Law Student Diversity Fellowship Program |
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Miller Nash LLP is dedicated to providing a wide range of high-quality legal services and comprehensive legal advice to businesses throughout the Pacific Northwest. We believe that these goals will be significantly aided by the promotion of diversity both within the firm itself and within the Pacific Northwest legal and business communities. As a result, Miller Nash has created a program to provide for two $7,500 Diversity Fellowships to be awarded to first- and second-year law students on an annual basis. Each Fellowship recipient will also receive a paid summer clerk position at one of Miller Nash's offices in Portland, Oregon, Vancouver, Washington, or Seattle, Washington. Each recipient may receive a Miller Nash Diversity Fellowship only once.
APPLICANT CRITERIA:
- Applicant must be a first- or second-year law student in good standing at an ABA-accredited law school.
- Applicant must intend to work, live, and practice law in the Pacific Northwest.
- Applicant must be willing and able to fill a summer clerk position at Miller Nash for at least 12 weeks. Upon request, 1L applicants must also be willing to spend the first four weeks of their 2L summer at Miller Nash.
- Applicant must demonstrate academic excellence, interpersonal skills, leadership qualities, contributions to diversity, and meaningful contributions to the community.
APPLICANTS MUST SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING:
(1) résumé, (2) undergraduate transcript (unofficial copy is fine), (3) law school transcript, if available (unofficial copy is fine), (4) legal writing sample (10-page max), and (5) 1-or 2-page statement discussing life experiences and personal aspirations as they relate to diversity and contributions to the community.
Please submit application materials to:
Michelle Baird-Johnson, Director of Recruiting & Professional Development
Miller Nash LLP
3400 U.S. Bancorp Tower
111 S.W. Fifth Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97204
Questions: michelle.baird-johnson@millernash.com
2L Application Deadline: October 1, 2008 | 1L Application Deadline: January 21, 2009
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