{"id":1376,"date":"2010-10-26T17:03:45","date_gmt":"2010-10-26T20:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/?p=1376"},"modified":"2010-10-26T17:03:45","modified_gmt":"2010-10-26T20:03:45","slug":"aba-business-law-section-diversity-clerkship-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/?p=1376","title":{"rendered":"ABA Business Law Section Diversity Clerkship Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ABA Business Law Section Diversity Clerkship Program will place selected students in judicial clerkship positions for the summer of 2011.\u00a0 The clerkship program is open to 1L and 2L students and has a deadline of January 21, 2011.\u00a0 More information on how to apply, including a copy of the application, is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The ABA Business Law Section <\/strong><\/span>Diversity Clerkship Program<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In recent years, many areas of the legal profession have made pursuing \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdiversity a priority objective. Business law presents many distinct \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdiversity challenges, as law students are often unfamiliar with the field \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tand perceive it as conservative and unaccepting. This realization is \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttroubling, particularly for the American Bar Association \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBusiness Law Section because its mission is:<\/p>\n

To encourage diversity in the Section by fostering a welcoming \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tenvironment for all lawyers and promoting full and equal participation by \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tall lawyers, including lawyers of color, women lawyers, gay and lesbian \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tlawyers, and lawyers with disabilities (“Diverse Lawyers”).<\/em><\/p>\n

To help address this problem, the Business Law Section has created the \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDiversity Clerkship Program<\/strong>. This is a summer program providing business \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tlaw clerkship placements for qualified diverse candidates who are first or second \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tyear law students, and will provide support and mentoring to the student participants \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tin order to give them the exposure to business practices that many of them lack. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIn considering a student’s diversity, the Section will give special consideration \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tto individuals who have overcome social or economic disadvantages such as physical \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tdisability, financial constraints, or cultural impediments to becoming a law student.<\/p>\n

The clerkship program will place up to nine students in business court clerkships in the \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPhiladelphia Commerce Court, the Delaware Court of Chancery and the Price George’s \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDistrict Court in Upper Malboro, Maryland. Possible other placements \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tinclude New York, NY and Orlando, Florida.<\/p>\n

The Business Law Section Diversity Program<\/strong> will focus on judicial clerkships, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twhere diversity among judicial clerks remains disproportionately low. For recent law school \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tgraduates, serving as a judicial law clerk is a mark of distinction and honor that advances \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttheir future career opportunities in law practice and academia, in government as high-level \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tappointees, and in securing appointments to the bench. Clerkships in business law courts provide \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tanother unique and highly important benefit to law students: the ability to see a microcosm of \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tbusiness practice, and allow the student to become familiar with business issues. Such a background \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twill prove invaluable to a career in business law, whether it be litigation or transactional work. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIt is hoped that after a summer’s experience in the business court system, we will be able to assist \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tparticipants in finding other business law placements, in law firms or corporate law departments.<\/p>\n

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The Business Law Section Diversity Program<\/strong> encourages \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstudents to pursue business court clerkship opportunities and to consider \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tcareers in the practice of business law. The mission of the Program is to \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\texpose law students to the practice of business law and to provide them \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twith work experience and foundations in business law that will further \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttheir careers.<\/p>\n

The objectives of the Program include:<\/p>\n

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  • To encourage more diverse law students to apply for clerkship \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tpositions.<\/li>\n
  • To foster relationships between business court judges and diverse law \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstudents.<\/li>\n
  • To provide students with a foundation in various aspects of business \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tlaw.<\/li>\n
  • To provide opportunities for students to meet a wide variety of lawyers \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twho are active in the practice of business law and are members of the \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBusiness Law Section.<\/li>\n
  • To establish a support system for diverse students who are pursuing \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tbusiness court clerkship positions and a possible career in business law.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Membership in the ABA and the Business Law Section is required of \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstudents applying for the program. Membership and can be obtained at \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe time application<\/span>. Business Law Section membership is free to \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tABA law student members. Applications for the internships will be solicited \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfrom all ABA accredited law schools, and a committee within the Section will \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tscreen and interview the applicants, and make the selection for summer \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tplacements. Judges will be asked to participate in the program and to \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\taccept those candidates selected by the internship selection committee. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Section will select up to nine interns and will provide a summer \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstipend to each intern. Additionally, during the course of \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tthe internship, there will be networking \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\topportunities designed to enhance the learning experience for the interns \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tand to strengthen their interest in business law.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The ABA Business Law Section Diversity Clerkship Program will place selected students in judicial clerkship positions for the summer of 2011.\u00a0 The clerkship program is open to 1L and 2L students and has a deadline of January 21, 2011.\u00a0 More information on how to apply, including a copy of the application, is available here. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,23,14,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1l-information","category-2l-information","category-judicial-opportunities","category-summer-opportunities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1376"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1376\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1378,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1376\/revisions\/1378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}