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NJ LEEP Events
Summer 2008

Main Events

Internship Orientation and Reception
            Wednesday, June 25, 5:00 -6:00pm (Orientation for Internship Providers)
            6:00 pm-7:00pm (Reception for Internship Providers and Colleagues, NJ LEEP                                   Interns and General Supporters), Seton Hall Law School, 5th Floor Faculty Library

Newark Legal Internship Program Kick-Off
            Monday, July 7, 11:00 a.m. at the Newark City Council Chambers, Newark City Hall.
            Speakers: Mayor Cory Booker, Julien Neals, Newark Corporation Counsel, and                                Nicole Rivera, NJ LEEP sophmore.

Summer Law Institute Mock Trial Competition
            52 Ninth Grade Students from Newark and surrounding urban areas
            Round 1:  Tuesday, July 29, 1:00-3:00 PM, Seton Hall Law School
            Round 2:  Wednesday, July 30, 5:30-8:30 PM, Seton Hall Law School

            Championship Round: Thursday, July 31, 5:30-6:30 PM
                                         Awards Ceremony, 7:00-8:00 PM
                                         Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Court House, Newark

            Championship Round Judges: The Honorable Susan Wigenton
                                                  U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey

                                                  The Honorable Esther Salas
                                                  U.S. Magistrate, District of New Jersey

Summer Programming

Legal Internship Program:  July 7-August 1
            High school students from Newark and surrounding urban areas

            Internship providers include:

            The Newark Law Department
            Gibbons P.C.
            Prudential Financial, Inc.
            PSEG
            LeClairRyan
            Latham & Watkins LLP
            McCarter & English LLP
            Attorney General’s Office, Division on Civil Rights
            National Labor Relations Board
            Columbia Presbyterian Hospital
            UMDNJ
            Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield

Summer Law Institute:  June 30-August 1
            52 ninth grade students from Newark and surrounding urban areas
            Five week study of law at Seton Hall Law School

            Field trip providers include:

            Prudential Financial, Inc.
            U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of New Jersey
            Sills, Cummis & Gross P.C.
            LeClairRyan
                                         

Additional Events

"Bricks, Mortar and Spirit:The Making of Newark, New Jersey": July 18, 2008, 2:00-5:00pm                        Seton Hall Law School, Room 273, Professor Clement Price                                               Remarks by:Mayor Cory Booker and The Honorable Anibal Ramos,                        Newark Muncipal Council.