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Discover the legal JULY 20-21 & 24-28, 2017 system and how it works SUMMER YOUTH Gain insight into college and the INSTITUTE university Law School and Eastern District of Bar Association

The Summer Youth Institute (SYI) is open to students who will enter the 8th, 9th, or 10th grade next fall. Enrollment is limited to 20 students who live and go to school in the City of . SYI is free to all selected students. APPLY ONLINE TODAY!

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@summer.youth.institute SYI 2016 - Our Best Year Yet

Twenty-three students from eleven Milwaukee schools participated in the 2016 Marquette Law School and Eastern District of Wisconsin Bar Association Summer Youth Institute (SYI). The SYI is designed to introduce middle and high school students from the City of Milwaukee to the legal system, expose them to careers in law, and provide them with practical tools for their educational goals.

During the seven day program, in addition to having several guest speakers, the SYI 2016 class visited the federal courthouse, the Milwaukee County Courthouse, Harley-Davidson, Robert W. Baird, and Foley & Lardner.

“I found it interesting to sit in on cases.”

SYI students are invited to participate in the Honorable Charles N. Clevert, Jr.. Mentoring Program. Students met their mentors during the luncheon program on the first day of the Institute and stayed in touch throughout the program and beyond. Mentors are attorneys of the Eastern District of Wisconsin Bar Association who are willing to share experi- “My favorite part of the day was ences and advice, as well as help students to explore the meeting my mentor!’” legal profession.

SYI 2016 oral argument winners from left to right: Lauren Goins (St. Marcus Lutheran), Veronica Salinas (Notre Dame Middle School), Her Pao Lee (Marquette University High School), Taylor Dye (Wisconsin Conservatory of Lifelong Learning) and Maya Rodriguez (Divine Savior Holy Angels High School)

Bringing the City of Milwaukee together! To date, SYI has graduated a total of 90+ Milwaukee students representing the following local schools: Anna Doerfler Elementary School F.J. Gaenslen School Riverside University High School Barack Obama School of Career Golda Meir School River Trail Elementary School and Technical Education Hmong American Peace Academy Rufus King Middle School Bay View High School Hope Christian High School Rufus King High School Business and Economics Academy Manitoba Elementary School St. Thomas Moore High School of Milwaukee Marquette University High School St. Marcus Lutheran School Carmen High School of Science and Messmer Preparatory Catholic Tamarack Waldorf School Technology School Urban Day School Catholic East Elementary Messmer High School Veritas High School Christ King Elementary School Milwaukee Collegiate Academy Vieau Public School Clarke Street School Milwaukee High School of the Arts Wedgewood Park International Clement Avenue School Milwaukee Lutheran High School School Darrell Lynn Hines Academy Milwaukee School of Languages Wisconsin Conservatory of Lifelong Divine Savior Holy Angels Morse-Marshall Middle School Learning Downtown Montessori Academy New Testament Christian Academy Wisconsin Lutheran School Eastbrook Academy Pius XI High School Woodlands School Garden Homes Lutheran School Pulaski High School Fernwood Montessori Ronald W. Reagan IB High School

Class of 2016 with Honorable Carl Ashley Honorable Charles N. Clevert Jr. Internship Program

To continue to nurture the interest in careers in law, the Eastern District of Wisconsin Bar Association places graduates of SYI in a full-time, four-week internship program in participating law firms, government agencies, non-profits, corporations and judicial chambers. Upon completion of the internship, students receive a scholarship. Since its launch in 2014, 50 SYI graduates have completed the internship program.

We thank the following firms and agencies who sponsored and hosted Clevert Interns in 2016: Andrus Intellectual Property Law Mastantuono & Coffee Biskupic & Jacobs Michael Best & Friedrich Chambers of Magistrate Judge Nancy Joseph Pia Anderson Dorius Reynard & Moss Davis & Kuelthau Quarles & Brady Federal Defender Services of Wisconsin Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren Foley & Lardner Robert W. Baird Gass Weber Mullins U.S. Bankruptcy Court Clerk's Office Gimbel, Reilly, Guerin & Brown U.S. Courthouse Library Godfrey & Kahn U.S. District Court Clerk's Office Husch Blackwell U.S. Probation Office Kerkman & Dunn von Briesen & Roper Kravit, Hovel & Krawczyk

We congratulate the following alumni of our inaugural class, SYI 2012, heading to college this fall: Mireille Padilla (Lawrence University), Shyanne Pryor (University of Notre Dame), Quniterio Wright (UW-Oshkosh), and Lisa Xiong (UW-Madison)