Johnson looks to new year for Young Lawyers Division

Law Talk profile for The Memphis Daily News

Dec. 30, 2010

At 35, Shon Johnson slips in just under the wire of age acceptance into the Young Lawyers Division of the Memphis Bar Association. Yet he’s done more than slip in, he’s been elected president of the organization for 2011.

The Young Lawyers Division – whose cutoff is 36 – has the functions of bringing together the group and working to make the profession better by creating a congeniality among its members, providing a social outlet and improving the community through fundraising and volunteering. The division already plans to host the high school mock trial event in 2011 and host a golf tournament to benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Downtown.

“There are plenty of lawyers that come into the market every year and the law is an area where you learn on the job, so to speak,” Johnson said. “So this provides a place where young lawyers can get advice from other lawyers who have been practicing from one to six to 10 years to help them learn about the profession and what’s expected.” … (read more)