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Group’s October Event to Help Inland Students with Law School Applications

For Immediate Release: July 17, 2012
Media Contact: Jennifer Bowles • 951.826.8480 • jennifer.bowles@BBKlaw.com

ONTARIO, Calif. _ Valerie Escalante, a Best Best & Krieger attorney based in Ontario whose practice focuses on civil litigation and municipal law, was recently elected to the board of the Inland Empire Legal Association of Women, also known as IE LAW.

Escalante, who lives in Alta Loma where she grew up, will serve a one-year term on the five-member board of the association, which works to promote women lawyers and judges in the Inland region and to advocate for the concerns of all women in the community.

“It’s a great opportunity to both network with and support other professional women who are going through similar challenges and successes,” said Escalante, who was also programming chair of the Women’s Law Coalition while at Cornell Law School.

Laura Crane, a BB&K attorney who has been a board member of IE LAW since she helped found the group in 2009, said Escalante has hit the ground running, helping to plan an October event where the group will help Inland college students navigate the law school application process. In addition, a scholarship will be given to one of the attendees to cover the costs of a prep course for the Law School Admission Test, also known as the LSAT. Such courses can cost about $2,000.

“Valerie has definitely invigorated the group with some great ideas for our new scholarship committee,” Crane said.

 In August, Crane will moderate an IE LAW panel examining juveniles in the law at BB&K’s Ontario office. Among the panelist for the Aug. 20 event beginning at 5:30 p.m. will be Barbara Buchholz, who is a San Bernardino Superior Court Judge in the juvenile dependency court, and Marcie Gardner, a Rancho Cucamonga attorney who specializes in juvenile law.