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From the Minnesota Lawyer
- October 3, 2005
MSBA approves minority
clerkship program
The Minnesota State Bar Association (MSBA) recently unanimously approved
creation of the Minnesota Minority Clerkship Program.
The goal of the summer clerkship program, proposed earlier this year by
the MSBA’s Diversity Committee, is to promote the placement of students
of color in settings where diverse students and attorneys traditionally
have been underrepresented and to assist employers who are interested
in diversifying their legal staff. (See “MSBA committee proposes
minority clerkship program,” in the May 30, 2005, issue of Minnesota
Lawyer.) Through the program, students of color who have completed their
first year of law school will be matched with legal employers throughout
the Twin Cities.
Co-chair of the Diversity Committee Marta M. Chou, who participated in
a similar clerkship program in Wisconsin in 2001, is thrilled with the
level of support the program is receiving in Minnesota. “We are extremely
excited to bring this Minnesota Minority Clerkship Program to the Minnesota
legal community and are overwhelmed with the level of interest already
shown by area legal employers,” Chou recently told Minnesota Lawyer.
According to Chou, the program offers legal employers the opportunity
to expose law students to different practice areas and corporate cultures
while benefiting from having “talented, motivated and diverse students”
in their offices. “This program goes a long way towards increasing
the diversity within area legal employers’ offices and within the
overall legal community,” she said.
The Diversity Committee is now actively recruiting law firms, governmental
agencies and corporations to participate in the program. For more information,
contact Chou at (612) 349-8569 or mmchou@rkmc.com
Printed with permission from the Minnesota
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