On Sat., May 11, Parsons Behle & Latimer hosted fellows for mentoring and a luncheon at the third Utah Center for Legal Inclusion (UCLI) & Kirton McConkie Pre-Law Fellowship Workshop. The Pre-Law Fellowship supports up to 10 individuals who are seriously interested in the study of law and includes an enrichment series of 10 seminars on topics related to law school, the legal field and law school application; access to a designated attorney mentor and law student mentor; a fully paid LSAT course; and reimbursement of any related expenses, such as law school applications, LSAT test fees and travel to attend the seminars.
The May 11 event was organized by Parsons’ Chief People Office Nicole Farrell who also presented at the event and worked one-on-one with fellows on their resumes. New Parsons’ attorney Monica McCann volunteered to join the event and not only worked with fellows individually but also provided an impromptu presentation during lunch that described her own journey to a legal career in Utah and provided additional pointers on successful resume characteristics.
The event was conducted by Paula Gluzman, a consultant and the director of Diversity & Inclusion at Spivey Consulting Group, of California who will conduct two subsequent workshops focused on law school applications, walking the fellows through the process and helping them hone their application materials. The focus of this first workshop was resumes, letters of recommendation and addenda. Fellows received targeted, specific information about how to be successful with each of these components of the law school application, then worked with a mentor to implement the principles they learned.
Monica McCann, an attorney at Parsons Behle, discusses resume pointers with University of Utah student Iradukunda Esperance
The 2024 UCLI & Kirton McConkie Pre-Law Fellows with attorney volunteers (far left) Monica McCann and (far right) Nicole Farrell
