Simpson Thacher Hosts Legal Outreach Interns
07.15.11
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From July 11-14, 2011, Simpson Thacher hosted eight tenth-grade interns from Legal Outreach, Inc. Legal Outreach is a non-profit organization that prepares urban youth from underserved communities to compete at high levels by using intensive legal and educational programs. This year the students handled a mock trademark and trade dress infringement case that required them to take part in negotiations, conduct depositions, write client memos and have a hearing before a judge.
More than 50 summer associates and attorneys served as mentors, team leaders and witnesses for the internship and the mock litigation. The program was organized by associates Michera Brooks, Linton Mann III, Alyssa Watzman and paralegal Stephanie Crosskey. Simpson Thacher has participated in the Legal Outreach program since 1997. Litigation partner Bill Russell and Litigation associate Juan Arteaga serve on Legal Outreach’s Advisory Board.