Month: April 2018

Roscoe Trimmier Jr. Diversity Scholarship

Ropes & Gray has long been a dedicated proponent of law firm diversity and inclusion. Our Diversity Committee, Women’s Forum, and LGBTQ Forum work to help achieve our mission of attracting, retaining, and promoting to partnership and leadership outstanding lawyers who reflect the global marketplace and communities that we serve.

As part of our commitment, we offer the Roscoe Trimmier Jr. Diversity Scholarship for selected second year law students who exemplify the accomplishment, leadership, and dedication that were the hallmarks of Mr. Trimmier’s life, and who are members of populations historically underrepresented in the legal profession.

The scholarship amount, $25,000, will be granted to a limited number of second year law students who join the Firm’s summer program. You will find more details about the application process on our website at https://www.ropesgray.com/diversityscholarship.

The scholarship application period will begin on June 1, 2018 and run through the end of August.

Early Start Bar Study Groups & Review for ALA Final

The Early Start Bar Study Groups this week will serve as reviews for the ALA final exam.  All sessions meet in L-325 (unless we get too big for our britches as we did last Sunday, then look for us in 280 or 281)

  • Wednesday 7:00 – 9:00 – Contracts & Negligence (Sorry for the late start- my daughter has an art show from 6-8)
  • Thursday 1:00 – 3:00 – Intentional Tort & Contracts
  • Friday 11:00 – 1:00 – Negligence & Intentional Tors
  • Saturday 10:30 – 12:30 – Contracts & Negligence

Even if you’re not in ALA, you’re welcome to join any of the sessions to get a head start on writing Essays for the bar exam & a refresher on Torts and Contracts!

The goal is for you to be able to spend 3 hours total and review one of each of the kinds of essays that will be on the ALA final.  It is an ambitious goal to work through 2 essays in an hour – but you’re up to it!  (All essays are taken from the Ohio bar exam – and are similar to those on the UBE exam, so they are good practice for anyone thinking about taking a bar exam.)

Next week we drop back to 3 sessions (Wed, Thu, and Sat), and you pick the topics.  I’ve already heard requests for Secured Transactions.