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Summer Pre-law Program participants meet attorney-mentors
The Judiciary’s Summer Pre-law Program participants met with their attorney-mentors on June 21, 2014, before officially starting classes today. Thirteen participants will undertake an intense, three-week study of law: Anthony H. Aguon, Carmen V. Borja, Tina R. Cruz, Sahjahan T. Hossain, Savana V. Manglona, Jaclyn T. Mendiola, Maisie Lynn SN. Mesngon, Zalbert C. Palma, Susan S. Pascual, Gretchen A. Smith, Christopher A. Tenorio, Angelina T. Tretnoff, and Dan Ryan B. Tumaquip.
In addition to teaching courses in Contracts and Property, Emeritus Professor Robert J. Desiderio of the University of New Mexico School of Law and Professor Rose Cuison-Villazor of the University of California at Davis School of Law will present a series of free lectures, open to the public, as part of The Law in the Community Lecture Series.
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- Summer Pre-Law Program 2014 participants and attorney mentors gather for orientation prior to the commencement of classes on Monday June 23, 2014 (Contributed Photo)
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- From left to right: Summer Pre-Law Program 2014 attorney mentor Victorino Torres, program participants Jaclyn T. Mendiola and Gin Decker with attorney mentor Bobbi Cepeda (Contributed Photo)
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- Summer Pre-Law Program participants, from left to right, Carmen V. Borja, Savana V. Manglona and attorney mentor Deborah Fisher (Contributed Photo)
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- Summer Pre-law program participant Tina R. Cruz, left, and attorney mentor Jeanne Rayphand (Contributed Photo)
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- Attorney mentor Bruce Mailman speaks to the Summer Pre-Law Program 2014 participants at the orientation assembly Saturday June 21, 2014. (Contributed Photo)
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- Summer Pre-Law Program participants, from left to right, Sahjahan T. Hossain, Anthony H. Aguon and Zalbert C. Palma, (Contributed Photo)
The Law in the Community Lecture Series will begin on June 26 at 6pm at the American Memorial Park, with Villazor’s lecture on “Immigration Reform and NMI Impact.” On July 1, Desiderio will present “Revisiting the Covenant: Military Interest in the NMI” at 6pm at the American Memorial Park. On July 8, Villazor will discuss “Article 12 Referendum: Blood Quantum and Other Constitutional Issues” at 6pm at the American Memorial Park. To conclude the series, on July 10, Desiderio will present on “Legal Education and the Minority Student” at the Guma Hustisia’s Law Library at 12pm. Attorneys may receive one continuing legal education credit for each lecture attended.
The program is made possible by the Northern Marianas Humanities Council, a nonprofit corporation funded in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities; Northern Marianas Judiciary Historical Society; Bridge Capital, LLC; CNMI Bar Association; Delta Air Lines; Garment Residual Charitable Fund; Hertz Rent A Car; JET Realty and Development; Saipan Shipping Co.; Saipan Stevedore Co., Inc.; and Triple J Star Wholesale Foods. (NMI Judiciary)
