So You Want to Go to Law School

On Thursday, April 22, 2021, the Franklin H. Williams Judicial Commission, the Cervantes Society, Inc., and the Tribune Society of the Courts of the State of New York co-hosted a virtual panel presentation for court employees entitled So You Want to Go to Law School? The panelists began with a discussion of the law school experiences of Hon. Sharen D. Hudson, Barry Clarke, Esq., and John V. Elmore, Esq.; all attended law school while working full-time for New York State and had successfully navigated the process.

Oliver Colbert, Associate Director of Admissions and Diversity Initiatives, St. Johns University, School of Law; and Jodie Roure, JD, PhD, Director of the John Jay College Rising Scholars of Justice Pipeline Program, and Director at the University of Houston Law Center Pre-law Pipeline Program at John Jay College, shared key information on the law school admissions process, financial aid, balancing work-life and law school, and tips to succeed.

Hon. Sharen D. Hudson
Kings County Supreme Court, Criminal Term

Barry Clarke, Esq.
OCA, Chief of Operations (retired)

John V. Elmore, Esq.
Partner, The Law Offices of Steve Boyd &
John Elmore
Former New York State Trooper

Oliver Colbert
Associate Director of Admissions and Diversity Initiatives

Jodie Roure, JD, PhD
President & CEO, Hurricane Maria Assistance & Relief Institutional Alliance, Inc. (H-MARIA)
Associate Professor, Project Investigator and Director of the John Jay College Rising Scholars of Justice Pipeline Program, and Director at the University of Houston Law Center Pre-law Pipeline Program at John Jay College

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