Albany Law Hosts Youth Law Day

Ninth -twelfth graders from Trinity Institute, Albany, Schenectady, Troy and Hudson High Schools spent the day at Albany Law School on Monday, April 21, 2008. 

Students attended mock college classes, mock law classes, a seminar on preparing for college, learned about the law school admissions process, and explored their career possibilities in the field of law.

Albany County District Attorney P. David Soares ‘99 spent lunchtime with the  100+ students and Attorney Kenneth Standard, Partner, Epstein Becker & Green, NYC , hosted the day.

The day aligned with Albany Law School’s “pipeline” efforts to introduce the prospect of law school at an early age to populations underrepresented as lawyers.

This event was sponsored by the New York State Bar Association and Albany Law School .

• Click HERE to see photos of the day posted on the Albany Law Diversity blog
• Click HERE to see photos from the Times Union

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If interested, the video “Choose Law: A Profession for All” can be downloaded from the YLD website at http://www.abanet.org/yld/chooselaw/home.shtml

Law Day for YMCA Black & Latino Achievers

Click HERE to read the CDBHBA article about the day

Career Day at Albany Law School

The Black Law Students Association, the Latin American Law Students Association, the Capital District Black & Hispanic Bar Assocation, and Albany Law School’s Diversity Office hosted a Career Panel on April 10, 2008 in the DAMC at 6:00pm.  A reception followed in the East Foyer at 7:30pm.  The panelists included:

• Sandra Irby - NYS Office of Court Administration
• Debra C. Brookes, Esq. (’98 ) – US Department of Justice, Antitrust Division/NYC
• Sandra D. Rivera, Esq. (’02) – Partner, Brown McMahon & Weinraub, LLC
• John Higgins, Esq. (’89) – Nixon Peabody

The panel discussed methods to achieving successful legal employment and a successful legal career. 

Go HERE to see the photos posted on the Albany Law Diversity Blog.