{"id":1855,"date":"2011-05-12T12:43:44","date_gmt":"2011-05-12T15:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/?p=1855"},"modified":"2011-05-12T12:43:44","modified_gmt":"2011-05-12T15:43:44","slug":"diversity-job-fairs-%e2%80%93-registration-now-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/?p=1855","title":{"rendered":"Diversity Job Fairs \u2013 Registration Now Open!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Registration is now open for the following job fairs:<\/span><\/p>\n

Rocky Mountain Diversity Career Fair<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

The Rocky Mountain Diversity Career Fair aims to assist employers in fulfilling their commitments to diversity and expand opportunities for law students and law graduates traditionally under-represented in the practice of law in the Rocky Mountain region, including law students and graduates who are ethnic or racial minorities, disabled, and\/or gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender.\u00a0<\/span>The job fair takes place at Invesco Field in Denver, Colorado, Friday, September 9, 2011.\u00a0 Interested applicants can begin applying April 15 (deadline is July 25) by clicking here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Vault\/MCAA Legal Diversity Career Fair<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The Vault\/MCAA Legal Diversity Career Fair is open <\/span>to 2L, 3L and lateral candidates in Washington D.C. on Friday, July 29.\u00a0The Los Angeles fair will take place Tuesday, July 26.\u00a0Registration for each fair is separate and both are currently open. Apply here<\/a>. <\/strong>No registration deadline is indicated, apply now if interested<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Virginia<\/span><\/em> Bar Association Diversity Job Fair<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The Virginia Bar Association (“VBA”) Annual Diversity Job Fair is open to\u00a0rising 2L and 3L law students of diverse backgrounds (including race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or age) who are\u00a0interested in practicing in Virginia. There is no cost to students for participation in the fair.\u00a0 More information and registration can be found here<\/a>.\u00a0Student registration began on May 16th and end on July 1st.<\/p>\n

National Black Prosecutors Association Annual Job Fair<\/span><\/em> <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The National Black Prosecutors Association Annual Job Fair will be held on Tuesday, July 26 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.\u00a0 The early registration fee for the Job Fair and Job Fair Reception is $25.00 for law students and members of the class of 2011, and $50.00 for laterals.\u00a0After May 20th<\/sup>, the regular registration fee is $50.00 for law students and members of the class of 2011, and $75.00 for laterals.\u00a0 Registration is also available online with a credit card here<\/a>.\u00a0Registration is now open, deadline is July 12th<\/sup>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Heartland Legal Diversity Job Fair<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The Heartland Diversity Job Fair takes place August 5-6 and is open to rising 2Ls, 3Ls and class of 2011 graduates.\u00a0The\u00a0 Fair is designed to expose students to both traditional and non-traditional employers.\u00a0 For more information visit here<\/a>.\u00a0Registration deadline is May 20, 2011.<\/p>\n

Lavender Law Career Fair<\/span><\/em> <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The Lavender Law Job Fair is open to rising 2L and 3L lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students and in 2011 will be held in Los Angeles, California on September 8.\u00a0 For more information please visit here<\/a>.\u00a0Registration deadlines are August 1 (early registration) and August 15.<\/p>\n

The Boston Lawyers Group Boston & Washington Job Fairs for Law Students of Color<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The Boston Job fair will be held on Thursday, August 18, 2011, at the InterContinental Hotel, 510 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, MA. The Washington, D.C. Job Fair will be held on Thursday, August 25, 2011, at the Renaissance Mayflower Hotel, 1127 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. In addition to the job fairs, the Boston Lawyers Group (“BLG”) will host networking receptions for selected students. Registration for the fair is open April 1, – July 11, 2011. For more information, please visit their website<\/a>\u00a0and click on “Employment Opportunities.”<\/p>\n

The Indianapolis Diversity Job Fair<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Full-time 2L law students representing all aspects of diversity are invited to participate in the Indy Bar Diversity Job Fair.\u00a0 In addition to the opportunity to interview with more than 20 firm, government and corporate legal employers, three (3) student attendees will each be presented with a $2500 scholarship.\u00a0This job fair is Thursday and Friday, August 18-19, 2011 and registration includes student reception on the first night of the job fair.\u00a0 For more information, including registration information, and a list of participating employers from the 2010 job fair please see the flyer located on the Symplicity Document Library\/Student Portal.\u00a0The deadline to register to participate is July 18, 2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Registration is now open for the following job fairs: Rocky Mountain Diversity Career Fair The Rocky Mountain Diversity Career Fair aims to assist employers in fulfilling their commitments to diversity and expand opportunities for law students and law graduates traditionally under-represented in the practice of law in the Rocky Mountain region, including law students and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1855","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-this-week-at-the-cdo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1855","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=1855"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1860,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1855\/revisions\/1860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cdo.law.miami.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}