The Minority Bar Association of Western New York, Inc. (MBAWNY) Task Force, in partnership with the Buffalo Public School District and the University at Buffalo Law School, are presenting the first of many future Speaker Series panel events at Buffalo’s own Bennett High School. The Speaker Series Event consists of an interactive panel presentation to high school students by various speakers who are current attorneys or legal professionals in the Buffalo/Western New York community.
The MBAWNY Task Force, committed to increasing diversity within the legal, and other professions, has put this program in place to inspire and encourage high school students to take their academic careers seriously so that they may be in good standing to pursue their dreams. It’s our hope that our youth will look to the legal profession and see it as something they themselves can achieve because, we need them!
MBAWNY’s February 8th Task Force Speakers will include:
- Tiffany Perry ‘00, Esq., Assistant County Attorney, Erie County Department of Law
- William F. Trezevant ‘93, Esq., Attorney at Law
- Joseph Brown, Esq., Senior Associate, Hodgson Russ LLP
- Pamela S. Schaller ‘09, Esq., Associate, Hodgson Russ LLP
Details for the Event:
February 8, 2010 at Bennett High School from 9:15am to 10:00am and again from 10:00am to 10:45am in the Bennett High School Courtroom, Second Floor. Special thanks to David Mauricio, Bennett High School Principal, Julie Christiano, and Bennett’s staff for all of their coordination and assistance. Special thanks also goes to Tiffany Perry, Esq., one of our first speakers, who was herself a graduate of Bennett High School’s Law Magnet Program.
While it is the Task Force’s goal to implement the Speaker Series program in all of Buffalo City’s high schools and community groups over time, the Bennett Program will launch this series and we have great expectations for this event. For additional information, contact Julie Christiano at Bennett High School at 445-7500 or for information concerning the Task Force, contact Jessica M. Lazarin, Esq., at 847-0662, ext. 316.
