The engagement of Jennifer Pamela Arner of Fairfax, Virginia, and Mark Alastair Stevens, also of Fairfax, was announced by her parents.

The bride-to-be is the daughter of Dr. Kirk and Pamela Arner of Lehighton.She is a 2007 graduate of Lehighton Area High School and a 2011 graduate of Muhlenberg College. She graduated from George Mason University-School of Law in 2014.She was admitted to the Virginia State Bar in December and is currently a law clerk to a judge of the Fairfax Circuit Court in Virginia.The prospective bridegroom is the son of Dr. Ashley and Holly Stevens, of Winchester, Massachusetts.He is a graduate of Belmont High School, and the University Professors Program at Boston University. He graduated from George Mason University-School of Law in 2013.He is an immigration attorney in Fairfax.The couple are planning a wedding for Sept. 5 of this year.