South Carolina Bar News June 2012 : Page 26
Young lawyer Tombo Hite reads to children at Whitmire Community School. Young lawyers celebrate Law Week YOUNG LAWYERS DONATED THEIR TIME TO ADULTS AND CHILDREN ALIKE DURING COMMUNITY LAW WEEK , observed annually during the first week of May. The Young Lawyers Division (YLD) expanded this year’s effort to two weeks to implement two major projects statewide. During the first week, volunteers staffed phone banks and web chats for four special Ask-A-Lawyer events, with one event held in each of the state’s major television markets. Ask-A-Lawyer is held periodically throughout the year on a regional basis to help South Carolinians with their legal questions. During the second week, young lawyers visited 15 elementary schools across the state to read to classrooms and present a book to each student who pledged to read it at home. This program was a part of Cocky’s Reading Express, a collabo-ration of the University of South Carolina’s Student Government and the University’s School of Library and Information Sciences. The ultimate goal of the program is to reduce the cycle of illit-eracy among South Carolina’s children and adults, particularly in those communities that are underserved or disadvantaged. 26 Junee;2012e;|e; SC Bar News |e;www.scbar.org
Young Lawyers Celebrate Law Week
YOUNG LAWYERS DONATED THEIR TIME TO ADULTS AND CHILDREN ALIKE DURING COMMUNITY LAW WEEK, observed annually during the first week of May. The Young Lawyers Division (YLD) expanded this year’s effort to two weeks to implement two major projects statewide.<br /> <br /> During the first week, volunteers staffed phone banks and web chats for four special Ask-ALawyer events, with one event held in each of the state’s major television markets. Ask-A-Lawyer is held periodically throughout the year on a regional basis to help South Carolinians with their legal questions.<br /> <br /> During the second week, young lawyers visited 15 elementary schools across the state to read to classrooms and present a book to each student who pledged to read it at home. This program was a part of Cocky’s Reading Express, a collaboration of the University of South Carolina’s Student Government and the University’s School of Library and Information Sciences. The ultimate goal of the program is to reduce the cycle of illiteracy among South Carolina’s children and adults, particularly in those communities that are underserved or disadvantaged.
