Summer Legal Institute

# Summer Legal Institute The Summer Legal Institute (SLI) is the cornerstone youth program of Just The Beginning - A Pipeline Organization, a nonprofit founded by federal judges to widen access to the legal profession. Each SLI is a five-day legal immersion hosted in a partner city, staffed by volunteer judges, attorneys, and law students from local courts and firms. ## What You'll Do - Work through interactive, legal-focused workshops over five consecutive days - Practice reading, legal writing, critical thinking, and public speaking on real case material - Meet and work directly with sitting judges, practicing attorneys, and law students - Cover professional etiquette and financial literacy alongside the legal content - Continue with JTB's other free offerings: Middle School Law Camp, the virtual Law School 101 and ConnectED sessions, and the iLead Law & Leadership Conference ## Who Should Apply High school students in grades 9-12, with the program aimed at young people from socioeconomic, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds underrepresented in the legal profession. Sites have recently run in Los Angeles, San Diego, Washington DC, Chicago, and Seattle; registration opens per-city through JTB's program schedule. ## Outcomes JTB states its pipeline programs are 100% free to scholars. Participants finish with a working feel for courtroom practice, contacts among judges and lawyers in their own city, and access to JTB's continuing scholar programming through high school and college.