The nationally acclaimed MENTOR: law firm\/school partnership program, which was created in the 1980\u2019s by lawyers, pairs major law firms with New York City public high schools. The lawyers-partners and associates-meet with students to prepare for appellate arguments in the annual high school Moot Court competition, accompany classes on the Federal Court Visit program, invite students to the law firm to see the inner workings of the firm and to discuss possible\u00a0\u00a0legal careers. \u00a0Some MENTOR law firms go well \u00a0beyond the four basic activities. Law firms volunteer to coach student teams for the annual high school Mock Trial competition, serve as judges for “We The People” and Project Citizen competitions, and host student interns. \u00a0Law firms assist with developing a Legal Research and Writing course, or take students to the U.S. Supreme Court. The NYC MENTOR program is now entering its 41st year with some law firm\/ high school pairs still together from its inception.<\/p>\n
To view our MENTOR brochure, please click here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n For more information about MENTOR, please contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0Debra Lesser:\u00a0dlesser@schools.nyc.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The nationally acclaimed MENTOR: law firm\/school partnership program, which was created in the 1980\u2019s by lawyers, pairs major law firms with New York City public high schools. The lawyers-partners and associates-meet with students to prepare for appellate arguments in the annual high school Moot Court competition, accompany classes on the Federal Court Visit program, invite … Continue reading “MENTOR: Law Firm\/School Partnership”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jrcnyc.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/606"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jrcnyc.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jrcnyc.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jrcnyc.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jrcnyc.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=606"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/jrcnyc.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4695,"href":"https:\/\/jrcnyc.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/606\/revisions\/4695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jrcnyc.org\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}