How to Get Involved in YLS Activities and Committees
Getting involved in YLS Activities and Committees is easy. Many activities listed on our Statewide Young Lawyer Calendar simply require you to show up and take part in the event. We also announce events and activities on our Facebook page, and you can join the YLS group on Facebook by clicking this icon.
For greater involvement, young lawyers can volunteer to serve on YLS’ committees. These committees are charged with organizing and spearheading YLS’ activities and events throughout the state, consistent with the agenda set each year by the YLS Council.
A description of the 2010-2011 YLS Committees that are open to non-YLS Council members appears below. After you decide which committee or committees interest you, please click the link below to send an email to YLS that states the committee or committees that interest you.
From there, the YLS committee chair will contact you with further information. Our goal is to involve as many young lawyers in our activities as possible, and to match them with activities and events, consistent with their level of interest and time constraints. Your level of involvement can be great or small, depending what is needed and how much time you wish to commit.
YLS 2011-2012 Committees Open to any Young or Recently Admitted Lawyer
Community Service
This committee is charged with overseeing a variety of YLS activities that fall under the heading of community service, including Habitat for Humanity and holiday giving events and the "Needs of Families" project, which solicits donations for community causes.
Chair: Jamica Johnson
Special Needs Subcommittee Chair: Megan Fewell
YLS Council Members: Marti Clark, Jake Reinbold, Rachel Shenker
Newsletter
This committee is responsible for producing YLS’ quarterly e-Newsletter, the Young Lawyer. Committee members write and solicit articles, and help photograph events. This committee helps put together one of the most visible parts of YLS’s activities, and its members have a great opportunity to reach out to young lawyers across the state.
Chair: Marissa Curran
YLS Council Members: Brandon Corl, Michael Gardner, Jared Rose
Citizen Education and Outreach
This committee is responsible for the various educational and community outreach programs sponsored by YLS.
Chair: Betsy Blake
Subcommittee chairs:
Constitution/Liberty Day (mid September) – Betsy Blake
They Had a Dream – Monika Jenkins
Read Across America (early March) – Kristi Pfotenhaur Byrne
Law Day Essay (short term activity) – Adam Pihana
Law Day Picture Contest (short term activity) – Megan Wiese
Advisory Committee on Citizenship Outreach - Betsy Blake, Mandy Kamykowski
Other members: J. Brent Dulle, Talley Kendrick, Jared Rose
CLE
This committee is responsible for developing, organizing, and presenting CLE programming for young lawyers.
Chairs: Marti Clark
YLS Council Members: Nicole Fisher, Jennifer Matthew, Bryan Sanger, Jason Sengheiser
Pro Bono/Access to Justice
This committee works with YLS’ affiliate organizations and programs to provide pro bono opportunities to young lawyers and to promote the public’s access to justice.
Chair: Nicole Fisher
YLS Council Members: Betsy Blake, Heidi Doerhoff Vollet, Phyllis Norman
Publications
The Publications Committee is responsible for the various educational publications created, edited, and distributed by YLS.
Chair: Andrew Lyskowski
YLS Council Members: Ryan Horsman, Jennifer Matthew, Jason Sengheiser