University of Miami School of Law

Transcription

1 Recruitment and Scholarships/Fellowships How does your school recruit minority and/or women students? UM Law hosts an annual Multicultural Admissions Fair sponsored by the UM Law Student Bar Association, The Black Law Students Association, The Asian/Pacific-American Law Students Association and the Hispanic Law Students Association. This event is also supported by the Law School Admission Council as part of National Minority Law School Recruitment Month. BLSA, HLSA and APALSA are also active in the Ambassadors Program by giving tours to visitors, calling and ing prospective and admitted students, participating in on-campus programs targeting high school or college students of color, and generally actively supporting the School's recruiting efforts. Miami Law Women actively supports the advancement of women in the legal profession and offers many programs, including a mentoring program. All of the on-campus events sponsored by the Office of Admissions and Student Recruiting are sensitive in choosing faculty, alumni, administrators and current law students participants who demonstrate the multiculturalism that we reflect and want to continue reflecting. UM Law is a member of the Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO) and participates in CLEO recruiting fairs. Please describe any scholarship and fellowship programs for minority and/or women students organized through your school. Name of scholarship program: BILL COLSON SCHOLARSHIP FUND Scholarship award amount ($U.S., indicate if the scholarship amount represents the amount for a single year or for entire scholarship): Varies This scholarship provides an outstanding incoming black student with a Dean's Scholarship and an annual stipend of $2,000. Special consideration is given to applicants who are graduates of Florida Memorial College and who have strong ties with South Florida. Name of scholarship program: CUBAN AMERICAN FOUNDATION SCHOLARSHIP FUND This partial scholarship is awarded each year to a law student who has distinguished himself/herself academically through research, writing and/or service oriented activities to the Cuban American community. Name of scholarship program: CAROL KING SCHOLARSHIP This partial scholarship is awarded at three-year intervals to an entering female student who demonstrates financial need and has a strong academic record. Name of scholarship program: HONORABLE BARBARA LEVENSON SCHOLARSHIP FUND This partial tuition scholarship is awarded annually to a mature female student in the Law School. Name of scholarship program: FLORENCE T. ROBBINS-GREENBERG, TRAURIG, HOFFMAN, LIPOFF, ROSEN & QUENTEL, P.A. SCHOLARSHIP FUND This scholarship is awarded at three-year intervals to a deserving first-year female law student. Name of scholarship program: JUDGE EUGENE P. SPELLMAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND Provides partial tuition scholarships to first-, second-, or third-year students who are of Haitian origin and who demonstrate academic merit and financial need. Read all of Vault s Law School Surveys at get complete surveys on top law schools, expert advice on applicaton essays, LSAT prep and more. 117

2 Name of scholarship program: MARIEL MELISSA SAUNDERSON (SMITH) SPENCER SCHOLARSHIP This scholarship is awarded to a second- or third-year female J.D. student or female LL.M. student. Criteria include 3.0 or higher grade point average, an interest in practicing in the field of taxation and financial need. Name of scholarship program: The James Weldon Johnson/Robert H. Waters Summer Institute Scholarship award amount ($U.S., indicate if the scholarship amount represents the amount for a single year or for entire scholarship): Each fellow enrolled in the Institute will receive a fellowship grant consisting of all necessary book expenses required for the Institute; room and board fees, and most economical available round-trip air fare from the fellow's permanent home city to Miami, Florida. Web site or other contact information for scholarship: The James Weldon Johnson/Robert H. Waters Summer Institute is an enrichment program for selected students entering the Law School. Prominent Alumni/Faculty Please provide information about prominent minority faculty members at your school. Zanita Fenton Professor Fenton teaches courses in Family Law, Torts, Race and the Law, Constitutional Law, and a seminar on reproductive rights called, "Sex, Procreation & Reproductive Technology". Professor Fenton's research interests cover issues of subordination, including those of race, gender and class. She explores these issues in the greater context of understanding violence and the attainment of justice. She writes in these areas and regularly speaks concerning these and related topics in both national and international fora. She has served as an advocate for survivors of domestic abuse. Professor Fenton received an A.B. from Princeton University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. She served as editor-in-chief of the Harvard BlackLetter Journal. She practiced briefly in the New York firm of Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton before she served as a law clerk to the Honorable Edward R. Korman, United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. She began her career in academia at the Wayne State University School of Law. Lisa Iglesias Professor of Law, earned a B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1984, and a J.D. in 1988 from Yale Law School, to which she transferred after her first year at Miami. She then worked as an associate researcher at the Harvard Law School Center for Criminal Justice; in the Harvard/Guatemala Criminal Justice Reform Project; and as an associate attorney with Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone. She has published widely in the fields of critical race theory, critical race feminism, and LatCrit theory. Since joining the faculty in 1990, she has also been a visiting professor of law at Rutgers. Professor Iglesias teaches courses on employment relations, criminal procedure, and international trade and investments, a seminar on the legal structure of economic democracy, and a course on the problems of immigrant workers that has an innovative clinical component. She also is Director of the Law School's Center for Hispanic and Caribbean Legal Studies. Ricardo Bascuas Associate Professor of Law, received his B.S. from the University of Miami in 1993 and his J.D. from the Yale Law School in For the three years prior to his joining the School of Law faculty, Professor Bascuas was an Assistant Federal Public Defender in Miami, representing indigent defendants at both the trial and appellate levels. Professor Bascuas began his law career practicing civil and criminal law in Miami as an associate at Zuckerman Spaeder, LLP. After three years, he left the firm to clerk for United States District Judge Adalberto Jordan. Professor Bascuas teaches in the areas of evidence, procedure, and criminal law. Please provide information about prominent minority alumni from your school. Marco Rubio The Honorable Marco Rubio, Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives (November, 2006), the first Hispanic and second youngest person in Florida's history to preside over a legislative body. J.D., Cum Laude, (1996); B.A. in Political Science from the University of Florida (1993). Private practice, Tew-Cardenas LLP, Miami, FL; West Miami City Commission (April, 1998-January, 2000); House District 111 (January, 2000, elected in special election to fill vacancy); re-elected to the House ( ); House Majority Whip (selected 2000), played a major role in the legislative re-districting process (2002 regular session); House Majority leader (2003); Chair, Procedures and Policy Committee (2004); Chair, Vault, Inc.

3 the Select Committee on Eminent Domain (appointed June 2005). In his significant role as Speaker of the House, Representative Rubio strives to ensure that his fellow House members are as successful as possible in accomplishing their goals by solving the unique challenges that Florida faces as an emerging, multi-ethnic state. Marco Rubio was born in 1971 in Miami, Florida, the third of four children of Cuban exiles who arrived in the U.S. in the late 1950's. In 1979, the family moved to Las Vegas, Nevada and returned to Miami in Deborah Enix Ross Ms. Enix-Ross became chair of the American Bar Association's Section of International Law in August 2006, the first African American to lead this group in its more than 100 year history. A veteran litigator, Ms. Enix-Ross currently manages the litigation practice group at Debevoise & Plimpton in New York City. She joined the firm after stints at the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva, Switzerland; at Price Waterhouse in its international litigation division; at the United States Council for International Business; at the Council of Better Business Bureaus in New York City; and at Legal Services in New York City. Her areas of expertise include intellectual property rights, international arbitration, internet law and products liability. The Honorable Melvia Green Judge, Third District Court of Appeal (appointed 1994); Dade County Circuit Judge (1989); first African American woman circuit judge. Judge Green's bench and bar service includes the Florida Supreme Court Civil Jury Instruction Committee ( ); the Judicial Management Council's Operational Planning Workshop (1998); and the JMC's Constitution Revision Committee Workshop (1997). She served as a bencher for the Eugene P. Spellman Inn of Court, ( ) and for the Peter Fay Inn of Court at St. Thomas University ( ). Judge Green has been a Faculty Advisor in the General Jurisdiction Division of the National Judicial College. She is a member of the National Association of Women Judges, the Women Lawyers Division of The National Bar Association, and the Dade Black Lawyers Association. Among her honors and awards are the Pacesetter award from Southern Women in Public Service (2003); Women Making A Difference award (1997); the Nelson Mandella Award presented by the University of Miami Black Law Students Association (1996); Outstanding Government Role Model (1990); Outstanding Community Leader in the Judicial System (1990); the Achievement Award from the African-American Business and Professional Women's Association (1989); and she was recognized as an Outstanding Young Woman of America (1985). Please provide information about prominent women faculty members at your school. Minnette Massey M. Minnette Massey, Professor of Law, received a B.B.A. (1948), LL.B. (1951), and M.A. (1952) from the University of Miami, and a LL.M. (1958) from New York University, where she was a Kenison Fellow. A professor at Miami since 1951, she has taught numerous subjects including Arbitration, Civil Procedure I and II, Conflicts of Law, Evidence, Federal Jurisdiction, Professional Responsibility and Wills and Trusts. Her main focus has been Civil Procedure. Professor Massey has authored three books as well as articles in over 27 law reviews and has been published in six books on Florida Procedure. Positions at the School of Law include: Acting Dean ( ); member of the Faculty Senate and Clinical, Admissions and Promotion and Tenure Committees; and Moot Court Advisor for 25 years ( ), during which time Miami won more state bar championships than any other law school in Florida. Florida Bar activities include serving on the Civil Procedure Rules Committee (Vice Chairman for six years), Judicial Rules Committee, and Chairman of the Student Liaison Committee. Professor Massey is a member of the American Law Institute, and has served on the NCAA Committee on Infractions and the Federal Judicial Nominating Committee. Professor Massey began her legal career as one of two women law students at the University of Miami. When she began teaching at Miami, she was one of only thirteen women law professors in the nation, and when she was named Acting Dean in 1962, she was one of only two women in the country to ever hold that position. Mary Doyle Following several years in private practice in New York City, Mary Doyle entered government service, serving as assistant general counsel for the New York State Special Commission on Attica (the McKay Commission), as assistant executive director of the New York City Board of Corrections, and as associate general counsel for grants, contracts and general administration. She was deputy general counsel of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency during the administration of President Jimmy Carter. Professor Doyle joined the faculty of the University of Arizona College of Law in 1974, where she served as associate dean for academic affairs from 1984 to She served as dean of the from 1986 through 1994 and was interim dean in During the academic years, she was dean-in-residence for the American Association of Law Schools. From fall 1999 until the beginning of 2001, she was on leave from UM Law to serve in the U.S. Department of the Interior as acting assistant secretary of the interior for water and science and as chair of an intergovernmental panel coordinating Read all of Vault s Law School Surveys at get complete surveys on top law schools, expert advice on applicaton essays, LSAT prep and more. 119

4 a massive 20-year $7.3 billion Everglades restoration program. She is currently co-director of the University's Center for Ecosystem Science and Policy. Mary Coombs Mary I. Coombs, Professor of Law, earned a B.A. (1965), an M.A. in sociology (1967), an M.A. in library science (1970), and a J.D. (1978), all from the University of Michigan. Following graduation from law school, Professor Coombs served as law clerk to Judge Henry J. Friendly of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. She was in private practice with the law firms of Latham & Watkins and Wald, Harkrader & Ross in Washington, D.C., until she joined the Miami faculty in Professor Coombs teaches and writes in the areas of torts, family law, transnational family law, criminal law, and international criminal law. She has also been active in University affairs, serving as Chair of the Faculty Senate from Please provide information about prominent women alumnae from your school. Sue Cobb Secretary of the Florida Department of State. Sue Cobb has a distinguished career in public service and the private sector. From , she served as United States Ambassador to Jamaica, where she was a passionate advocate for our country while working to build strong relations between the United States and Jamaica. Prior to being named Ambassador, Cobb had an extensive legal, business and public service career, including serving as interim Secretary of the Florida Lottery in Her public sector experience also includes three terms as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank in Miami and participation in numerous non-profit organizations. In the private sector, Cobb led several successful Florida corporations and law firms. She received her undergraduate degree from Stanford University and her Juris Doctor from the University of Miami. Cobb has been admitted to the Bar Associations of the United States Supreme Court, State of Florida, State of Colorado and District of Columbia. Sue is the author of The Edge of Everest, which chronicles her attempt to be the first woman from the United States to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Hilarie Bass Hilarie Bass is the national chair of the 425-member litigation department of Greenberg Traurig and currently serves on the firm's executive committee. Over her 25-year career, she has successfully represented clients in scores of commercial cases in jury and non-jury trials involving billions of dollars in controversy. Ms. Bass has provided more than 15 years of volunteer service to the United Way of Miami-Dade where she served as chair of the board from She is a member of the Board of Trustees of the University of Miami, having served as chair of the School of Law's capital campaign. She also has served on the Orange Bowl Committee, Super Bowl Host Committee, the Board of Directors of the Dade County Chamber of Commerce, and as a member of the International Women's Forum. She was selected by Secretary of Defense Rumsfield to participate in the Defense Department's 2002 Joint Civilian Orientation Conference and also served as a delegate to the President's Conference on Volunteerism. Caroline Lamm. Caroline Lamm is a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of White & Case where she specializes in international commercial litigation, international arbitration and international trade. Her client list includes the governments of Indonesia, the Philippines, Bulgaria and Canada and multinational corporations. Ms. Lamm was appointed by President Clinton to the U.S. Panel of Arbitrators, and later by the Government of Uzbekistan to the Uzbek Panel of Arbitrators for ICSID arbitration. She is a member of the American Arbitration Association Executive Committee and Board and has served as an arbitrator in AAA International Rules disputes. She has also rendered advice with respect to arbitration clauses and disputes under ICC rules and ad hoc arbitrations using UNCITRAL rules or agreed-upon procedures. She is a frequent lecturer on the topics of litigation, international arbitration and international trade. Prior to joining White & Case, Ms. Lamm was employed by the U.S. Department of Justice under the Attorney General's Program for Honor Law Graduates and served as a trial attorney in the Fraud Section (Civil Division), before obtaining the position of Assistant Director, Commercial Litigation Branch (Civil Division). In 2006, Ms. Lamm was named one of the 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America by the National Law Journal Vault, Inc.

5 Student Organizations Please provide information on your school diversity student and alumni organizations. For example, student-run associations and journals/publications. The Black Law Students Association The Black Law Students Association at the, exists for the support, guidance and direction of Black students in academic, professional and social endeavors. The main function is to assist members in the development of their legal careers and to provide opportunities for exposure to various areas and aspects of the legal profession. The BLSA recognizes the need to act positively in the development of the Black community, to encourage cooperation and closer ties between members of the Law School's Black community and to establish a vehicle through which their concerns are brought to bear on School of Law policy and the community at large. Hispanic Law Students Association HLSA's goal is to endow the law school and the legal community with the many talents HLSA's members possess. HLSA encourages all students to participate its many exciting, service-oriented activities that seek to foster an environment where Latin culture can thrive. In order to achieve these goals, HLSA has attained a healthy balance of work and play. Some of the service-oriented activities include: maintaining an outline bank, free of charge, for most 1L courses compiled from past "A" student members; a student-mentor program that pairs up students with local, practicing Hispanic attorneys; student run lectures on test taking, outlining, and job hunting skills; bringing speakers to campus to discuss current issues of interest; and participating in Canes Carnival. Asian Pacific American Students Association The Asian/Pacific American Students Association is an organization whose goals are to strengthen relations between Asian/Pacific law students and the local and national Asian/ Pacific Bar Associations, pursue academic excellence, foster community assistance, improve employment and training opportunities of association members, and to serve as a social forum for its members. Miami Law Women Miami Law Women is an organization that encompasses students with similar beliefs and goals for the advancement of women in the legal profession. MLW is an organization devoted to community service, networking with local attorneys and organizations, and social programming within the law school as well as within the surrounding community. The organization recently launched a Women's Mentoring Program connecting female alumni in South Florida with members of MLW and hosted a successful "Women in the Law" reception honoring the law school's esteemed female faculty and devoted administration. Networking events are a major part of MLW's success, ranging from panels comprised of female attorneys and professors to monthly mingling opportunities. MLW is also dedicated to serving the community through various service projects. Annually, its members participate in The Race for the Cure; raffles to raise money for the Susan G. Komen fund for breast cancer research and awareness; clothing drives for battered women shelters; and various other projects throughout the year. Student Organization for Human Rights The Student Organization for Human Rights was created to promote interest in human rights on campus and in the greater Miami by raising awareness of human rights concerns through film series events, speaker events, alternative break trips, and service projects. SOHR seeks to establish a forum for education, advocacy and outreach related to human rights and social justice. Please also provide information on any classes and concentrations that focus on issues related to women or minorities, such as Civil Rights Law. The has curricular strength in Constitutional Law, Public Law, and Law and Social Issues. Courses available in Civil Rights/Liberties are: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW II ADMINISTRATIVE LAW CLASS AND INEQUALITY SEMINAR AMERICAN INDIAN LAW Read all of Vault s Law School Surveys at get complete surveys on top law schools, expert advice on applicaton essays, LSAT prep and more. 121

6 CITIZENSHIP & SOCIETY SEMINAR RACE, ETHNICITIES AND THE LAW CONSTITUTION & ELECTORAL PROCESS LEGISLATION RACE & RACISM SEMINAR Career Opportunities Please describe any diversity recruiting events for employers recruiting minority and/or women students at or near your school. The Boston Lawyers Group Job Fairs, Boston, MA and Washington, D.C. Held in September, these job fairs are for students of color interested in working in Boston for their post-graduate career. There is a reception the evening before each job fair which students are strongly encouraged to attend. The Delaware Minority Job Fair, Wilmington, DE Held in August, the purpose of this job fair is to increase diversity in the Delaware bar. Heartland Diversity Legal Job Fair, Kansas City, MO Held in mid-september. The Job Fair is designed to expose law students of diverse backgrounds to both the traditional and nontraditional legal employer. Law firms and legal organizations have come together to encourage students to make Kansas City their first choice. IMPACT Legal Recruitment Program for Law Students with Disabilities, Washington, D.C. Held in Mid-September and sponsored by University of Arizona Rogers College of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, State Bar of Arizona Committee on Persons with Disabilities in the Legal Profession and the American Association of People with Disabilities. Open to law students and attorneys with disabilities. International Student Interview Program, New York, NY Held in January. This consortium program, sponsored by 30 law schools, brings together over 125 international employers to interview foreign-trained lawyers who are doing their graduate studies towards an LL.M. degree in the United States. Lavender Law Career Fair, Washington, D.C. Held in September and sponsored by the Lavender Law conference. The Career Fair, held for 2L and 3L lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students, features private firms and public organizations from all over the country. Midwest Minority Recruitment Conference, Dearborn, MI Held in late August and sponsored by the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law and the National Black Law Students Association. Open to ALL minority students across the country wishing to work in the Midwest. National Black Law Students Association Job Fairs Held throughout August and September in Cleveland, OH, Seattle, WA, New York, NY, Washington, D.C., Birmingham, AL, San Francisco, CA, Los Angeles, CA and Houston, TX. The National Black Prosecutors Association Job Fair Held in July, this job fair is open to students and alumni. The location varies by year. National Hispanic Bar Association Career Fair Held in October, the location varies each year. The job fair is open to 2L and 3L Hispanic law students. Northwest Minority Job Fair, Seattle, WA Held in early October and hosted by Perkins Coie. The mission of the job fair is to foster access to employment opportunities for historically underrepresented persons in the practice of law and to provide a networking forum for legal employers and minority law students. Rocky Mountain Diversity Legal Career Fair, Broomfield, CO Held in mid-september and open to student and recent graduates of any U.S. law school. Legal employers attending the RMDL- CF seek to hire law students and recent graduates from culturally diverse backgrounds that have been traditionally underrepre Vault, Inc.

7 sented in the practice of law in the Rocky Mountain region. These include law students and recent graduates who are ethnic or racial minorities and/or gay or lesbian. Southeastern Minority Job Fair (SEMJF), Atlanta, GA Held in August, this is one of the largest job fairs in the country. Deadline to register is in May. Students must pre-register in April in order to receive information about this job fair. Minority students are also encouraged to participate in the following job fairs: Equal Justice Works Career Fair and Conference International Student Interview Program Patent Law Job Fair Southeastern Intellectual Property Job Fair Southeastern Law Placement Consortium Washington D.C. Interview Program West Coast Interview Program Vault Law School Diversity Profile 2007 Edition The Career Planning Center partners with the following organizations and takes an active role in working with minority student organizations to promote contact with judges and attorneys in the South Florida community. Palm Beach Bar Association Minority Internship Initiative The Palm Beach Bar Association sponsors an internship program that provides students of color an opportunity to intern with South Florida's largest law firms, state appellate and circuit courts prosecutors in the tri-county area. Students have an opportunity to work with these employers throughout the fall and spring semesters. John W. Kozyak Minority Mentor Program This program pairs minority students with community attorneys and members of the judiciary who serve as mentors throughout students' law school careers. Students meet mentors at their offices, in the courtroom, and at community events. Mentors and students often continue their relationships as professionals after graduation. Cuban American Bar Association Mentor Program The Cuban American Bar Association (CABA) matches mentors with UM law students based upon the student's interest and the mentor's area of practice. CABA also hosts receptions for mentors and participating students, and invites students to participate in many of their events thought out the year. Florida Bar ementoring Program The Florida Bar ementoring Program pairs practicing attorneys with law students throughout the state. Each month students and mentors are sent a hypothetical question and are asked to discuss the relevant issues via . The mentors provide support and encouragement, offer career advice, and strive to enhance professionalism within the legal field. Strategic Plan and Diversity Leadership Please provide your school's diversity mission statement if applicable. The has three fundamental missions: To foster the intellectual discipline, creativity, and critical skills that will prepare its graduates for the highest standards of professional competence in the practice of law in a global environment subject to continual? and not always predictable? transformation. The Law School seeks to achieve this mission through a rich and demanding curriculum, instruction in legal research and writing, a wide variety of opportunities for professional skills training, and support for its students and alumni in planning and achieving rewarding professional careers. To cultivate a broad range of legal and interdisciplinary scholarship that, working at the cutting edge of its field, enhances the development of law and legal doctrine, and deepens society's understanding of law and its role in society. The Law School seeks to achieve this mission through support for a wide range of research, writing, and other scholarly activities, and through maintenance and continued improvement of a law library suited to the demands of an excellent research institution. To fulfill the legal profession's historic duty to promote the interests of justice. The Law School seeks to achieve this mission by pursuing its educational and scholarly aims in the context of a diverse faculty and student body; by enhancing representation Read all of Vault s Law School Surveys at get complete surveys on top law schools, expert advice on applicaton essays, LSAT prep and more. 123

8 in the national and local bar of communities that have historically been disadvantaged for reasons such as race, ethnicity, disability, culture, or economic status; and by instilling in its graduates rigorous professional ethics. These three missions are closely related to one another. The faculty's scholarship and teaching inform one another, and the Law School's commitment to justice invigorates both. How does your school's leadership communicate the importance of diversity of your student body, faculty and administration? The Office of Admissions and Student Recruiting and the School at large, is sensitive in highlighting our faculty, alumni, administrators and current law students who demonstrate the multiculturalism that we reflect and want to continue reflecting. There is no one office that is solely in charge of diversity; however, multiculturalism is a common theme in almost every program in which we participate or sponsor. Our recruiting materials and other promotional efforts clearly portray our multiculturalism and how important we feel diversity is to our mission. Please provide any additional information regarding your school's diversity initiatives that you wish to share. Since 1998, Miami has been ranked among the top ten law schools for Hispanics in the Hispanic Business Magazine Graduate School rankings. In four of those ten years, Miami has been ranked # 1 or #2. Through many initiatives, Miami continues to give back to underrepresented community groups by providing services and mentoring initiatives to increase the "pipeline to success". There are numerous on-going diversity initiatives that take place through multiple departments and student organizations, e.g., the Center for Ethics and Public Service's (CEPS) Community Health Rights Education Clinic is an interdisciplinary program providing legal advice and advocacy in the areas of health rights, public benefits, immigration, and permanency planning to vulnerable low-income populations in cooperation with the Schools of Nursing and Medicine; the CEPS Street Law Program teaches law, public policy, and ethics to students and faculty in Miami-Dade County public and private schools; the School of Law's Children and Youth Law Clinic is an interdisciplinary program supplying legal services to children in the foster care system and advancing law reform initiatives on behalf of low-income children and families in cooperation with the School of Medicine's Department of Psychiatry; the Black Law Students Association as well as other student groups offer mentoring opportunities to students at local public schools, HOPE (Helping Others Through Pro Bono Efforts) sponsors a Books & Buddies program, etc Vault, Inc.