Zelle LLP Announces Call for Applications for 2023 Diversity in Law Scholarship and Paid 1L Summer Clerkship
December 12, 2022Zelle LLP is pleased to announce that the firm’s Diversity in Law Scholarship and Paid 1L Summer Clerkship will be offered again in 2023. The Scholarship is designed to encourage and assist students from diverse backgrounds and with diverse perspectives, as well as students with a proven interest in diversity-related issues, in pursuing the law as a profession.
Applicants must either be: (1) first-year law students pursuing their Juris Doctor degree who are currently enrolled full-time at an ABA-accredited law school and who have completed at least one semester of law school; or (2) be part-time (four-year program) or joint-degree students currently enrolled in their second year of law school at an ABA-accredited law school. Applicants also must either (1) be a member of a population or group whose background and perspectives are historically underrepresented in the private practice of law; or (2) demonstrate a long-standing commitment to diversity that will be furthered by award of the scholarship.
The Scholarship awards the selected recipient a total of $15,000.00 to be applied towards the selected recipient’s law school tuition, fees, and text books, with one half of the scholarship paid for the student’s second year of law school and one half of the scholarship paid for the student’s third year of law school subject to the following: To receive the second installment of the scholarship, the recipient must maintain at least a 3.0 cumulative GPA (or its equivalent) through the student’s second year of law school.
The Scholarship recipient will be offered and must accept a paid summer clerkship at one of the firm’s offices for the summer following the student’s first year of law school. The specific location of the clerkship will be decided by the firm in consultation with the recipient and will be based upon both the recipient’s interest and the firm’s need.
Additional details and the 2023 application can be downloaded here.
Completed applications may be submitted by electronic mail to: diversity@zellelaw.com
Application submissions will close on January 17, 2023 at 5 p.m. EST.
