American Bar Association Business Law Section – Clerkships for Diverse Students

Business Law Clerkship Opportunities for Diverse Law Students 

The Business Law Diversity Clerkship Program encourages students to pursue business court clerkship opportunities and to consider careers in the practice of business law. In considering a student’s diversity, the Section will give special consideration to individuals who have overcome social or economic disadvantages such as physical disability, financial constraints, or cultural impediments to becoming a law student.

The objectives of the Program include:

• To encourage more diverse law students to apply for clerkship positions

• To foster relationships between business court judges and diverse law students

• To provide students with a foundation in various aspects of business law

 Up to nine interns will be given a summer stipend of $6,000 and placed in business court clerkships in the Philadelphia Commerce Court or the Delaware Court of Chancery.

 Applications for the 2011 program are available at http://www.abanet.org/buslaw/hershman/2011flyer.pdf. All application materials must be received on or before Friday, January 21, 2011. For more information about the Business Law Diversity Clerkship Program, go to http://www.abanet.org/buslaw/hershman/2011flyer.pdf.