Minneapolis (01-December-2009) - Faegre & Benson LLP is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications for its 2010 diversity scholarship program, an initiative aimed at encouraging and supporting diversity in the legal profession.

Each year, Faegre & Benson offers two $12,000 scholarships to help students pay for their final years of law school. Recipients will also work as summer associates at one of the firm's four U.S. offices between their first and second years of law school.

Applicants must be enrolled full-time at an accredited law school in the United States, with an anticipated graduation date in the spring of 2012. Scholarship recipients will receive $6,000 for their second year of law school and an additional $6,000 for their third year. Applications are due January 8, 2010.

A key element of the diversity scholarship program is a comprehensive mentorship designed to help recipients transition from student to law firm associate. Each recipient will be matched with a Faegre & Benson lawyer, who will start mentoring him or her even before the summer begins. Mentors will help students acclimate both to the firm and to the legal community at large.

Scholarship recipients will be chosen partly on the basis of a short essay that explores how diversity has influenced their lives and how it impacts the legal profession.

Application Form

For further information, please contact:
Dana Gray
Manager of Legal Personnel Services
dgray@faegre.com