The Bay Area Minority Summer Clerkship Program (the Program) is sponsored by the Santa Clara County Bar Association (SCCBA), Alameda County Bar Association (ACBA), and the Contra Costa Bar Association (CCCBA) to provide first year minority law students experience in law firms that they might not otherwise be able to access.
Santa Clara University, Boalt Hall, U.C. Hastings, Golden Gate, Stanford, University of San Francisco, McGeorge School of Law and U.C. Davis. First year minority students from eight law schools are invited to participate. Minority law students are those defined as Native Americans, Alaska Natives, Asians, Pacific Islanders, Indians (sub-continent), African Americans, Other Blacks, Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, Other Hispanics, Gender, LGBT and Disability. Although this program is intended to encourage participation by minority students, all students are eligible to apply for consideration.
Only students who will have completed their first year of law school by the summer they are seeking employment in the Program (the "Program summer") are eligible to participate. (Eligible students include part-time students who have completed one year of law school by the Program summer. Students who began law school in January of the year preceding the Program summer are also eligible). Students must be in good academic standing as defined by the respective law schools to participate in the Program. Students must be able to provide proof of ability to become lawfully employed in this country.