The Thurgood Marshall Bar Association (“TMBA”) is proud to announce the official start of its inaugural 2022 Summer Associate Program. TMBA designed the Summer Associate Program to provide Black law students with substantive legal and professional experiences to support their development as attorneys. Summer Associate Program participants are provided the opportunity to work under the guidance of Program Partners as part of a six (6) to eight (8) week, full-time program.  After successfully interviewing with the TMBA and Summer Associate Program Partners, the following six law students were selected to join this year’s program: Charnell Gilchrist, Kevin Harris, Alexandra Jara, Lauren Peterkin, Omar Rizk, and Brittany Stroud. Each student’s biography can be viewed below.

TMBA Summer Associates attended an orientation with Summer Associate Program Co-Chairs Melonie Jordan, Vice President, and Rebekah Thomas, Immediate Past President, who presented insightful tips to assist them in having a successful summer.

TMBA provided the following gifts to the Summer Associates: two sets of business cards, a personalized business card holder, professional name tags, a leather briefcase, and a personalized padfolios. Those students serving as Summer Associates at public interest organizations will receive a $3,000 stipend.

TMBA wishes to thank the following sponsors for supporting the 2022 Summer Associate Program:

• Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
• Crowell & Moring LLP
• Dorsey & Whitney LLP
• Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP