Jan. 4, 2017 – It’s a chance to get to know – and shape – the up-and-coming generation of law students.
Employers – law firms, corporate legal departments, and government agencies – are needed for the 2017 Diversity Clerkship Program.
The State Bar’s Diversity Clerkship Program is a limited-term, summer employment experience that gives first-year law students with diverse backgrounds the opportunity to build legal practice skills and knowledge. Participating employers provide a paid, 10-week summer clerkship opportunity for a first-year law student with a diverse background.
The program, now in its 25th year, matches students with private law firms, corporate legal departments, and governmental agencies for summer law clerk employment. Employers provide students with the opportunity to build legal practice skills and knowledge.
Student clerks gain practical legal experience, and participating employers obtain valuable legal support.
Thirteen employers participated in the program in 2016. “We are incredibly grateful to the employers for that support,” said Lindsey Draper, a member of the State Bar’s Diversity and Inclusion Oversight Committee.
There is no State Bar program more important than giving opportunities to law students and young lawyers to become part of the profession, Draper said, “to see what the profession is, and to learn from people who give the profession the good name that it has in Wisconsin.”
Employers can enroll through Jan. 11, 2017. Learn more about the program, or contact Jerry Vang at (800) 444-9404, ext. 6181.
More about the Diversity Clerkship Program
A 2016 participant in the Diversity Clerkship Program, Jacob Crouse talks about his experience learning about legal work, and a few things about himself, in “Opening Paths, Broadening Minds: A Law Student’s Diversity Clerkship Experience,” InsideTrack, Nov. 16, 2016.
The program celebrated 13 employers and law clerks in July 2016. Read about participants’ experiences in “Paying It Forward: The State Bar Diversity Clerkship Program,” InsideTrack, Aug. 3, 2016.
