About the Program
The Diversity Scholar Program is a coaching, training, and recruiting program designed to help law students secure their dream employment while simultaneously preparing them with the skills, knowledge, confidence, and savvy they need to flourish in their legal positions and advance in corporate leadership roles.
The first-year law students who are accepted into the Program receive training in substantive and soft skills from the best attorneys in the country to gain competencies required of them as summer associates and as attorneys in their early years of practice.
Scholars also work one-on-one with a certified PracticePro career coach who will help them devise an individualized job search and networking strategy and provide full assistance before and during on-campus interviews (OCI) to secure a position, assess law firms, handle complex situations, and otherwise navigate the legal recruiting landscape. Scholars (and scholarship runners-up) also participate in exclusive PracticePro recruiting events with our law firm partners.
Program Perks
- Free tuition to attend a PracticePro Career Conference (Spring 2024)
- Participation in exclusive recruiting events and resume collection (Spring/Summer 2024)
- Career coaching package, including customized coaching sessions and email coaching (April – September 2024)
- Pre-OCI and summer associate training webinars on topics covering resumes and cover letters, advanced interviewing techniques, networking, assessing firms, and more (Spring & Summer 2024)
- Recommendations for employment and scholarships to our firm partners (Summer 2024)
- Mentorship match to in-house corporate counsel to learn client collaboration and business development (after bar admission)
Eligibility
- First-year law student (Class of 2026) enrolled at an ABA-accredited law school; and
- A personal background that contributes to the diversity of the legal profession, including but not limited to gender, racial, or ethnic groups historically underrepresented in the legal profession, the LGBTQ+ community, those with a disability, socioeconomic need, military experience, first-generation educational status, or other considerable hardships or challenges; and
- A strong commitment to increasing diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the legal profession.
How to Apply
For more information and instructions on how to apply click here.