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SLIP Appreciation Breakfast

2015 SLIP Farewell Address
By Archie Wilson
Dominion Christian High School, Interned with
Alston & Bird

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ood morning! First and foremost, on behalf of all the
interns that have participated in the 2015 Atlanta Bar
Association Summer Internship Program, it is my
honor and privilege to deliver remarks this morning.
I am Archie Wilson, Jr. and I am a 2015 graduate of
Dominion Christian High School in Marietta, Georgia. I will
be attending Wesleyan University in Middletown, Wesleyan
Connecticut in the fall as a Gates-Millennium Scholar as well
as a Wide Receiver on the Wesleyan football team. I have
been a two time intern in this program. In my first summer I
interned at Gideon’s Promise with John Rapping and Illham
Askia. This summer I interned at the law firm of Alston & Bird
with Francine Shannon. I was thoroughly blessed to be able
to intern at both Gideon’s Promise and Alston & Bird under
great supervisors and m