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September 14, 2007

Summer Leadership Intern Program chalks up another fine year

Special thanks to the Honorable James E. Green, Vicki Jenkins and Jennifer Adair for their leadership roles in the Summer Leadership Intern Program (SLIP). Judge Green and Ms. Jenkins were members of the original volunteer group that developed SLIP, a program founded fourteen years ago to provide summer employment to youths who might not otherwise get jobs; to expose the students to the legal profession and to the work routine of the business world; and to help keep them on a track toward college and a professional career. Ms. Adair, a former SLIP student herself, is the newest addition to the leadership team.

Sponsored by the Columbus Bar and Columbus Public Schools, SLIP provides seniors-to-be an exciting and intense employment and education program related to the law. Participants work eight weeks for pay in law firms and government agencies and also complete an academic program that involves readings, writing assignments, on-site visits to the federal courthouse, the Supreme Court of Ohio, and Ohio Court of Claims, preparing for a mock legislative committee hearing and mock trial.

Thanks to the following individuals for their contributions to this year’s activities:

Hon. Mark Abel
Jennifer Adair
Lara J Bertsch
Dr. Marvenia Bosley
Bree Brown
Melinda Campbell
Sheila R. Chodosh
Betty Clark
Shelley Clark
Alysha Clous
Daryle Cobb
Cedric Collins
Gregg Costas
Salvador A. Dominguez
Eleana Drakatos
Shakeba DuBose
Victoria Frye
Nelson E Genshaft
Andrew Ginther
Tamara Gurley
Hon. James E. Green
Joetta Gregory
Dale Harmon
Dr. Gene T. Harris
Catherine Hawes
Lindsay Helman
Annette Hudson-Clay
Vicki Jenkins
Officer Melinda Johnson
Margeaux Kimbrough
Marya Kohlman
Bob Kramer
Katheryn M. Lloyd
Hon. Algenon Marbley
James Mauro
Myra McKenzie
Hon. Ray Miller
Jeff Mussman
Benjamin J. Partee
Janica Pierce
Alvin E. Sanders
Kathi Schear
Anthony Sharett
Hope Sharett
Linda Sheehan
Brandon Shroy
James Sims
Dr. John Stanford
Janelle Totin
Nicole VanderDoes
BarbaraWainer
Christine Watchorn
Cheruda West

In addition, the program would not be possible without the support of the law firms and legal organizations that employ the students. The 2007 employers included:

Baker and Hostetler LLP
Bricker & Eckler, LLP
Chester Willcox & Saxbe
Frost Brown Todd LLC
Office of the Ohio Attorney General
Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
Vorys Sater Seymour & Pease LLP
Ward Kaps Bainbridge Maurer & Melvin
Wiles Boyle Burkholder & Bringardner Co., LPA