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IU McKinney Delegation Attends ABA Judicial Clerkship Program
02/10/2023
Five students and Professor Frank Sullivan from the IU McKinney School of Law attended the annual American Bar Association Judicial Clerkship Program in New Orleans, February 2-4. Professor Sullivan has helped lead the program since its inception in 2001. Adjunct Professor and Marion Superior Court Judge Heather Welch chaired the program.
Students attending the program were 2Ls Ronnie Kawak, Valeri Simmons, and Yusuf Qureshi; and 1Ls Elizabeth Cornejo and Farrah Goodall.
The program encourages law students from historically underrepresented groups to seek judicial clerkships following graduation. Approximately 100 students and more than 40 judges from throughout the country participated in this year’s program. Over the course of three days, the students and judges work together on a research exercise designed to simulate the judge-clerk working relationship. The students also participate in panel discussions and attend selected events at the ABA Midyear Meeting. The Judicial Clerkship Program is a partnership between the ABA’s Judicial Division and Council for Diversity in the Educational Pipeline.
Cutline: ABA Judicial Clerkship Program participants Elizabeth Cornejo; Farrah Goodall; Valeri Simmons; Professor Frank Sullivan; Hon. J. Michelle Childs, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit; Ronnie Kawak, and Yusuf Qureshi.
