Arnstein & Lehr's Chicago office hosts Just the Beginning Foundation

(top left photo: Students from Just the Beginning Foundation seated in an Arnstein & Lehr conference room along with attorneys. top middle photo: Robert Cichocki explains the business of the firm to the students. top right photo: Thomas Conley interacting with one of the students. bottom left photo: W. Toby Eveland discussing the legal profession with two students. bottom middle photo: Managing Partner, Raymond Werner listening to a student's assessment of the day's activities. "It was awesome," she said. bottom right photo: Steven Malitz, one of the firm's top litigators describing his profession.)

On June 25th, 2008 Arnstein & Lehr's Chicago office participated in  Just the Beginning Foundation's Summer Legal Institute Program.  Just the Beginning Foundation (JTBF) is a non-profit pipeline organization which supports students of color and other underrepresented groups with free educational and mentoring programs as they move towards a legal career.

The students took a tour of the office, listened to a presentation explaining the firm's business and interacted with some of the firm's attorneys over lunch. Robert Cichocki, a partner and the Chair of the Diversity Committee, lead the discussion which touched on the importance of teamwork and commitment to the success of a law firm.  He introduced the participating attorneys which included Bruce Balonick, Robert Butters, Jenifer Caracciolo, Thomas Conley, Raechelle Delarmente, Meghan Dwyer, W. Toby Eveland, James Gossett, Nicole Gross, Jason Hirsh, Jonathan Knisley, Steven Malitz, Mary Cannon Veed, Elizabeth Wei and summer associate Sarah Davenport. Other speakers included the firm's managing partner, Raymond Werner and Patricia Winter, the firm's Director of Administration.

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