TaKeena M. Thompson

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Indiana

Since 2009

U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana

Since 2009

Cohen & Malad, LLP

Current

Indiana University Maurer School of Law

J.D.

2009

Honors: 2008 recipient of the Indiana Lawyer's Diversity in Action Award.Recipient of the Alecia A. DeCoudreaux Scholarship. Sherman Minton Moot Court Competition, where she received oral advocacy honors and advanced to the octofinals. She then was selected to serve as the Executive Judge Coordinator for the Moot Court Competition. Ms. Thompson was a member of the law school's Trial Competition Team and competed in the ABA Trial Competition, and Midwest BLSA Trial Competition. She was inducted into the Order of Barristers in 2009. Ms. Thompson became a Certified Domestic Relations Mediator while she was in law school.

Activities: President of the Black Law Students Association. She also volunteered with Outreach for Legal Literacy, a program that teaches elementary students about the United States Constitution and the legal system, and the law school's Admissions Office to assist with their recruiting efforts.

Spelman College

B.A.

2000

Honors: Mortar Board National Honor Society; Pi Sigma Alpha Honor Society; The National Society of Collegiate Scholars; Women of Excellence Leadership Series.

Indianapolis Bar Association

Indianapolis Bar Association's Pro Bono Family Law Program

Current

Activities: Provide free legal services to family law clients.

Indianapolis Bar Association

Attorneys volunteer

Current

Activities: Indianapolis Bar Association's "Legal Line" Attorneys volunteer to provide free legal advice to callers.

Reach for Youth, Inc.

Board of Directors; "Volunteer Judge" for the Teen Court Program

Current

Marion County Bar Association

Member

Current

Activities: Served as volunteer for the MCBA's college application drive.

Indianapolis Bar Association

Member

Current

Activities: Young Lawyer's Division- Bar Enhancement Committee; Indiana Trial Lawyers Association - Young Lawyers Division; Indiana State Bar Association; Board Member - Reach For Youth; Greater Indianapolis NAACP - Young Adults Committee.

Starfish Initiative

Mentor

Current

Certified Domestic Relations Mediator

Law school's Family and Children Mediation Clinic