2023-24 Annual Report (final)

LAW & LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE 2023-24 ANNUAL REPORT

The LLI Team

Board of Directors

Site Staff

Honorable Jeffery Hopkins President, Law & Leadership Institute, LLC District Judge, Southern District of Ohio

Unique Brown Akron Site Administrator

David W. Alexander Senior Partner, Squire Patton Boggs, Ret.

Brant Lee Law School Liaison Professor of Law; Assistant Dean of Diversity & Social Justice Initiatives University of Akron School of Law

Karim A. Ali Partner, Porter Wright, Morris & Arthur

Constance Hill Cincinnati Site Administrator

Brandon Craig Assistant Director, Office of Equal Opportunity & Access, University of Cincinnati

Rudy Trejo Law School Liaison Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, Community Engagement, and Equity University of Cincinnati College of Law Tim Trepal Cleveland Site Administrator Barbara Andelman Law School Liaison Assistant Dean for Admission and Financial Aid Cleveland State 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 Inclusive Excellence, Robert M. Duncan/Jones Day Designated Associate Professor of Law The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law Shaneece Green Law School Liaison Diversity Initiatives Coordinator Capital University Law School Jade Bonner 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

Neema Bell Partner, Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP, Ret.

Frank DeSantis Partner, Thompson Hine, Ret. Tammy R. Bennett Adjunct Professor, University of Cincinnati College of Law Alycia N. Broz Partner, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP Karla Garrett Harshaw Administrator, Iddings Foundation Ronald V. Johnson, Jr. Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Brandon McClain Attorney Kathy Northern Associate Dean for Inclusive Excellence, Robert M. Duncan/Jones Day Designated Associate Professor of Law, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law Sharon Reaves Director and Chief Human Resources Officer, County of Summit Robert Solomon Vice President, Office for Inclusion Diversity & Equal Opportunity at Case Western Reserve University Michael N. Ungar Partner and Chair, Litigation Department, Ulmer & Berne LLP Marcus L. Wainwright Director, Wilkins, Griffiths & Dougherty CO., L.P.A Jim Weiler Chief Sustainability Officer, The Robert Weiler Company E.J. Wunsch President, International, 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

Central Office Staff Heather A. Creed Executive Director Antonique Flood Program Manager Nikkie Thompson Office Manager & Program Coordinator

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.

Message from the President Judge Jeffery Hopkins was the 2024 recipient of the Ohio State Bar Foundation’s highest honor, the Ritter Award. The following is an excerpt from his remarks.

As lawyers, Ohio needs our constancy and contribution of our unique talents, skills, creativity, problem solving, and ideas. I am confident that working together we can make a difference to help solve the problems that have for so long plagued our nation. In the words of Cicero, “while there is life, there is hope!”

By dedicating ourselves in this fashion we will be in keeping with the legacy of the late Chief Justice Tom Moyer who recognized this concern...[and sought a solution by creating LLI to] not only improve the administration of justice in our state, but also the perception of fairness, inclusion, and belief by all Ohio citizens in the ideals of our great Republic.

One need only attend the final state-wide moot court, mock trial, and spoken word competitions LLI holds each summer at the Ohio Supreme Court to see and feel the emotional and life-changing experience that the Law & Leadership Institute offers to high schoolers who could not otherwise fathom the idea of themselves becoming lawyers. LLI changes lives for the betterment of our profession and the administration of justice in our state...not just for the students it serves, but also for the parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, and other relatives who watch their children grow, develop, and do amazing things with the lawyering skills they’ve mastered, like the best that our profession has to offer.

Another byproduct is that LLI changes us, too, for the betterment. Through these students we can see...the future of [effective leadership] and of our beloved profession [where we work] competently, professionally, ethically, and within the bounds of the law—so that ends of justice are served.

Dr. King reminds us that “Progress never rolls in on the wheels of inevitability. It comes through all of us working together to achieve success.” We, as lawyers and citizens concerned about the health and welfare of our nation, must apply ourselves in this ongoing struggle to make it so.

PROGRAM WITH PURPOSE

Our 9th graders learned criminal law and trial procedure, took field trips to places like Wendy’s Headquarters and mayors’ offices, and heard from daily speakers. Students competed in mock trial locally and at the statewide competition at the Supreme Court of Ohio.

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10th graders learned some civil law highlights and spent a week doing internships with a local law firm or government office.

Additionally, they studied various aspects of Constitutional Law and prepared for a mock congressional hearing in the We the People competition.

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.

Our 11th grade students completed an SAT preparation course, a research paper on a landmark Supreme Court case, and a spoken word piece based on someone who demonstrated resilience during the course of that case. Our juniors also joined our seniors to visit college campuses.

12th graders prepared an appellate brief in the case of United States v. Cado Toste, a case generously given to LLI by the Ohio Center for LawRelated Education. At the conclusion of the summer, the students’ oral arguments were heard in a moot court competition at each of the sites and at the statewide competition.

SENIOR TRIP TO WASHINGTON, DC

For the third year, we were able to take our rising seniors to Washington, D.C. The trip included the following highlights: -Howard University -Georgetown University -University of District of Columbia -United State Supreme Court -Martin Luther King, Jr. and Lincoln Memorials -National Museum of African American History and Culture

-Tour of the Capitol -National Archives -The Old Post Office Museum -WWII and Korean War Memorials -Bowling at Bowlero -Various DC-cultured food spots

RESULTS

According to Instructors’ evaluations of students:

93% Improved or significantly improved their public speaking

93%

92%

Improved or

Improved or

significantly

significantly

improved their self-

improved their legal

confidence

knowledge

According to end-of-the-summer surveys of parents:

91%

87%

Agreed their student

Agreed their student

had increased their

had increased their

determination to

problem-solving

achieve their goals

ability

93% “My student learned that he has everything he needs to succeed!

And he walks taller and completely in his purpose.”

Agreed their student had increased their confidence

CLASS OF 2024 Athena Williams Miami University, ‘21 Cleveland State University College of Law, ‘24 I cherish the friends I made through

Miles Sibley The Ohio State University, ‘20 The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, ‘23

[LLI] and the instructors who

Participating in LLI was the first time

volunteered their precious time and

that I had ever met a lawyer or been

efforts. I am grateful for the

exposed to the legal field at all. Just

program's insistence that not only

having the opportunity to see that a

would we succeed, but that LLI

legal career was an option was

would support us in our endeavors.

groundbreaking for me and the

The consistency of all my instructors

foundational skills that I learned over

and LLI staff to expect excellence

those summers helped me in college

(even in summer) prepared me to

and eventually in law school. Without

have high standards for my

LLI, I’m not sure that I’d be an

education. This orientation to expect

attorney today because of how

both rigor and quality propelled me

foreign and unreachable I thought

through [my education], sitting for

the legal field was to me. Today, I’m

the bar examination in Ohio, and

happily practicing law in Chicago as a

now as an Associate at a large law

housing and eviction defense legal

firm. I thank LLI for setting the

aid attorney.

foundation that allowed me to picture myself in this field and to instill a need to give back to encourage others to do the same.

Olivia Merie Riggs University of Cincinnati, ‘23 University of Cincinnati College of Law, ‘27 One of the major lessons I learned

Amilcar Torres

from the Law and Leadership Institute is the ability to network

University of Cincinnati, ‘22 University of Cincinnati College of Law, ‘26

horizontally and vertically. Meaning

school in 2020 - a very

My participation in the Law and

look at those who are also going

Leadership Program was wonderful

through the same things you are,

uncertain time. They accepted

as it let me gain exposure and

and talk to them. They might be

The Class of 2024 started high

look at the students around you,

our offer to defer their start

knowledge of the legal system and

your next coworker or colleague.

until the following summer

the Cincinnati legal community from

Also, learning how to focus, put the

a young age. This helped me as I

phones down, and be present. You

began my law school experience

can learn so much through Law and

because I already had a basic

Leadership if you put away the

and persisted through their high school careers. This fall they are attending: The Ohio

understanding of the field which

distractions and focus on the

State University, University of

helped me get a good start once

assignments and projects. This is a

Akron, University of North

classes began.

skill you will need whether you go to

Carolina, University of Cincinnati, North Carolina A&T, and Kent State University.

law school or not.

LLI’S IMPACT ON THE LEGAL PROFESSION

2023 BY THE NUMBERS Programmatic Costs Per Year by Student

Revenue Budget by Supporter Ohio State Bar Foundation 22%

Legal

$48

Individuals 10%

5%

Transportation $155 Lunches

Foundations 4%

$1,189 Instructors $280

Events 3%

Events

Courts 13%

$43 Materials $1,026 Operations $112 Student Stipends

Ohio Department of Education 43%

Total: $631,154

Total: $2,853

2024 STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS Asian 4%

Caucasian

Gender: Female 75% Male 25%

9%

African American

Multiracial

69%

12%

Hispanic 6%

Median Family Income: $48,000

First in Family to Go to College: 73%

DIVERSITY IN LEADERSHIP FELLOWSHIP 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 were excited to add undergraduate mock trial students to our cohort this year. The fellows represent:

Capital University Law School Case Western Reserve University Case Western Reserve University School of Law Cleveland State University College of Law NKU Salmon P. Chase College of Law Ohio University The Ohio State University The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law University of Akron School of Law University of Cincinnati College of Law University of Dayton University of Dayton School of Law University of Michigan University of Toledo College of Law

Demographics of Fellows: 68% Female 32% Male 40% African American 9% Hispanic 40% White 2% Multiracial 1% Asian 8% MENA

Speakers at the fellows workshops have included:

Justice Michael P. Donnelly, Supreme Court of Ohio Zach Klein, Columbus City Attorney Andria Beckham, Owner and Principal, The Legal Free Agent LLC Jennifer Adair, Adair Consulting, Columbus City School Board Jessica Knight, Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio Kari E. Murphy, Walter + Brown LLP Niyah I. Walters, Legal Analyst, City of Columbus Kyle Strickland, Ohio Progressive Collaborative Alexis Apparicio, Corporate Counsel, CAS Clay Allen, Houston Rockets General Counsel

SUPPORTERS

IN 2023-2024 GRANTORS

IN KIND SUPPORTERS

AKRON BAR FOUNDATION AKRON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION CINCINNATI BAR FOUNDATION CITY OF AKRON ARPA VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND PREVENTION DAYTON BAR ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP DUKE ENERGY GREATER CINCINNATI FOUNDATION HARRY C. MOORES FOUNDATION JONES DAY KEATING MUETHING & KLEKAMP PLL MIROLO CHARITABLE FOUNDATION MURRAY & AGNES SEASONGOOD GOOD GOVERMENT FOUNDATION OHIO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SUMMER LEARNING AND AFTERSCHOOL OPPORTUNITIES GRANT OHIO STATE BAR FOUNDATION PROCTER & GAMBLE SHAW FOUNDATION FUND OF AKRON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS STEVE & LISA ESCHLEMAN FUND OF THE COLUMBUS BAR FOUNDATION SUPREME COURT OF OHIO TAFT STETTINIUS & HOLLISTER LLP TOLEDO BAR ASSOCIATION FOUNDATION 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 THE WENDY’S COMPANY

COLUMBUS BAR ASSOCIATION IMPROVING OHIO CENTER FOR LAW-RELATED EDUCATION OHIO STATE BAR ASSOCIATION 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 STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY MORITZ COLLEGE OF LAW UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON SCHOOL OF LAW UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO COLLEGE OF LAW

INTERNSHIP HOST CONTRIBUTORS ADVOCATES FOR BASIC LEGAL EQUALITY (ABLE) COLUMBUS CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE CUYAHOGA COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE DINSMORE & SHOHL LLP EASTMAN & SMITH LTD. KEGLER BROWN HILL + RITTER KETTERING MUNICIPAL COURT LEGAL AID OF WESTERN OHIO, INC. (LAWO) MONTGOMERY COUNTY PROBATE COURT PORTER WRIGHT MORRIS & ARTHUR LLP REMINGER CO., LPA RODERICK LINTON BELFANCE, LLP ROETZEL & ANDRESS SHUMAKER, LOOP & KENDRICK, LLP SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS SUMMIT COUNTY MUNICIPAL COURT SUMMIT LEGAL DEFENDERS VORYS SATER SEYMOUR PEASE LLP WALTON + BROWN

INDIVIDUAL SUPPORTERS ALAN ABES RONALD ADRINE PATTY & DAVID ALEXANDER NEEMA BELL STEPHEN BUCHENROTH DREW CAMPBELL MATTHEW COOPER BRANDON CRAIG STUART CUBBON FRANK DESANTIS STEVE DUNBAR LISA ESCHLEMAN ELIZABETH FARRAR TOBA FELDMAN JAMES FLYNN YOLANDA GWINN-HARLESTON PAUL HARRIS JONATHAN HOLLINGSWORTH THE HONORABLE JEFFERY HOPKINS BARBARA HOWARD DAN JAFFE STEVE JEMISON CREOLA JOHNSON RONALD V. JOHNSON, JR. MELISSA KENDRALLA SUSAN LEAR BRANT LEE

GREGORY LESTINI JOSEPH MANN JANET GREEN MARBLEY MICHAEL AND ELIZABETH MATTINA JAMES MCLEAN ROBERT MILLER BROCK MISKIMEN DAVID MOYER KATHY NORTHERN JEROME PHILLIPS THOMAS PLETZ WALTER REYNOLDS DOUG AND NANCY ROGERS STANLEY ROSS DAVID SCHAEFER EMILY SCHIFFER ARLENE SINGER CARL SMALLWOOD ROBERT SOLOMON JILL & CHRISTOPHER SPIKER MICHAEL UNGAR JIM AND SANDY WEILER ROBERT WEILER LEE WENDEL WILLIAM WEISENBERG MERLE WILBERDING E.J. WUNSCH

Investing in the Future Tom and Kathy Kahle have endowed a scholarship at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law for a law student who participated in the Law & Leadership Institute while in high school. The first of its kind, this is a true investment in students who have long demonstrated a commitment to their futures and a desire to lead. We are grateful the Kahles have seen the value of LLI programming and are supporting the bright futures of our students!

OPPORTUNITIES TO PARTNER

LAW & LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE

PERSONAL ENGAGEMENT

FINANCIAL ENGAGEMENT

Opportunities to engage with students

Financial engagement at any level is

vary to some degree by city and season

appreciated. Some designated levels of

but generally include:

sponsorship include:

Speaker presentation during Summer

Sponsor one year of programming for

Institute

one student ($2,500)

Host 10th grade student for 4-day

Fund a recruiter for one city ($3,000)

academic internship in mid-July

Sponsor of statewide competition

Host group of students for afternoon

($7,500)

field trip

Sponsor the cost of local supervisor in

Judge in local or statewide

one city ($11,000)

competition in late July

Statewide lunch sponsor ($30,000)

Speak to Diversity in Leadership

Sponsor of one city's class through

Fellows (law students and

graduation (4-year commitment of

undergraduate students) in Columbus

$25,000 each year)

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