ASU mentoring program promotes diversity

Articles about a youth mentoring program started by professor Charles Calleros and an award from the State Bar of Arizona he recently received as a result of that work were published in the June 26 edition of The Arizona Republic.

In “ASU mentoring program promotes diversity in legal profession,” reporter Luci Scott wrote about the benefits middle school, high school and college students receive from spending time with law students and attorneys in the community. Recently, a group of students attended a mock-trial program at the College of Law, learning the basics of law from 3L Chaz Ball.

The diversity-pipeline mentoring program is a partnership of the law school and the Hispanic National Bar Association. Calleros wants all the students to pursue education, if not come all the way to law school.

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The other article, “State Bar honors ASU professor for role in mentoring program,” was about Calleros receiving an annual award from the State Bar of Arizona Committee on Minorities and Women in the Law. The award recognized him for professional excellence and efforts on behalf of minorities and women in the legal field.

Calleros shared the honor with others, saying, “I am just one person out of many who makes this whole thing work.”

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Janie Magruder, Jane.Magruder@asu.edu
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Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law