School of Law students awarded NYCLA Minority Judicial Internships

Nicole Aldridge-Henry ‘2L and Jillian de Chavez’1L
Awarded New York County Lawyers' Association's (NYCLA) Summer 2010 Minority Judicial Internships

Nicole Aldridge-Henry (2L) and Jillian de Chavez (1L) from St. John’s University School of Law have been awarded Summer 2010 internships through the prestigious Minority Judicial Internship Program sponsored by The New York County Lawyers' Association's (NYCLA). The program, established by NYCLA past president the Honorable Harold Baer Jr. and his wife, Dr. Suzanne Baer, just entered its 22^nd year.  The program is a testament to NYCLA's leadership role in seeking to promote equal opportunity throughout the legal profession. Nicole and Jillian were among five judicial internship recipients selected from a pool of 53 applicants. The program is open to law students from 8 New York area law schools. Interns will spend eight weeks during the summer interning for a state or federal judge.