YLD to Award Five Area Law Students “Diversity Scholarships” at Annual Diversity Happy Hour, June 16

The Young Lawyers Division will award its “Diversity Scholarships” to five local law students at its annual Diversity Happy Hour, Tuesday, June 16 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Mexican Post. The event is co-hosted by the Barristers Association of Philadelphia, the Gay and Lesbian Lawyers of Philadelphia, the Hispanic Bar Association of Philadelphia, the Asian-Pacific American Bar Association of Philadelphia, and the South-Asian Bar Association of Philadelphia.

The scholarships will be awarded to: Priya DeSouza of Temple's Beasley School of Law, Eartha Johnson of Drexel University Earle Mack School of Law, Samea Lee of Temple's Beasley School of Law, Maricruz Melendrez of Drexel University Earle Mack School of Law, and Jennifer Supplee of Temple's Beasley School of Law.

Pre-registration is encouraged as the first 200 to RSVP will be given two complimentary drink tickets for each attendee. Appetizers will also be available throughout the night.

James DeCrescenzo Reporting LLC and Trial Technologies, Inc. are sponsoring the event. To pre-register for this event, click here

Volunteers Needed to Teach at 2009 People's Law School

The YLD is now accepting applications from young lawyers to teach the following classes at this year's People's Law School (PLS): family law and custody, small claims and landlord/tenant court, consumer credit (including debt collection, identity theft, credit reports, utility issues), real estate (including foreclosures, predatory lending, actions to quiet title), bankruptcy, employment law, workers' compensation, social security and disability, elder law, personal injury, and criminal law.

The PLS is a six-week adult education course, beginning in September, that offers non-lawyers basic information about areas of the law that affect people's daily lives. If you are interested in teaching, please email your resume or information about your practice areas to Stephanie Mensing.

Calling On Firms to Help With Legal Line Program

The Legal Line program - in which volunteer attorneys staff a phone bank and provide legal help to callers - needs support. Law firms can help by adopting a Legal Line session, held at 5PM every third Wednesday of the month at the LRIS offices.

The firm would only need to staff the event with licensed attorneys and the cost is nothing. Alternatively, or in conjunction, the night could be a theme night, like family law or elder law. The sponsoring firm would get publicity in all promotional materials for the given Legal Line session. Please contact Roxane Crowley for more information.

Alternative Careers Academy for Attorneys, June 4

The Philadelphia Bar Association's Attorney Career Development Committee, in conjunction with the Young Lawyers Division and the Careers in Government and Public Interest Committee, is presenting "Alternative Careers Academy for Attorneys" on June 4 from 12 - 2 p.m at the Pennsylvania Bar Institute.

The action-packed program will provide the tools and resources to those interested in identifying and achieving richer, more rewarding alternative career opportunities. Attendees will learn what alternative career options are available, how to address career-confusion and make choices leading to greater career satisfaction, how to determine whether to switch careers or to simply switch jobs, how to effectively market oneself, and more.

Panelists for the program are: Sean Brogan, Sales Executive, The Graham Company; Hon. Joshua Shapiro, Pennsylvania House of Representatives; Felicia Smith, Chief Human Resources Officer, Fox Rothschild; Joseph Sullivan, Chief Pro Bono Officer, Pepper Hamilton; and Arthur Bousel, Chief Career Coach, Lawyer2Lawyer Coaching.

This is a free program but lunch will be provided for $8.00. Click here to register.

Bar Night at the Phillies June 17

Join your colleagues and friends at Bar Association Night at the Phillies on Wednesday, June 17 as the World Series champion Phils take on the Toronto Blue Jays at Citizens Bank Park at 7:05 p.m. Tickets are $28 and can be ordered by clicking here.

Seating (subject to availability) with fellow Philadelphia Bar Association supporters will be located on the Field Level Outfield (Sections 145 - 148). There is a special $2 discount off the cost of these tickets. To order your tickets for this special event, click here and enter the promotion code BAR.