APPLICATION DEADLINE: JANUARY 20, 2010
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Stoel Rives is proud to offer First-Year and/or Second-Year Law Student Diversity Fellowships in their Portland, Salt Lake City and Seattle offices. Recipients will each be awarded a salaried summer associate position after their first year or second year of law school, as applicable, and a $7,500 tuition scholarship. To learn more about Stoel Rives’ business law practice, people and offices in seven states, please visit www.stoel.com.
Selection Criteria
• Good standing as a first-year law student at an ABA accredited law school. Students in four-year evening programs should not apply until after their second year of law school. In addition, applications will be considered from second-year law students for the summer of 2010 in the Portland office only.
• Demonstrated academic excellence and leadership ability, personal and professional accomplishments, commitment to community service and meaningful contribution to the diversity of the legal community.
• Commitment to living in Portland, Salt Lake City, or Seattle following law school graduation and expressed interest in their practice areas.
Application Materials
• One-page personal statement addressing the selection criteria and providing any additional relevant information. (No additional cover letter is needed.)
• Current résumé with three professional references.
• Undergraduate and law school (if available) transcript(s). Unofficial copies are acceptable.
• A legal writing sample that has not been edited by others (maximum of 10 pages).
Application Procedure
• Please send application materials to each office where you wish to be considered. (If applying to more than one office, please note this in your personal statement.)
• Materials must be received by January 20, 2010. Email submissions are preferred.
