute page for your city's program information and application.)
Law school students interested in applying for Share the Wealth one-year clerkship placements: please click through for the Share the Wealth 2012 clerkship announcement, and for more information.
To encourage diverse students to enter law school, JTBF offers year-round programs that nurture an interest in the law for students starting at the middle-school level, intensive summer workshops for high schoolers, externship opportunities with federal judges including intensive pre-placement training, and post graduation clerkships. Through education, mentorship and outreach, JTBF supports and encourages the highest levels of educational achievement of our students. As JTBF scholars continue their education, we also provide them with resources to succeed to and through law school and beyond, including preparatory materials for the LSAT and law school admissions, advanced critical thinking exercises, and assistance in obtaining judicial externships and/or clerkship experience.
Ron Safer, Managing Partner at Schiff Hardin, discusses why diversity and supporting JTBF is important to the firm:
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