Tuesday, August 5 Schedule & Resources
Location
Virtual via Zoom link or in person at Jones Day (110 N. Wacker Dr., Suite 4800, Chicago, IL).
Schedule
9 – 9:30 a.m. | Welcome, Challenges, and the Bottom Line Erika Harold, Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism Executive Director Judge Ann Claire Williams, (Ret.) Of Counsel, Jones Day |
9:30 – 10:30 a.m. | This is First Year: Jumpstart Alumni Panel Moderator: Samantha Woo, Associate Dean, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Diamond Brooks, 2L at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law Heidi Carrillo, 2L at Loyola University School of Law Audrey Stallings, 2L at Southern University Simmons Law School Diana Ojeda, 2L at Northern Illinois University College of Law Deja Bush, 2L at DePaul University College of Law Alexandria Wilson, 3L at University of Illinois College of Law Grant Higgins, 3L at Loyola University Chicago School of Law Cassipea Smith, 2L at Chicago-Kent College of Law |
10:30 – 10:45 a.m. | Break |
10:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Law 101: Part 1 Introduction: Dr. Ana Vazquez-Rivera, Director of Diversity, Inclusion & Student Life, Loyola University Chicago School of Law Speaker: Dr. Ben Alba, Professor of Legal Practice & Director of Academic Success, Loyola University Chicago School of Law |
12:30 – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
1:30 – 3:15 p.m. | Law 101: Part II & Breakout Sessions Speaker: Dr. Ben Alba |
3:15 – 3:30 p.m. | Takeaways Tania Luma (in person), Assistant Dean, Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, DePaul College of Law Marsha Ross-Jackson (virtual), Associate Dean, Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Chicago-Kent College of Law |