McDermott Minority Scholarship
One of the greatest challenges facing law schools and law firms alike is the desire and need to improve diversity within our respective institutions and the legal industry generally. McDermott Will & Emery has been committed to increasing the number of minority lawyers at our firm for years. We are proud to once again rank among the top 5 firms nationally in number of Minority Partners, as reported in the May 2009 Minority Law Journal.
To further our efforts to recruit and retain more racial and ethnic minority lawyers, McDermott is pleased to announce the McDermott Minority Scholarship. McDermott awards a $15,000 scholarship to two second-year minority law students from ABA-accredited law schools who have received and accepted a position in a McDermott Summer Program. Students who meet McDermott’s hiring criteria and demonstrate leadership, community involvement, and a commitment to improving diversity in the legal community should consider applying.
Click here for the 2009 Scholarship application.
2008 Recipients
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William Garard Godwin ‘10
William is a law student at the University of Chicago Law School and will participate in McDermott’s summer program in Chicago. He is a member of the Black Law Students Association and the American Constitution Society. As a magna cum laude graduate of Georgetown University, he received the 2007 Hoggson Award for Excellence in Sociology; was elected as a Harry S. Truman Scholar and was named to USA Today’s 2007 All-USA College Academic team. During his undergraduate study, he also completed general graduate course work at The London School of Economics and Political Science and participated in Georgetown’s prison outreach program. He served as a Congressional intern for Senator Bill Frist (R-TN) and Representative Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-IL). Finally, he was named a Ronald McNair Scholar at the University of Chicago and a Galbraith Scholar as part of Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. |
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Dyanna Quizon ‘10
At Berkeley, Dyanna created the Women of Color network and is a member of the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association and the Pilipino American Law Society. She is also a volunteer at the Community Legal Outreach program. As part of the inaugural class of the UCDC Law Program, Dyanna is currently spending her spring semester as a legal intern for the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. She graduated from the University of California, Davis with highest honors and has received a number of awards, including the Regents’ Scholar Award, Outstanding Filipino Senior Award, Vice Chancellor’s Award of Merit and Howard Shontz Award. Dyanna also served as a Congressional intern for Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA). |