{"id":41035,"date":"2017-01-06T12:53:40","date_gmt":"2017-01-06T17:53:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/?p=41035"},"modified":"2017-01-06T12:53:40","modified_gmt":"2017-01-06T17:53:40","slug":"thurgood-marshall-2017-summer-diversity-clerkship-program-opportunity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/2017\/01\/06\/thurgood-marshall-2017-summer-diversity-clerkship-program-opportunity\/","title":{"rendered":"Thurgood Marshall 2017 Summer Diversity Clerkship Program Opportunity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Thurgood Marshall Law Society<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2017 Summer Diversity Clerkship Program<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Dayton Chapter of the Thurgood Marshall Law Society is committed to increasing diversity and inclusion within the Dayton-area bar. This program is for students from traditionally underrepresented groups including Native American or Alaskan Native, Asian or Pacific Islander, African-American or Black, Hispanic, or a member of the LGBT community.<\/p>\n<p>The Diversity Summer Clerkship Program is just one element of the commitment. Through this program, select students will receive real-world legal experience, develop fundamental research and writing skills, and receive networking training necessary for a solid foundation to a successful and impactful legal career.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Applications will be solicited from students at all Ohio law schools<\/li>\n<li>Upon applying, candidates will rank their employer preferences<\/li>\n<li>Members of TMLS will review applications and recommend candidates to employers\\<\/li>\n<li>Upon agreeing to participate in the program, each employer must inform TMLS as to its preference between rising 2L and rising 3L students<\/li>\n<li>Each employer will employ at least one candidate for the summer<\/li>\n<li>Employers are responsible for scheduling interviews with individual candidates<\/li>\n<li>Each employer will make its own final hiring and salary decisions<\/li>\n<li>Each selected candidate is required to attend the TMLS seminar on workplace etiquette and legal writing skills prior to the start of the clerkship<\/li>\n<li>Clerkships will last ten weeks, running from approximately May 15 through July 28<\/li>\n<li>Although individual schedules must be worked out with employers, students should expect to work at least 30-40 hours per week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>How to apply: Fill out the application and send:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Application may be picked up in Law 110, the Career Center or Central Hower 301<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Cover Letter \u2013 including explanation of how background will increase diversity in the Dayton bar)<\/li>\n<li>Resume<\/li>\n<li>Writing Sample (no longer than five pages)<\/li>\n<li>Most recent transcript<\/li>\n<li>Current class curriculum<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>DEADLINE for receipt \u2013 February 3, 2017 \u2013 incomplete applications will not be reviewed. Late applications will not be reviewed.<\/p>\n<p>You may either send via U.S. Mail or hand delivery to:<\/p>\n<p>Robert Gresham<\/p>\n<p>Wright &amp; Schulte, LLC<\/p>\n<p>130 W. Second Street, Suite 1600<\/p>\n<p>Dayton, OH 45402<\/p>\n<p>OR via e-mail to <a href=\"mailto:TMLS_DaytonClerkshipProgram@outlook.com\">TMLS_DaytonClerkshipProgram@outlook.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thurgood Marshall Law Society 2017 Summer Diversity Clerkship Program The Dayton Chapter of the Thurgood Marshall Law Society is committed to increasing diversity and inclusion within the Dayton-area bar. This program is for students from traditionally underrepresented groups including Native American or Alaskan Native, Asian or Pacific Islander, African-American or Black, Hispanic, or a member &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/2017\/01\/06\/thurgood-marshall-2017-summer-diversity-clerkship-program-opportunity\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Thurgood Marshall 2017 Summer Diversity Clerkship Program Opportunity&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":237,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-41035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/237"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41035"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41039,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41035\/revisions\/41039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}