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 Scholarship application.
Past Recipients
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Hassen Al-Shawaf ‘12
Mr. Al-Shawaf is a Certified Public Accountant (Registered in Illinois) and a Certified Internal Auditor. He earned his Master of Accounting Science and his Bachelor of Science in Accountancy at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. During his undergraduate study he made the College of Business Top Ten Senior list and was a Beta Gamma Sigma. Currently, at the University of Illinois College of Law, Mr. Al-Shawaf is a member of Law Review, the Student Bar Association Treasurer and a Student Hurricane Network Volunteer. |
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Jessica Meneses ‘12
Ms. Meneses attends Cornell Law School where she is a member of the Latin American Law Student Association as well as a member of the Women’s Law Coalition. She earned her Bachelor of Art in Psychology and Geography from Dartmouth College where she was a Rufus Choate Scholar (Top 5%), and a Dartmouth College Fund Endowed Scholar. At Dartmouth, Ms. Meneses was also an undergraduate advisor; Kappa Kappa Gamma, Philanthropy Chair; La Alianza Latina, Mentor; First Generation College Student Network, Facilitator/ Mentor; Drug and Alcohol Peer Advisor; Special Olympics Bowling, Athlete Mentor; and Peer Academic Link Mentor, Geography Team Leader. |