Young Lawyers' Section

• Publication year: 2011
• Pages: 0107
• Citation: Vol. 72 No. 2 Pg. 0107

YOUNG LAWYERS' SECTION
Vol. 72 No. 2 Pg. 107
The Alabama Lawyer
MARCH, 2011

CLAY A. LANHAM
clanham@vickersriis.com

Meetings and Mock Trials Keep Section on the Road

In February, the Alabama State Bar Young Lawyers' Section (YLS) sent five delegates to the American Bar Association Young Lawyers' Division (ABAYLD) Mid-Year Meeting in Atlanta. Later that month, the YLS officers and executive committee members held their annual winter meeting at the Grand Hotel in Point Clear.

Upcoming YLS events include the Minority Pre-Law Conference (MPLC) to be held in Birmingham March 30 at Birmingham Southern College and in Montgomery April 20 at the Frank M. Johnson Federal Courthouse and the Alabama State University Acadome. The MPLC is an award-winning program that allows local high school students an opportunity to observe a mock trial in which students may participate as jurors. Following the mock trial, students go into break-out sessions with local attorney volunteers and law students, where they discuss law school, the practice of law and how to achieve their educational and professional goals. High school students also receive the benefit of a college prep speaker as well as a folder of college admission material from various institutions of higher learning across the state. There is no charge to students taking part in the MPLC, due to the generous support of our sponsors. For more information on how to become a sponsor of one (or both) of the MPLC events, please contact J. R. Gaines at (334) 244-6630 or Sancha Howard at (334) 215-3803.

As spring approaches, many firms begin traveling to law schools to interview students for summer clerkships. If you have not committed to conducting on-campus interviews or hiring any summer clerks, I encourage you to do so. Hiring a summer clerk is not only beneficial to your firm and the law school which the student attends, but a great way for students to begin learning...