Details for Street Law Speed Mentoring Event
Are you interested in mentoring the future of our profession? Do you have a passion for youth, and wish to make thier pathways to law school as easy as possible? If so, join Street Law during Diversity Week 2021 for our first ever Speed Mentoring event February 23 at 5:00pm.
Diversity & Pre-Law Week 2021 celebrates and promotes the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion at Memphis Law and highlights diverse student experiences and organizations while providing valuable information about the law school admissions process and legal careers. This year’s program themed, “Still I Rise,” will also confront the challenges that diverse and first-generation students sometimes face in the law school admissions process and beyond.
To support the efforts of Diversity week, Street laws Speed mentoring event will focus on helping youth overcome the many obstacles that aspiring lawyers and law school applicants face. We will do this by answering questions concerning the topics listed below, and by offering opportunities for mentorship from our prestigious students.
What are the topics?
How to write a personal statement
Thing’s people don’t tell you about law school
How to manage stress
What youth can do now to prepare for law school
How to choose an appropriate undergraduate program
Different types of colleges and experiences
What makes law school different
J.D. Careers
Facts and Myths about attorneys
Preparing financially for law school
Technical support
HBCU vs. PWI experience
How will the event work?
Law students will sign up for one of the topics listed. Breakout rooms via zoom will be created for each covered topic. The law students will remain in thier designated break out rooms and participating students will join the breakout rooms that they desire. Students will spend 15 minutes in each breakout room. Here law students should prepare to share feedback and factual information concerning the topics. After 15 minutes in a breakout room, students will switch to another room, and this process will be repeat 5 times giving high school students the opportunity to hear from multiple law students. Law students are free to be a creative in thier breakout rooms. There is no required structure. We only ask that law students leave ample time (5-10 minutes) for open questions and discussions. Additionally, if law students intend to create a PowerPoint, or any other documents to share with high school students in thier break out rooms please email to jvmcknny@memphis.edu two days prior to the event Feb 21st. Additionally, there are two law student slots for each topic and if there is any intended presentation this should be coordinated and communicated with all participants. Finally, as with all Street Law opportunities, law students will receive pro-bono hours for thier participation in the event.
Thank you all for your continued support of street law. Sign up via TWEN.
