Just the Beginning - A Pipeline Organization
2025 Summer Legal Institute:  Washington, DC Volunteer Registration

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Summer Legal Institute: Washington, DC
Disclaimer: These volunteer opportunities are intended for professionals in the legal field.

Thank you for your interest in volunteering with JTB for the 2025 Summer Legal Institute (SLI) - Washington, DC. SLI is an exciting multi-day program designed to introduce high school students to the legal system, expose them to careers in the legal field, and provide them with the practical tools necessary to achieve their educational goals. JTB is searching for volunteers to help make the program successful! Below is a list of volunteer opportunities in Washington, DC. on July 07 - 11, 2025. All volunteers should be engaging, prepared, and excited to work with high school students interested in law! 

Volunteer Opportunities:
  • Mock Law School Class: Help high school students understand IRAC: Issue, Rule, Analysis, Conclusion. Students will be preparing for an oral argument competition using a fact pattern and two precedent cases. We're seeking attorneys or law school professors to walk through the precedent cases using IRAC and help the students pull out the relevant rules to apply to their fact pattern. The cases will be provided to the speakers ahead of time.
  • Think Like a Lawyer - What does the Precedent Case for your Client: Students will be assigned to represent a client from a fact pattern and will give an oral argument at the end of the week. Help the students apply rules from precedent cases to the fact pattern to represent their client. The volunteers will be provided the cases in advance and will have a call with JTB staff to review the lesson plan.
  • Professional Etiquette: Present on networking skills, the "elevator pitch", appropriate questions to ask attorneys and judges, email etiquette, and more! 
  • Financial Literacy: Provide students with an overview of how to manage money. Discuss credit scores, banking, student loans, and more.
  • Oral Argument Evaluation: Join our Appellate panel and ask students questions during their oral argument presentations. Students will appreciate your insightful feedback regarding the arguments they have worked on throughout the week. Volunteers will evaluate their performance using a set of criteria provided by JTB.
  • Topics in Law: Help students understand what it's like to practice law in the real world! Discuss your practice area of law and what it entails. This lesson may include an exploration of a relevant case to help students understand the practice.
    1. Aviation law
    2. Family Law 
    3. Environmental Law 
    4. Civil Rights Law 
    5. Entertainment Law 
    6. Intellectual Property Law
JTB will follow up with you for further details once you have signed up. If you have any questions, please contact Cristina Figueroa at cfigueroa@jtb.org.
Volunteer Opportunities
Please select which volunteer opportunities you plan to attend. Volunteer sessions will take place at either Howard University College of Law or Georgetown except the Networking Reception at Holland & Knight.










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Privacy Policy
Any information supplied to Just The Beginning – A Pipeline Organization (JTB-APO) by participants, parents, volunteers or others will be used solely to fulfill their program participation and shall not be shared for any reason unless permission is granted by the the participants, parents, volunteers or others to share such information. JTB-APO does not sell or share participants, parents, volunteers or other lists. Participants, parents, volunteers or others who supply JTB-APO with their postal address or email address may be contacted periodically for solicitation purposes and/or with information regarding upcoming events. Participants, parents, volunteers or others may request to be permanently removed from JTB-APO’s mailing list by contacting us via email, phone or postal mail. All requests to be removed from JTB-APO’s mailing list shall be honored. participants, parents, volunteers or others who supply JTB-APO with their telephone number shall only be contacted by telephone regarding their program participation.
Nondiscrimination Policy
The officers, directors, committee members, employees, and persons served by this organization shall be selected entirely on a nondiscriminatory basis with respect to age, sex, race, religion, national origin, and sexual orientation.  It is the policy of JTB-APO not to discriminate on the basis of race, creed, ancestry, marital status, gender, sexual orientation, age, physical disability, veteran’s status, political service or affiliation, color, religion, or national origin.
Special Accommodations
Special accommodations are available for program participants who meet eligibility criteria and sufficiently document their request. Program participants who have a documented disability covered under the Americans with Disabilities Act, as amended, or a scheduling conflict due to a religious Sabbath or a military appointment may request special accommodations.

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In consideration for my volunteering for Just The Beginning – A Pipeline Organization (JTB-APO) program or activity, I hereby grant permission to JTB-APO and each of its affiliated or subsidiary companies, their successors, agents, and assigns to utilize my name, voice, and likeness (including, but not limited to, photographs and any video/audio recording of my appearance at the program or activity) in any and all manner and media, now known or hereafter developed, throughout the universe in perpetuity without limitation and without additional compensation or consideration, notification, or permission, unless prohibited by applicable law.

I hereby waive any right that I may have to inspect or approve any finished product (including, but not limited to, any blog, newsletters, brochures, videos, slide shows, websites, and/or other materials) or any advertising copy that may be used in connection therewith or the use to which it is applied. I hereby warrant that I have the right to make this release and that my granting this waiver and release and the rights conveyed thereby will not infringe upon the rights of any third party. I hereby assign all rights, title, and interest I may have in any and all media now known or hereafter developed in which any or all of my appearance, name, voice, and/or likeness have been captured in connection with the program or activity to JTB-APO, along with full rights of assignability. I understand and agree that any photographs and/or video/audio recordings I make at the JTB-APO program or activity shall be used solely for my private, noncommercial use, and that absolutely no sale, transmission, distribution, or commercial use of any such photographs and/or video/audio recordings or descriptions are permitted.
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FOOD ALLERGIES: An environment free of allergens, including but not limited to food allergens, cannot be guaranteed by Just The Beginning – A Pipeline Organization (JTB-APO). While reasonable efforts will be made to serve food not containing known allergens as an ingredient, vendors may prepare meals in a facility that uses nuts, soy, wheat and other known allergens. Therefore, JTB-APO cannot guarantee that any particular food product is free of all traces of any particular allergen, that consumption of a food product will not result in some form of allergic reaction, or that the you will not come into contact with any allergens while participating in the JTB-APO programs.

The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that s/he is aware of such risks and that participation in the program will expose you to food, activities and persons that may result in exposure to allergens and injury and, in that regard and assuming such risks, the undersigned hereby fully releases and discharges JTB-APO from any and all liability and/or responsibility to the undersigned, or any third party for injuries to my myself, and/or any direct, indirect, punitive, incidental or any damages that arise out of or relate to my participation in JTB-APO programming and exposure to food allergens.

MEDICAL TREATMENT: I waive and release JTB-APO and its owners, officer, directors, employees, agents and independent contractors from any and all liability for personal injuries, illness, loss or damage to property.

ASSUMPTION OF RISK: I understand that and each volunteer in the JTB-APO program(s), will be engaging in activities that may involve the risk of serious personal injury, illness, permanent disability, dismemberment, and death, and that also involve the risk of severe economic and property loss and damage. I understand that these risks may result from the actions, negligence and failure to act of myself and others (including, but not limited to, other participants in JTB-APO program(s), and the organizers, employees, staff and volunteers, if any) and the condition of any real or personal property, facilities, or equipment used during the program.

I also understand that there may be risks involved in any and all activities which I may participate which are not known to me, JTB-APO, or its organizers, directors, members, employees, staff, counselors, and volunteers, if any, and may not be foreseen or reasonably foreseeable by any of the foregoing entities or persons at this time or at the time of the program. For my participating in a JTB-APO program, these activities and associated risks may include transportation via motorized vehicle (including, but not limited to shuttle, coach, and/or school bus) between different segments of the program during program hours. Permission is granted to JTB-APO to transport me via motorized vehicle between different segments of the JTB-APO program to or from any outside facilities used by JTB-APO during the program. In consideration for my being permitted to participate in the JTB-APO program, I assume all of the foregoing risks, including, but not limited to, the risk of any negligence by other participants or by JTB-APO, and its respective owners, partners, directors, officers, employees, and agents, and the risk of injury caused by the condition of any real or personal property, facilities, or equipment used during the program, and accept personal responsibility for any injury (including, but not limited to, personal injury, disability, dismemberment, and death), illness, damage, loss, claim, liability, or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ and professionals’ fees), of any kind or nature, that I may suffer arising out of or in any way connected with the JTB-APO program or my participation in or attendance at the JTB-APO program.

I EXPRESSLY AND VOLUNTARILY ASSUME ANY AND ALL RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH PARTICIPATION IN JTB-APO PROGRAMMING. IN CONSIDERATION FOR BEING PERMITTED TO ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE IN JTB-APO PROGRAMMING AND ANY AND ALL OF THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE OR MIGHT BE ASSOCIATED WITH JTB-APO, I RELEASE AND FURTHER AGREE TO INDEMNIFY, DEFEND AND HOLD HARMLESS JTB-APO, INCLUDING ITS BOARD MEMBERS, MANAGERS, OFFICERS, OWNERS, STAFF, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, CONTRACTORS, REPRESENTATIVES, VOLUNTEERS, INTERNS AND INSURERS, FROM ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, DEMANDS, ACTIONS, CAUSES OF ACTION, LAWSUITS, EXPENSES OR LOSSES (INCLUDING ATTORNEYS’ FEES) WHATSOEVER THAT COULD BE BROUGHT BY ME OR A THIRD PARTY ACTING ON BEHALF OF ME FOR ACTS OR OMISSIONS RELATED IN ANY WAY TO, OR ARISING OUT OF, JTB-APO PROGRAMMING.
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