Eastport-South Manor Jr.-Sr. High School students recently participated in Law Career Day, which was held on May 22nd.
The event lent the district’s elder-most Sharks the chance to receive endless insights into what a typical day can be like for a professional attorney. It also provided a guide as to what courses students at both the high school and collegiate levels ought to enroll in, should the law track appeal to them more than any other.
Guest panelists also waxed poetic about both the challenges of law school and the defining moments of their respective careers.
“Even if you are not a lawyer, the law affects all of your rights,” consumer debts attorney Maria Degennaro told the students. “I encourage you to take a law class.”
Alongside Degennaro were: attorney Gabriele Burner, Karen Caggiano, Bureau Chief Family Court Bureau Karen Caggiano, Surrogate’s Court Deputy Chief Clerk Amy Campbell, New York City Supreme Court senior court reporter Darlene Devlin, Suffolk County Court Judge Kenneth Lauri and paralegal Emma Rubin.
Eastport-South Manor senior Angelina Sankar, also a Mock Trial member, rounded out the panel.
As part of the Law Career Day’s morning seminar, all panelists in attendance also tackled contemporarily prescient issues such as the ramifications of artificial intelligence. They also conveyed the importance of writing and public speaking, in law and as a virtue in general.
Additionally, bankruptcy lawyers are ever in demand, the panel confirmed.
Express your ideas, appreciate mentorship, and make a name for yourself in your community, the panel also professed.
As do we in the South Shore Press newsroom.