2025 Posner Exchange and Pro Bono Society Induction Ceremony
Please join us as we celebrate future Marquette lawyers and welcome a national leader in access to justice.
Friday, April 25 | 4:00 p.m., Marquette Law School, Eckstein Hall, Lubar Center. Please RSVP by April 17.
This event honors Marquette University Law School students who have performed 50 or more hours of pro bono service. These hours are entirely voluntary; the students receive neither monetary compensation nor academic credit.
- Welcome and Introduction: Dean Joseph D. Kearney and Joshua L. Gimbel
- Posner Pro Bono Exchange: Cheryl M. Zalenski with Derek Mosley
- Induction of Marquette Law Students into the Pro Bono Society
- Reception
About our guest: As counsel to the American Bar Association (ABA) Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service and director of the ABA Center for Pro Bono, Cheryl Zalenski supports the ABA’s efforts to encourage and grow pro bono activity among all segments of the legal profession. Along with policy initiatives, the Committee actively engages in outreach around pro bono development and support and is the primary sponsor of the annual ABA Pro Bono Publico Awards and of ABA Free Legal Answers, a virtual legal clinic. Ms. Zalenski joined the American Bar Association in 1999. Previously, she was managing attorney and pro bono coordinator at the Legal Services Organization of Southcentral Michigan, in Battle Creek. She graduated from Southern Methodist University School of Law in 1993 and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bradley University. She is a member of the bar in Michigan and Illinois.
