[caption id="attachment_164" align="alignright" width="173"]<a href="http://www.irelandstapleton.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Summer-Associates-2012.jpg"><img class=" wp-image-164   " title="Estevao and Suyeishi" src="http://www.irelandstapleton.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Summer-Associates-2012-300x275.jpg" alt="Ireland Stapleton's 2012 summer associates Martin Estevao and Kira Suyeishi" width="173" height="158" /></a> Kira Suyeishi<br />and Martin Estevao[/caption]

Ireland Stapleton’s summer associates, Martin Estevao and Kira Suyeishi, completed their research for the Mountain States Anti-Defamation League’s summer associate program.

The program provides law firm summer associates the opportunity to complete pro bono legal research projects on challenging, cutting edge civil rights issues while furthering the mission of the Anti-Defamation League.

Estevao’s research addressed how a Colorado court would evaluate a discrimination claim based on an employer’s misperceptions of an employee’s race, national origin or religion. Suyeishi’s research addressed the constitutionality of a law that allows adoption and foster care agencies to refuse placement based on the agency’s religious or moral convictions.

The Anti-Defamation League’s mission is to stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment for all. For more information go to <a title="Anti-Defamation League" href="http://www.adl.org">www.adl.org</a>.