LAW& LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
2021-22
Annual Report
The Law & Leadership Institute, LLC is a state-wide initiative in collaboration with the legal and business community that inspires and prepares students from underserved communities for post-secondary and professional success through a comprehensive four-year academic program in law, leadership, analytical thinking, problem solving, writing skills and professionalism.
Honorable Jeffery Hopkins
President, Law & Leadership Institute, LLC
U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Ohio
Lindsay Ford Ellis, Esq.
Secretary, Law & Leadership Institute, LLC
Assistant General Counsel, OhioHealth
Merle F. Wilberding, Esq.
Treasurer, Law & Leadership Institute, LLC Attorney, Coolidge Wall
David W. Alexander
Senior Partner, Squire Patton Boggs
Karim A. Ali
Partner, Porter Wright, Morris & Arthur
Neema Bell
Partner, Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP, Ret.
Frank DeSantis
Partner, Thompson Hine
Tammy R. Bennet
Partner, Dinsmore & Shohl LLP
Alycia N. Broz
Partner, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
Lisa Eschleman
Senior Counsel, Friedman & Mirman Co., L.P.A.
Ashley A. Futrell
Associate, Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick LLP
Ronald V. Johnson, Jr. Chief Ethics Officer, Law Group KeyBank National Association
Alan Michaels
Professor and Edwin M. Cooperman Chair in Law, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
Honorable Michael J. Newman U.S. District Court, Southern District of Ohio
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Kathy Northern Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion and the Jones Day /Robert M.Duncan Associate Professor of Law, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
Sharon Reaves
Director and Chief Human Resources Officer, County of Summit
Michael N. Ungar
Partner and Chair, Litigation Department, Ulmer & Berne LLP
Marcus L. Wainwright Director, Wilkins, Griffiths & Dougherty CO., L.P.A
Bob Weiler, Sr.
Board Chairman, The Robert Weiler Company
E.J. Wunsch
Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, The Wendy's Company
Steve Jemison, Esq.
Board Member Emeritus, Law & Leadership Institute, LLC Chief Legal Officer, Procter & Gamble, Ret.
Nancy H. Rogers
Board Member Emeritus, Law & Leadership Institute, LLC Professor Emeritus, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
Carl Smallwood
Board Member Emeritus, Law & Leadership Institute, LLC Director, Divided Community Project
The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
William Weisenberg
Board Member Emeritus, Law & Leadership Institute, LLC Policy Advisor and Consultant, The Ohio State Bar Association, Ret.
SITE STAFF
CENTRAL OFFICE STAFF
Heather A. Creed Executive Director Olivia Thompson Program Manager
Ariana Davis Office Coordinator
Karlek Jarvis Akron Site Administrator
Brant Lee Law School Liaison Professor of Law; Assistant Dean of Diversity & Social Justice Initiatives University of Akron School of Law
Myla Cardona-Jones Cincinnati Site Administrator
Na’Tasha Webb-Prather Law School Liaison Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, Community Engagement, and Equity University of Cincinnati College of Law
Christopher Horne Cleveland Site Administrator
Barbara Andelman Law School Liaison Assistant Dean for Admission and Financial Aid Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
Alyson Suter Alber Law School Liaison Associate Dean for Enrollment Planning and Strategic Initiatives Case Western Reserve University School of Law
Victoria Peterson Columbus Site Administrator
Kathy Northern Law School Liaison Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion and the Jones Day /Robert M. Duncan Associate Professor of Law The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
Patricia McAlpine Dayton Site Administrator
Julie Jackson Law School Liaison Assistant Director, Career Services University of Dayton School of Law
Marilyn F. Preston Site Administrator/Law School Liaison Professor of Legal Research and Writing University of Toledo College of Law
Ready to Grow Together
While many of us have returned largely to a sense of pre pandemic normalcy, some continue to struggle with the lasting impact of a life turned upside down. Families continue to experience the physical impact of being sick, the financial impact of losing income, or the social impact of extended isolation. For students, in addition to these losses, many have suffered academic losses as well. It has always been our mission to prepare underserved students for academic success in high school, college, and beyond. But as the gap continues to grow for those who had fewer means to navigate the challenges the pandemic presented, our mission becomes that much more important. Thus, we enter 2023 with a strategic plan to more than triple the number of students served over the next three years. We are confident that by partnering with the school districts our students attend, the legal and business communities that inspire and support our students, and our hardworking students themselves, we can grow not only in number but in impact for many years to come!
Message from the Executive Director
Engaging students with a law-based curriculum to develop skills necessary for academic and professional success Using the goal of a professional career as the driving force behind educational achievement Vision Setting Understanding rights and responsibilities of citizenship to effectively lead in various contexts Leadership Development Skill Building Creating a culture for underserved students in which educational attainment is encouraged and celebrated Supportive Community C O R E C O M P O N E N T S T R A T E G I C G O A L P R O G R A M E L E M E N T S Daily Speakers Field Trips College Visits Law Student Instructors Team Activities: Mock Trial, We The People Moot Court Extensive Programming (700 hours together) Leadership Jumpstart Resilience Cafe Legal Internships Attorney Mentors Research Papers SAT Preparation Public Speaking Case Analysis 9thGrad e Criminal L a w MockTrial 10thGrade LegalInternship s WethePeople 1 1 thGrade SAT prep R e searchPaper 12thGrade Co llegeApplicationMootCourt WITH PURPOSE PROGRAM
COMPETITION STATEWIDE
For the first time since 2019, we were able to bring our students from around the state together for a culminating event at the Ohio Statehouse at which the students demonstrated their skills and competed to be the statewide champion.
We The People Mock Trial
Using the Street Law case of New Columbia v. Chris Archer, 9th grade students argued whether a college student was guilty of first degree murder and criminal hazing. After only ents m from
We The People, a mock congressional hearing created by the Center for Civic Education, was added to the 10th grade curriculum when the pandemic prevented the students from participating in internships. We continued the activity this year with the team from Cincinnati
In our Resilience Cafe, 11th grade students perform a spoken word piece they have written from the perspective of someone who demostrated resilience during the course of a landmark Supreme Court case. Dayton student Wriley Lowe earned 1st place with a perfect score.
Only four weeks after receiving the case, 12th grade students wrote appellate briefs and delivered oral arguments in the Ohio Center for Law Related Education case of United States v Cado Toste. The team from Dayton took 1st place.
2022 SENIOR COLLEGE TRIP
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U.S. Supreme Court U S Supreme Court U S Court
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of Congress of Congress Library Congress NMAAHC "Contemplative Court" "Contemplative "Contemplative Court" MLK Memorial MLK Memorial MLK Memorial
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National Museum of African National Museum of Museum African American History and Culture History Culture American and Culture Howard University University Howard University
Capitol
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take twelve rising seniors from Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus, and Dayton to Washington, D C to tour several campuses
see national landmarks As an added bonus, LLI Alumnus William Clayton, Special Assistant to Senator Sherrod Brown, gave the group a personalized tour of the U.S. Capitol. We are excited to see where our young leaders will land in the coming years!
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Speakersatthefellowsworkshopshaveincluded: JusticeMichaelP Donnelly,SupremeCourtofOhio AnthonyJoseph,CAO&GeneralCounsel,WhiteCastleManagementCo VipalPatel,SquirePattonBoggs AndriaBeckham,TheScottsCompanyLLC DavidFaure,TheScottsCompanyLLC TaKeyshaM.Sheppard,Bricker&Eckler JenniferAdair,StateofOhio,ColumbusCitySchoolBoardPresident CarlSmallwood,Co DirectorDividedCommunityProject,TheOhio StateUniversityMoritzCollegeofLaw NancyRogers,ProfessorEmeritusofLaw,TheOhioStateUniversity MoritzCollegeofLaw LukeA Fedlam,PorterWrightMorris&ArthurLLP LindsayFordEllis,OhioHealth HenriqueGeigel,HispanicNationalBarAssociationRegionXPresident BillNolan,Barnes&ThornburgLLP KariE Murphy,CaJacobLawGroup NiyahI Walters,LegalAnalyst,CityofColumbus KyleStrickland,KirwanInstitutefortheStudyofRace&Ethnicity AlexisApparicio,CorporateCounsel,LancasterColonyCorporation The Diversity in Leadership Fellowship is a 1 year fellowship that seeks to create a culturally competent generation of leaders who are confident in their diversity and leadership expertise, and who will be advocates in promoting DEI as they lead now, and as they continue to positions of higher leadership in the future We now are midway through the DIVERSITY IN LEADERSHIP FELLOWSHIP Capital University Law School Cleveland State University Cleveland Marshall College of Law Salmon P Chase College of Law University of Dayton School of Law University of Toledo College of Law University of Akron School of Law Demographics of Fellows: 67% Female 33% Male 60% African American 6% Asian 27% Caucasian 7% MENA fourth year of the fellowship, and this group of law student fellows represents:
Programmatic Costs Per Year by Student Materials $90 AfricanAmerican 76% Caucasian 8% Other 5% Multiracial 5% Hispanic 6% 2021 BY THE NUMBERS Revenue Budget by Supporter Lunches $51 Operations $1,178 Instructors $1,187 StudentStipends $79 Events $35 Total: $2,649 OhioStateBarFoundation $152,900 LegalCommunity $87,530 Individuals $69,525 CommunityFoundations $30,500 Courts $80,500 Total: $547,488 First in Family to Go to College: 69% 2022 STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS Median Family Income: $45,000 Gender: Female 72% Male 28% Transportation $29 Corporate/LegalEventSponsorship $126,533
SUPPORTERS IN 2021-2022
AKRON
BAR FOUNDATION
AKRON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
CINCINNATI BAR FOUNDATION
CINCINNATI BLACK GIVING CIRCLE
DAYTON BAR ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION
DAYTON LEGAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION
FEDERAL BAR ASSOCIATION
GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION
HARRY C. MOORE FOUNDATION
JACK & JILL OF AMERICA FOUNDATION
MURRAY & AGNES SEASONGOOD GOOD GOVERMENT
FOUNDATION
OHIO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SUMMER
LEARNING AND AFTERSCHOOL OPPORTUNITIES
GRANT
OHIO STATE BAR FOUNDATION
PROCTER & GAMBLE
STEVE & LISA ESCHLEMAN FUND OF THE COLUMBUS BAR FOUNDATION
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO
TOLEDO BAR ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION
UNITED WAY OF SUMMIT & MEDINA
U.S. DISTRICT COURT, NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
U.S. DISTRICT COURT, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO
VERNON L. ODOM FUND OF THE AKRON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
INTERNSHIP HOST CONTRIBUTORS
ADVOCATES FOR BASIC LEGAL EQUALITY (ABLE)
DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP
EASTMAN & SMITH LTD.
FROST BROWN TODD LLC
KASTNER WESTMAN & WILKINS, LLC
KEGLER BROWN HILL + RITTER
LEGAL AID OF WESTERN OHIO, INC. (LAWO)
REMINGER CO., LPA
RODERICK LINTON BELFANCE, LLP
SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS, LLP
VORYS, SATER, SEYMOUR AND PEASE LLP
IN KIND SUPPORTERS
OHIO STATE BAR ASSOCIATION
OHIO CENTER FOR LAW-RELATED EDUCATION
SUPREME COURT OF OHIO
UNIVERSITY OF AKRON SCHOOL OF LAW
CAPITAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF LAW
CLEVELAND MARSHALL COLLEGE OF LAW
THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY MORITZ COLLEGE OF LAW
UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON SCHOOL OF LAW
UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO COLLEGE OF LAW
BRICKER & ECKLER LLP
PATTY AND DAVID ALEXANDER
THE HONORABLE RONALD ADRINE
MAUREEN ANDERSON
TODD AND ANN BAILEY
NEEMA BELL
LORI J. BROWN
STEPHEN BUCHENROTH
JOAN BUFFINGTON
WILL BURKEY
DREW CAMPBELL
JAMES CLAFLIN
TERRI COLBERT
KATHY COLLINS
DALE S. CONKLIN
MATTHEW COOPER
STUART CUBBON
EVELYN DALCOMA
WILLIAM DAWLEY
MARY C. DAY
JOSHUA DRESSLER
ANTHONY EHLER
CYNTHIA L. FERRARA
LINDSAY FORD ELLIS
LISA ESCHLEMAN
MARY ESCHLEMAN
MASON EVANS
TOBA FELDMAN
KATHY FERGUSON
JAMES FLYNN
CYNTHIA A. FOSTER
MARGIE FRAZIER
THOMAS FRIEDMAN
DORIS J. GIAMBRI
BRIAN GOMEZ
JEFF GOMEZ
ROBERT A. HANSON
BARBARA J. HARPER
EDWIN HECHLER
PAT HELPBRINGER
CLYDE HENRY
JENNIFER HOLADAY
THE HONORABLE JEFFERY HOPKINS
BARBARA HOWARD
MARY LOUISE HUTSON
KIMBERLY JACKSON
STEVE JEMISON
MELISSA KENDRALLA
JAMES KING
THOMAS LAMMERS
SUSAN LEAR
HELEN MACMURRAY
JANET GREEN MARBLEY
LEANN MASSUCCI
CHRISTINA MATTHEWS
KATHERINE MATTHEWS
MICHAEL AND ELIZABETH MATTINA
DEBORAH MERRITT
HELEN AND THOMAS MESS
DENISE MIRMAN
ALAN MICHAELS
PETER C. MILLER
WILLIAM T. MILLER
BROCK MISKIMEN
ROBERTA MITCHELL
MARTIN MOHLER
DAVID MOYER
JILL O'SHEA
CHRISTINE OUELLETTE
ROBERT PALMER
KEN PATEL
JEROME PHILLIPS
TOM PRATT
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The Ohio Department of Education awarded $89 million in Summer Learning and Afterschool Opportunities Grants to 161 community based partners, including the Law & Leadership Institute Thanks to support from each of the major metropolitan school districts in each of the six cities where LLI works, as well as support from the deans of all of Ohio's law schools where LLI programming is held, LLI was selected from more than 700 applications from across the state This $600,000 investment in LLI's work will be used to increase the number of students served and to provide additional opportunities to expose students to and prepare students for opportunities in higher education. We are grateful for the tremendous support and look forward to serving more students across Ohio!
LAURA C. PROTO WALTER REYNOLDS DOUG AND NANCY ROGERS COURTLYN ROSER-JONES TARA ROSNELL
ALLISON ROSS STANLEY ROSS SUE R. RUND EMILY SAMLOW
MARTHA CUTRIGHT SARRA DAVID SCHAEFER SARAH SIFF MARION SMITHBERGER JILL SPIKER DR. GEORGE SPURLOCK III JENNIFER SUGERIK
HONORABLE JOAN SYNENBERG SARA TODD MICHAEL UNGAR CHARLES WARNER JIM AND SANDY WEILER ROBERT WEILER MERLE WILBERDING BENJAMIN WILSON WEBB VORYS JOEL ZALAC
ANDUNDERWRITINGBY: ANDUNDERWRITINGBY: STAY TUNED FOR THE NEXT EVENT IN THE
FOR JUSTICE SERIES COMING IN 2023! Special thanks to our generous sponsors for making our Leaders for Justice series possible: MERLE WILBERDING
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OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTNER PERSONAL ENGAGEMENT FINANCIAL ENGAGEMENT TO PARTNER, CONTACT HEATHER CREED HCREED@LAWANDLEADERSHIP.ORG
& LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE Sign up to mentor 1 2 students Speaker presentation during Summer Institute Host 10th grade student for 4 day academic internship in late July Host group of students for afternoon field trip Judge in local or statewide competition in late July Speak to Diversity in Leadership Fellows (law students) in Columbus Sponsor one year of programming for one student ($2,500) Sponsor of statewide competition ($5,000) Sponsor the cost of local supervisor in one city ($10,000) Statewide lunch sponsor ($25,000) Sponsor of one city's class through graduation (4 year commitment of $25,000 each year) Opportunities to engage with students vary to some degree by city and season but generally include: Financial engagement at any level is appreciated. Some designated levels of sponsorship include:
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