State Bar minority clerkship program seeking additional employers

January 12, 2001

The State Bar of Wisconsin's Minority Clerkship Program is seeking additional employers to participate in the program.

The program places approximately 20 minority law students from Marquette and U.W. Law Schools into summer clerkships at participating law firms, corporations and government agencies each year. Last year, 17 different employers participated.

"Many of Wisconsin's employers appreciate the importance and benefit of workforce diversity, but many of these employers still are grappling with solutions for addressing the scarcity of minority candidates," said Cory Nettles, Chair of the State Bar of Wisconsin's Committee to Encourage the Placement of Minority Lawyers, and a lawyer at Quarles & Brady in Milwaukee. Nettles adds that most employers return each year to participate in the program because "they are impressed with the quality of clerks we place with them."

For employers interested in getting involved in the program, call Pat Morgan at the State Bar of Wisconsin, at (608) 250-6107, or e-mail her at pmorgan@wisbar.org.