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Are you a past recipient of an Hispanic Lawyers Scholarship Fund award?

Name

Glen Batisat

Current Mailing Address

808 W. Van Buren St. #903
Chicago, IL 60607
United States
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Phone

(219) 309-0463

Connection to Illinois

Resident

In what city do you intend to practice law upon graduation?

Chicago

Name of Law School

Chicago-Kent

Class year

3rd year law student

Full Time or Part Time Student?

Full Time

Date you began attending THIS law school

05/23/2023

Anticipated Graduation Date

05/17/2026

Current GPA

3.388

Law School Class Rank (if known)

96/226

Law School Honors, Awards or Special Recognitions

•Dean’s Honor List: Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025
•CALI Award in Legal Writing 3
•Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court Competition, March 2025

Name of Undergraduate Institution

Indiana University

Degree (BA, BSE, etc.) and Concentration/Major

Kinesiology

Undergraduate Graduation Date

05/16/2009

GPA

2.9

Class Rank (if known)

Undergraduate Honors, Awards, or Special Recognitions

I also have a Master's Degree in Exercise Science from Georgia State University. I graduated with a 3.91 GPA.

Were you employed in 2025?

yes

If yes, please identify your employer(s).

Ancel Glink Summer Law Clerk (May-August 2025)

What was your immediate family’s (including you and your spouse or domestic partner, if applicable) estimated income from all sources for the 2025 Tax Year?

$114,674

Do you expect to be employed in 2026?

yes

If yes, please identify your employer(s).

Illinois Attorney General Law Clerk (January 2026-Present)

Please estimate your immediate family’s (including you and your spouse or domestic partner, if applicable) income from all sources for the 2026 Tax year

$121,000

Please estimate your parent's average annual household income over the last five years

My parents are retired: $70,000

Do your parents own or rent their home? Please describe, if necessary

Own

Describe your parents' health insurance situation. Do they have employer-sponsored health insurance, health insurance through the exchange, or no health insurance?

Medicare

LIST below your total EXPENSES for attending law school for ONE YEAR (Please refer to example in FAQs)

Total Tuition Cost $

$51,185 per year

Books Cost $

$1,000 per year

Fees Cost $

$1,986 per year

Housing Cost $

$32,400 per year

Food Cost $

$7,200 per year

Other Costs $ (describe)

$6,000 per year (utilities, cell, incidental law expenses like clothing, MPRE/BAR)

Total Expenses $ (add above entries)

$99,771

LIST below your total FUNDING sources you plan to use to pay for these expenses (Please refer to example in FAQs)

Student Loans $

Scholarships and Grants $

$143,000 (total three year award)= $47,666.66 per year

Work Study, if any $

Personal Contribution (Savings/Employment) $

$12,505

Family Contribution $ (include parents, spouse, partner, etc.)

Housing and food: $39,600 per year

Other Sources $ (describe)

Total Funding $ (add above entries)

$106,521.67

For 2Ls and 3Ls, what is your current TOTAL loan debt from the previous law school years?

Please list any community service activities with which you have been involved in the last ten years, paying particular attention to activities in support of the Hispanic community. For each activity, please include the dates of your participation, a short description of the organization and the community they serve, and a description of the activity you performed to help them. (Please read FAQs before completing)

1. Puerto Rican Bar Association
Student Volunteer (January 2024-Present)
The PRBA is committed to advocating for diversity in the Illinois bar and among the students and faculty of Illinois law schools; to influence legislation and policies that are relevant to the common interests of Latino lawyers statewide; and to provide a professional and social network and support system for the lawyers, judges, and law students who advocate and share a common interest in diversity within the bar. I am a student volunteer at their year-round events. I volunteered at their annual Día de los Reyes Holiday Party (2024-2026), Scholarship Gala (2024, 2025) Comedy Show & Board Installation Ceremony (2025). Volunteer responsibilities include event setup and tear down, checking visitors into the event, and other duties as assigned. These events directly benefit the greater Chicago Latino attorney and student community.

2. Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois
Annual Judicial Reception Volunteer (2/3/26)
HLAI is a community of lawyers committed to promoting and supporting the advancement of Hispanic and Latinx attorneys in the legal profession and advocating for justice and fairness in Illinois. I volunteered with the reception setup and teardown, and welcomed judges and attorneys while checking them into the event.

3. Chicago-Kent Hispanic Latino Law Student Association
3L Class Representative, April 2025-Present
HLLSA Student Mentor, August 2024-Present
Chicago-Kent's HLLSA is a student organization that actively seeks to increase opportunities for Hispanic students to attend law school, provide necessary support for their academic success, and assist students in becoming acclimated to the law school environment. I volunteer as a class representative whereas I assist in event planning and event execution for the Hispanic student body. As a student mentor I engage with 1L/2L students to support their path through law school. This includes holding direct mentoring meetings and indirect academic support based on the needs of the mentee. I also mentor Chicago-Kent students through the law schools First Generation Law Student Association and Peer Advisor mentoring program.

4. Pro Se Self-Help Resource Center at the Circuit Court of Cook County
Volunteer, August 2023-Present
Student Associate Manager, April 2024-April 2025
The Self-Help Resource Center is a Chicago-Kent student run desk that assists pro se visitors complete various legal documents. Most of the visitors are Cook County residents that do know how to fill out the court forms, do not speak English, or do not have internet access. As a volunteer I help visitors file legal complaints or respond to various lawsuit documents. In my role as the Student Associate Manager, I was on the executive board and recruited and trained new student volunteers.

5. Coordinated Advice & Referral Program for Legal Services (CARPLS)
Public Interest Law Initiative Internship (PILI), May 2024-August 2024
CARPLS is Cook County’s largest provider of free legal services through their phone hotline. They help low- and moderate-income Illinoisans through special projects and CARPLS has helped over 800,000 residents find solutions to their everyday legal matters. In my role as a summer intern, I answered general hotline calls, which required me to directly interact with phone clients. I would then research their legal questions and delivering legal solutions under the supervision of a licensed attorney. Additionally, I researched legal topics and drafted brief updates for the internal hotline attorney database. All hotline callers were Cook County residents with earned income less than 200% poverty level.

6. Downtown Denver Expeditionary School Board Member, December 2020-June 2023
DDES is a Denver public school. Its mission is to provide a dynamic and transformative educational experience rooted in Expeditionary Learning principles. They empower students to explore, discover, and grow through hands-on, real-world experiences that ignite their curiosity, deepen their understanding, and cultivate a lifelong love for learning. I volunteered as a board member for three years. I was the Vice-Chair Board of Directors during my last year (June 2022-June 2023). In my role I collaborated with the other board members and executive director to manage the school operations and maintain the overall strategic vision for the school.

7. Colorado Parks & Recreation Association
Fitness Section Board Representative, September 2019-October 2021
Chair, September 2018-September 2019
Vice-Chair, September 2017-September 2018
CPRA is a dynamic, proactive organization that creates healthy residents and livable communities by promoting excellence in parks and recreation. Their mission is to promote excellence in the Parks & Recreation Industry through connection, education, and recognition. I volunteered for three years in this professional association where I progressed from Fitness Section Vice-Chair, Chair, and finally to Board Representative. In my roles I led section general body meetings for two hundred dues paying members, created continuing education credit events, and attended CPRA Executive Board meetings. My efforts sustained the hub through which all Colorado fitness professionals could connect and grow the recreation fitness industry.

Please provide a statement describing your background and focus your statement on your reasons for pursuing a legal career and your legal career goals. This statement is important. Please give it appropriate attention. (min. 1000 characters) (Please read FAQs before completing)

I am the benefactor of generational sacrifice. I carry decades of familial struggle into my professional identity, and I am motivated to use law to serve the community. My goal in pursuing law is to advance the equity and opportunity for the Latino community while inspiring the next generation to carry that progress forward.
My paternal grandfather struggled to support his family as a laborer cutting sugar cane in the fields of Puerto Rico. With little more than the promise of stable work he relocated his family to Gary, Indiana. There he spent the next thirty years as a laborer at U.S. Steel. My father followed a similar path, working fifty years as a manual steel laborer. Their hard work built a lineage of opportunity for their children defined by sacrifice and silent perseverance.
Reflecting on my career today I understand their dedication provided me with a choice that they never had, which was the opportunity to depart from blue-collar labor and pursue higher education. College and professional careers were distant concepts for my parents because everyone funneled into the steel mill after high school graduation. My father dedicated his life to ensure that I would never end up laboring at the steel mill. I am a first-generation Latino college graduate. I am the first person in my family to attend graduate school. This May, I will be the first attorney in my entire family. I represent the dream of generations before me, and their sacrifices inspire me to redefine Latino success.
My goal in law is to uplift the generations that come after me and provide them with the same opportunity I was blessed with; the opportunity to achieve more than my parents were allowed to attain. Throughout my career I have used my educational privilege to help others, and I will use my advantage in law to help the community. Before law school I served local communities for over a decade in municipal recreation. In my various roles I worked diligently to offer programs and services that enhanced neighborhood access to health and wellness. I left my career in recreation so that I could champion a larger role in assisting the community through law. While navigating the path to law school, I served the local community working at the Office of the Denver District Attorney. Furthermore, I held numerous volunteer leadership roles on professional association committees and boards. These experiences exemplify my commitment to public service.
During law school I have pursued roles that reflect my dedication to serve the community. I volunteer with the Puerto Rican Bar Association and the Chicago-Kent Hispanic Latinx Law Students Association (HLLSA). I was the Associate Manager volunteer for the Chicago-Kent Self-Help Resource Desk, recruiting and training volunteers to assist pro se litigants navigate the legal system. In my 2L summer I had the honor of working full time on the CARPLS hotline, directly assisting low-income Cook County residents with their legal issues. As a 2L and 3L, I have made it my priority to guide numerous 1Ls through the difficulty of their first year. I actively seek out new law students to mentor so that they will survive 1L, which statistically is the most vulnerable time for them to drop out of law school. I have 26 mentees through volunteering with Chicago-Kent’s HLLSA, First Generation Student Association, and Peer Advisor program. These mentoring experiences have solidified my responsibility to support others, just as I have benefited from those who came before me.
I will use my legal career to create opportunities that wedge open the gate for those who come next. I aspire to serve the community in local or state government roles, first by practicing law at a government agency and later as an elected official. In these positions I can protect public resources, ensure government accountability, and expand access to justice. My grandfather worked in the sugarcane fields. My father worked in the steel mill. I will work in law. Each generation has labored to incrementally progress the opportunity for the next generation. Their progress is my foundation, serving others is my purpose, and the law is how I am paving the path for those that come next.

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