PAST FACULTY•JudgeBenitaPearson,U.S. District

Court, N.D. of Ohio

•JusticeMelodyStewart,Supreme Court of Ohio

•JudgeCassandraCollier-Williams,Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court

•JudgeMichelleEarley,Cleveland Municipal Court

•JudgeAlisonFloyd,Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court

•CharlesFleming,Federal Public Defender’s Office, N.D. of Ohio

•DuaneDeskins,City of Cleveland, former federal prosecutor

• Bard

• Beachwood

• Beaumont

• Bedford

• Benedictine

• Brush

• ClevelandHeights/UniversityHeights

• ClevelandSchooloftheArts

• Collinwood

• Elyria

• TheFacingHistorySchool

• GarrettMorgan

• Gilmour

• Glenville

• Hawken

• JaneAddams

• JohnHay

• LincolnWest

• LutheranEast

• MartinLutherKing,Jr.

• Mayfield

• NewTechEast

• NotreDameCathedralLatin

• OhioVirtualAcademy

• Orange

• RockyRiver

• St.MartindePorres

• ShakerHeights

• Shaw

• VillaAngela–St.Joseph

•WarrensvilleHeights

•WashingtonPark

•Westlake

•WhitneyYoung

•WilloughbySouth

PAST PArTiCiPATing HigH SCHooLS

15th AnnualStephanie Tubbs Jones

SUMMErLEgAL ACADEMY

Mondays through Fridays June 10 to June 21, 2019

9 a.m. – 2 p.m.

At Case Western reserveUniversity School of Law

APPLiCATionTorequestanapplication,pleaseseeyourguidancecounselororcontacttheClevelandMetropolitanBarAssociationat(216)696-3525.AllapplicationmaterialsareduebyFriday,April12,2019.

PLEASE SUbMiT APPLiCATionS To: ClevelandMetropolitanBarAssociationAttention:MaryGroth1375E.9thStreet,Floor2Cleveland,Ohio44114-1785

XavierV.Thomas-HughesJ.D.CandidateGeorgetownLawB.S.TheOhioStateUniversityWhitneyYoungHighSchool,Cleveland

“TheSummerLegalAcademywasmyformalintroductiontotheClevelandlegalcommunity.I

hadtheopportunitytotalkwithlawyersandjudgesabouttheirprofession,andIwasabletoputmycriticalthinkingskillstothetestbydoinglegalresearchandarguingmotions.IcredittheLegalAcademyforimplantingthevisionthatIcandotheworkofanattorney.”

WHAT iS SUMMEr LEgAL ACADEMY?

TheStephanieTubbsJonesSummerLegalAcademyisdesignedtointroducepromisingminoritystudentstothelegalprofession.Areahighschoolseniorswillparticipateinatwo-week,part-timeintensiveandveryinteractivelawinstitute.Thefacultyofjudgesandattorneyswillintroducetheparticipantstonumerouslegalissuesandcareeropportunities.

WHAT To ExPECTStudentswilllearnaboutthecriminalandcivillegalsystemsandmeetandlearnfromprominentjudges,lawyers,andlawprofessors.Thisisatuition-freeprogram!Andstudentswillhavetheopportunitytoearnaonemonthinternshipandastipend.Thetopstudentsintheprogramwillhavetheopportunitytoearnmodestscholarships.

rEQUirEMEnTS• Enteringthe12thGrade•CompletedApplicationFormandEssay•TwoReferences(onemustbefromateacher)• TranscriptorcertificationbyguidancecounselorofcumulativeG.P.A.of3.0orhigher

•Resume

ProgrAM ovErviEW•OrientationandOpeningExercises

•OverviewofU.S.LegalSystem

•Howtoformalegalargument

•AppellatePractice

•RulesofEvidence

•PublicLawandCommunityActivism

•ApplyingtoandFinancingCollegeandLawSchool

•ProfessionalismandInternships

•FieldTripstoSeveralCourts

•NetworkingOpportunities