Montoya Lewis highlights prison visits, mentorship and student extern programs
Speakers credited Justice Montoya Lewis with outreach including visits to state prisons, mentorship of Native attorneys and hosting more than two dozen law student externs; Montoya Lewis said mentorship is vital to open previously closed rooms to underrepresented people.
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Speakers at the award event highlighted Justice Montoya Lewis’s outreach to communities and students, saying she has visited Washington prisons and met with incarcerated Native American men and that the court has "hosted over 2 dozen law student externs." One presenter said she mentors "so, so many Native attorneys, Native law students."
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