She also reported on YLD s Pre-Law Student Leadership Conference, to be held in Yakima on April 15, 2000. At the conference, high school students are encouraged to become lawyers through leadership development training with lawyers as role models. Steve Marsalis gave the Board an overview of YLD s Aspiring Youth Program, designed to educate and inspire at-risk youth. The pilot program now operating in Spokane is destined to future expansion into the Seattle area. YLD president-elect Tom Quinlan described YLD s Scholarship Mentorship Program, which pairs attorneys and judges with high school students who observe the attorneys in action.
Students then write about what they learned.
YLD awards scholarships for college expenses. The program started in Tacoma, but has now spread to Seattle. John Brangwin talked about YLD s sponsorship of brown-bag lunch discussions regarding equality in practice. Paul Lehto described the Law Student Mentorship Program, which is venturing into an area the Board of Governors encouraged all to explore. Walt Olsen discussed the Youth and Law Program, for elementary and middle school children to participate in mock trials and related discussions.