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JHP Public-Service Initiatives at Southwestern Law School

These programs are made possible by a generous grant from the Rodan Family Foundation in honor of Judge Harry Pregerson.

These programs are made possible by a generous grant from the Rodan Family Foundation in honor of Judge Harry Pregerson.

The Judge Harry Pregerson Public Service Boot Camp is designed and named in honor of the esteemed 9th Circuit judge, whose work exemplified the highest values of service in the public interest.

Southwestern continues to honor Judge Pregerson through “Harry’s Boot Camp,” a day-long skills-training and community-building program offered exclusively to Southwestern students and where students dedicated to pro bono and public interest practice will be introduced to a cohort of like-minded lawyers, faculty, staff and alumni at the outset of their studies.

In addition to Harry’s Boot Camp, Southwestern offers the Judge Harry Pregerson Public Service Summer Fellowships, our premiere summer fellowships offered to select students who plan to dedicate their legal careers to working on behalf of underserved communities and causes. And, for a third year, Southwestern will honor an outstanding recent graduate with the Judge Harry Pregerson Public Service Alumni Award for their dedication and success in the fields of public service / public interest practice.

Together, these programs aim to cultivate and celebrate the late Judge Harry Pregerson, and his values, determination, and impact on life in Southern California by encouraging successive generations of students to approach their professional lives as an opportunity to serve their communities and to help those in need.

Agenda-at-a-glance

10:00 a.m. Coffee, Conversation and Check-In with Your Judge Harry Pregerson Public Service Fellows

11:00 a.m. Public Interest at Southwestern: An Overview

12:00 p.m. Lunch

1:00 p.m.

Skills-Training: A Trauma-Informed, Anti-Racist Approach to Legal Advocacy

4:00 p.m. Judge Harry Pregerson Public Service Alumni Award Reception

Harry changed transportation planning and progressive urban development through his work on the Century Freeway. His involvement ensured development exceeded environmental standards, established housing programs to serve the displaced, set employment goals for minorities and women, and much more. Century Freeway Litigation