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Job
shadow opportunities give Career Academy students hands-on, life experience - a
powerful tool that links their education to life beyond high school and can
motivate them to excel. Let me tell you a story about a recent job shadow event
at Arnold & Porter LLP.
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Academy Students
Tour Arnold & Porter LLP
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About
two weeks ago, seventeen high school juniors from Urban Education Partnership's
Career Academies program gave up their Saturday because they wanted to
participate in a job shadow event held at the law offices of Arnold &
Porter LLP downtown. Lisa Baker, chair of
the Southern California Association of Law Libraries (SCALL) welcomed the
students and gave an overview of SCALL's Inner City Youth Internship Program. Baker explained that the students who were
present would have the opportunity to interview for internships in law-related
venues. Paul Moorman from the USC Law
Library and Maria Garcia from Jones Day took the students down to Arnold &
Porter's law library and spoke with the students about "a day in the life" of a
law librarian. Students were also able
to tour the offices and enjoyed the pop art, much of it by Robert Dowd, on
display.
In addition to what students learned by participating in this job shadow, being on the 44th floor of the building created a dramatic impression. For all of them it was their first experience being in a law office like Arnold & Porter, and that experience fueled excitement about obtaining a paid internship with a law firm, and about what might be possible after high school.
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I
encourage those of you who might be able to host a job shadow event or a summer internship for Career
Academy students to contact Marilyn Alvarez or myself. Exposure to the real world makes a real
difference for young men and women as they connect their academic efforts to
the possibilities those efforts create throughout their lives.
Sincerely,
Mark Karaptian & Marilyn Alvarez
Program Director Program Coordinator
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