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DuPont
Morris James LLP
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &amp; Flom LLP
The Multicultural Judges and Lawyers Section of the Delaware State Bar Association
The American College of Mortgage Attorneys (ACMA)
Young Conaway Stargatt &amp; Taylor LLP
Richards Layton &amp; Finger
Fox Rothschild LLP
Ballard Spahr Andrews &amp; Ingersoll LLP.
Sponsors on the Harrisburg campus include:
Central Pennsylvania College
The Dauphin County Bar Foundation
Dilworth Paxson LLP
Eckert Seamans Cherin &amp; Mellott LLC
Highmark Blue Shield
Keystone Bar Association
McNees Wallace &amp; Nurick
Pepper Hamilton LLP
Rhoads &amp; Sinon LLP
The Foundation for Enhancing Communities.
Vincent L. Champion, Esq.
Hon. Pedro Cortes, Esq.
Dr. Barbara Simpson Darden
Clarissa Freeman, Esq.
Sharon Lopez, Esq.
Robyn L. Meadows, Esq.
Starla J. Williams, Esq.
