RWU Law earned full accreditation from the American Bar Association (ABA) in 1997, within the organization's shortest possible time frame.
Fast Facts
January
Faegre & Benson LLP Diversity Scholarship Program
Award: $6,000 payable for Fall of second year and $6000 payable for Fall of third year
Deadline: January 8, 2010
Criteria: Candidates must be a first year law student at an ABA approved law school. Must not be a recipient of a similar scholarship from another legal employer.
Fish & Richardson P.C. Diversity Fellowship Program
Award: $5,000, a paid summer associate position, and an assigned attorney mentor
Deadline: January 15, 2010
Criteria: Candidates must be a first year law student at an ABA approved law school.
Perkins Coie 1L Diversity Fellowship Scholarship
Award: $7,500 and a paid summer associate position with offices in Bellevue, Chicago, Los Angeles, Menlo Park, Pheonix, Portland, San Francisco or Seattle.
Deadline: January 20, 2010
Criteria: Candidates must be a first year law student in good standing at an ABA approved law school and must contribute meaningfully to the diversity of the law school student body. Students who are members of racial, ethnic, disabled, and sexual orientation minority groups, as well as those who are the first in their family to pursue in higher education will be considered.
Arent Fox Diversity Scholarship
Award: $15,000 and summer associate position at Washington, New York or Los Angeles office with $3000/week salary.
Deadline: January 15, 2010
Criteria: Must be a first year student in good standing at an ABA approved law school.
Stoel Rives First-Year Law Student Diversity Fellowship
Award: $7,500 and a paid summer associate position.
Deadline: January 20, 2010
Criteria: Candidates must be a first year law student at an ABA approved law school and must have a demonstrated interest in living in Boise, Portland or Seattle following law school graduation.
K&L/Gates National 1L Diversity Fellowship
Award: $7,500 and a paid summer associate position in Seattle office.
Deadline: January 15, 2010
Criteria: Candidates must be a first year law student an ABA approved law school.
Hillis Clark Martin & Peterson First-Year Diversity Student Fellowship
Award: $7,500 and a paid summer associate position.
Deadline: January 20, 2010
Criteria: Candidates must be a first year law student an ABA approved law school.
Miller Nash Diversity Fellowship Program
Award: $7,500 for tuition and expenses paid summer clerk position in Portland, Vancouver, or Seattle.
Deadline: January 20, 2010
Criteria: Must be a first year student in good standing at an ABA approved law school. Must be willing and able to fill summer clerk position for at least 12 weeks and must intend to work, live and practice law in the Pacific Northwest.
Gray Plant Mooty 1L Minority Summer Associate Program
Award: $1900 weekly paid summer (12-14 weeks) in Minneapolis
Deadline: January 15, 2010
Criteria: Candidates must be a first year law student at an ABA approved law school.
Bullivant/Houser/Bailey PC Diversity Scholarship Program
Award: $7,500 and a paid summer associate position in San Francisco or Sacramento office.
Deadline: January 21, 2010
Criteria: Candidates must be a first year law student an ABA approved law school and contributions to the legal community and society to promote diversity.
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP 1L Diversity Scholarship Program
Award: $7,500 and a paid summer clerkship in Seattle or Portland office.
Deadline: January 20, 2010
Criteria: Candidates must be a first year law student an ABA approved law school, committed to civic involvement that promoted diversity, and willing to commit to being a Summer Associate in the Seattle or Portland Office between 1st and 2nd year in law school.
Foster Pepper PLLC 1L diversity Fellowship
Award: $7,500 and paid summer associate position at Seattle Office
Deadline: January 15, 2010
Criteria: Must be a first year student in good standing at an ABA approved law school. Must have a demonstrated interest in work in Seattle, Washington following graduation.
National Association of Bond Lawyers Governmental Affairs Summer Internship
Award: $4,000, a summer internship position in the NABL's Government Affairs office in Washington DC, and a scholarship to attend NABL's Fundamental of Municipal Bond Law Seminar in Memphis, TN, April 15-17, 2009
Deadline: January 30, 2009
Criteria: Must be a highly motivated and self starter enrolled in law school.
Business Law Diversity Clerkship
Award: $6,000 and position court clerkship in the Philadelphia Commerce Court or the Delaware Court of Chancery. Other locations include New York and Florida
Deadline: January 29, 2010
Criteria: Must be join as member of the ABA Section of Business Law. First of second year law students at an ABA accredited law school may apply.
Baker Hostetler Paul D. White Scholarship Program
Award: $6,000 and a paid summer clerkship
Deadline: ?
Criteria: Candidates must be a student of color at an ABA approved law school.

