Read the Prospectus (PDF)
Read the report on the pilot year (PDF)

Article: Bilzin Sumberg gives Miami-area high school students a glimpse into the legal profession (November 3, 2009)

Article: Volunteer Experience the Impact of the Street Law Pipeline Program (NALP Bulletin, January 2010)

Participating 2009-2010 NALP Member Law Firms

• Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod, LLP, Miami office - Law School Partner: TBA
  
• Holland & Knight,  Washington, DC office – Law School Partner: The George Washington University Law School*
• Hunton & Williams, Richmond office – Law School Partner: William & Mary Law School*
• Kirkland & Ellis, LLP,  San Francisco office – Law School Partner: Stanford Law School *
• Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz,  New York office – Law School Partner: NYU School of Law*

Background

NALP is pleased to partner with Street Law in sponsoring this diversity pipeline initiative (read the initial announcement in the NALP Bulletin). The program pairs NALP member law firms with local high schools, putting practicing lawyers and other legal professionals to work teaching law-related topics in high school classrooms.

Street Law, Inc., is a nonprofit organization that has been educating the public about law and democracy for more than 35 years. In the past six years, Street Law has begun to create programs to help address the lack of diversity in the legal profession.

In 2001, Street Law piloted the Corporate Legal Diversity Pipeline program with the Association of Corporate Counsel. This program pairs in-house legal department volunteers with nearby, diverse high schools that offer law-related courses. This model has proven successful and the program has expanded to more than 30 companies at sites across the US.

NALP's Program

Street Law and NALP used this model to build a program based on law firm participation. During the pilot year of the program (2008-09 school year) five law firms worked with five high schools around the country. NALP is actively seeking additional law firm partners for the 2009-2010 school year. Street Law will find up to three partner high school classes for each participating law firm, will train the volunteers in program implementation, teach strategies, and lesson use, and will then be available for technical assistance as the programs get underway.

For more information about Street Law, visit their web site at www.streetlaw.org.

* Each law firm participating in the NALP/StreetLaw Diversity Pipeline Program will choose a law school partner. The law school partner will be involved in the program through legal career pathway lessons delivered by office of career services staff, a field trip to the law school, or participation in the one-day event at the law firm.