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Through your generosity and support, we are making good on our commitment to the youth in our community who are this region’s future
leaders and workforce. From high school to college to law school and beyond, our unique law-related education programs engaging students
in northeast Ohio are changing lives, one student at a time.

mIcHael watkIns XavIeR tHomas HugHes Janaya Hanson

1L, Cleveland-Marshall 1L, Georgetown Law 1L, Cleveland-Marshall
B.S., University of Toledo B.A.,The Ohio State University B.S., Kent State University
Shaw High School Cleveland Whitney Young H.S. Cleveland Early College H.S.

Michael, Xavier and Janaya represent just three of 10 Louis Stokes Michael connected through high school mock trial. Xavier
Scholars program alumni who are currently enrolled in law school. connected through the Stephanie Tubbs Jones Summer Legal
They aspire to join their two Stokes alumni peers, Brandon Brown Academy. Janaya connected through The 3Rs in her high school.
and Jzinae Jackson, who have graduated from law school and are All three were selected and excelled in the Louis Stokes Scholars
embarking on their legal careers here in Cleveland. Their paths to program. Their internships inspired their law school dreams which
law school started with CMBF supported pipeline programs. became a reality in 2018.

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