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Diversity & Inclusion Legal Roundtable
2022 Programs
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The Greater Dayton Area Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Legal Roundtable believes that equity within the legal profession requires ensuring opportunities for diverse students and attorneys that previously have not been available. To increase the opportunities available to diverse lawyers and law students, the Legal Roundtable in 2022 will once again focus on professional development, including a mentoring program, a summer diversity clerkship program and mock interview sessions for students. Our successes include diverse law students establishing meaningful relationships with local legal professionals and earning clerkships and associate positions.
Diversity Mentoring Program
Currently, 26 diverse University of Dayton School of Law (UDSL) students (mentees) and 16 legal professionals (mentors) have registered for the upcoming program. The program planning committee anticipates additional mentees will sign up before registration closes and hopes to register more mentors to meet the student demand.
The Mentoring Program’s key dates include:
• November 11, 2021 - Registration opens for interested students and practitioners • December 31, 2021 - Mentoring pairs assigned • January 13, 2022 - In-person kick-off event at UDSL
The Mentoring Program’s planning committee includes: Deztany Johnson (President, UDSL’s Black Law Students Association), Nicole Vega (President, UDSL’s Hispanic Law Student Association), Sarah Chi (President, UDSL’s Asian and Pacific Islander Law Student Association), and Zion Savory and Cori Haper (both at Thompson Hine LLP). For inquiries, please contact Cori Haper at Cori.Haper@ThompsonHine.com or Zion Savory at Zion.Savory@ThompsonHine.com.
Diversity Mock Interview Program
The Legal Roundtable puts on an annual mock interview program that provides law students with the opportunity to hone their interviewing skills, while offering an opportunity to network with attorneys in the Greater Dayton area. This year’s program will take place on Saturday, January 22, 2022. The Legal Roundtable is seeking lawyers and other legal professionals to participate as interviewers. As an interviewer, you will interview and provide instant feedback to three students during individual 30-minute interviews. If you are interested in participating, please contact Jamar King at Jamar.King@ThompsonHine.com.
Summer Diversity Clerkship Program
The 2022 Summer Diversity Clerkship Program aims to give law students of diverse backgrounds opportunities for employment in the Dayton, Ohio legal community. Each year applications are solicited from all Ohio law schools and Northern Kentucky University. If you are interested in participating as an employer and taking on a diverse clerk, please contact Jamar King at Jamar.King@ThompsonHine.com or Ebony Davenport at EDavenport1@udayton.edu.
The Greater Dayton Area Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Legal Roundtable
The Legal Roundtable focuses on implementing strategies to increase diversity, promote inclusion and advance equity in the Dayton-area legal community. Meetings are open to all legal professionals, law students and interested members of the community. To receive announcements, please contact Ellen Geron at Ellen.Geron@ThompsonHine.com.
