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18 Affiliate 1 (1992-1993)

handle is hein.journals/aff18 and id is 1 raw text is: ~i1: l l . ..... ....... ... ........ *OICR OF .H-AA/ I.M 18, NUVIR I.- S- -S 5:-IER/ Mentoring Youth At-Risk: A Young Lawyer Success Story By Keith R. Bevan The Philadelphia Bar Association Young Lawyers Section (Philadel- phia YLS) has developed a daring, new program-the Teenage Suc- cess Mentoring Program. The pro- gram recruits and trains young lawyers to serve as mentors to young people who have been adju- dicated through the criminal jus- tice system for drug abuse or drug- related offenses. The role of the mentor is to be a friend and, hopefully become a con- fidant and role model for the young person. Joel I. Fishbein is a twenty-seven- year-old lawyer who has been prac- The Affiliate: Joel, why did you decide to become a volunteer in the Teenage Success Mentoring Pro- gram? Joel: I heard about the program through the bar association. It wasn't the typical bar association program which is law-related-I have enough of that during my fif- ty or sixty hours of work a week. The fact that the program focused on youth at-risk was particularly interesting. The amount of good you can do if you're successful in this program is incredible. You could af- fect one person's life in a way that could be profound. The Affiliate: What did you hope to accomplish by being involved in this program? Keith R. Bevan is an assistant ed- itor of The Affiliate and practices law with the firm of Teilborg, Sanders & Parks, P.C., in Phoenix, Arizona. Joel Fishbein and Kelvin Crooms Joel: It's hard to say what you can accomplish. You develop a friend- ship and a relationship in which you are helping someone. You hope this person becomes a better person, in part, because of your help. That's what I hope to achieve. The Affiliate: Kelvin, why did you choose to voluntarily participate in the Teenage Success Mentoring Pro- gram? Kelvin: Because I needed someone to take time out with me. Joel took me to a lot of places and I just want- ed to try something new and I felt that it would help me in the long run, which it has. I never had a mother or a father. Having the re- lationship with Joel was like he was the father I always wanted and never had. ticing general litigation in Phila- delphia, Pennsylvania, since his graduation from the Temple Uni- versity School of Law in 1989. Kelvin Crooms, an eighteen-year- old who lives at Michael's House, a residence operated by the Abraxas Foundation, is mentored by Joel. Joel has served as Kelvin's men- tor, through the Philadelphia YLS Teenage Success Mentoring Pro- gram, for approximately one year. Their story is inspiring; it exempli- fies the benefit society receives as a result of the Young Lawyers Divi- sion and its affiliates'focus on pub- lic service projects. The Affiliate: How did you and Joel meet? Kelvin: There was a meeting at Mi- chael's House. The faculty sat down (continued on page 1?) S S Inside this issue My Turn, page 2 Your Source for Public Service Information, page 3 AIBA/YLU Sugrants, page 5 * Who Is a Leader?, page 6 Ask Your District Rep., page 7 National Bar Association Focuses on Community, page 8 Addressing Concerns of African- American Attorneys, page 9 * Lawyers' Solutions to a Parent's Dilemma, page 11 Easy Projects, page 13 1991-92 Awards of Achievement, page 14

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