{"id":55722,"date":"2022-05-18T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/?p=55722"},"modified":"2022-04-20T11:30:35","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T15:30:35","slug":"apply-for-this-10000-baker-donelson-diversity-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/apply-for-this-10000-baker-donelson-diversity-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"Apply for this $10,000 Baker Donelson Diversity Scholarship!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Baker Donelson is committed to fostering an inclusive environment where the individual differences among us are understood, respected, appreciated,&nbsp;and recognized as sources of strength of the Firm.&nbsp;These qualities&nbsp;enrich the environment in which we work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With this in mind, we are delighted to announce that the&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bakerdonelson.com\/diversity-scholarship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2023 Baker Donelson&nbsp;Diversity Scholarship<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong>application is now available!&nbsp; We will award three scholarships to three diverse rising 2L law students&nbsp;who will complete their first year of law school by June 2022. Recipients will be awarded a&nbsp;six-week, salaried 2L Summer Associate position for the summer of 2023 in one of our Firm\u2019s offices.&nbsp;Additionally, each recipient will be awarded $10,000, which will be paid&nbsp;prior to the student&#8217;s third year of law school, to help defray the cost of law school tuition and related expenses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Eligibility.&nbsp;<\/strong>To qualify for the scholarship, the candidates must: (1) have completed their first year of a full-time JD program with an anticipated graduation date of 2024 at the time of application, (2) be a member of a diverse population that historically has been underrepresented in the legal profession; and (3) attend an ABA Accredited Law School. Candidates may not be the recipient of a similar scholarship award from another law firm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Application Deadline and Requirements.&nbsp;<\/strong>Applications are due by midnight, Friday, June 10, 2022.&nbsp;Interested students must include the documents below with their application. Students will have the availability to save their application and upload these at a later time. Students may start the application process using&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.office.com%2Fr%2FQd8m8DP96F&amp;data=05%7C01%7Celizondo%40law.stetson.edu%7C1a5604f936d1425a72d708da22dd781e%7C7d854659421348c180cadf7831c02e6d%7C0%7C0%7C637860631855549244%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=717mrBlsJ0ExMy8NypmN1R888Y9bWEMp2T9g0gvULvA%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\">this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Current Resume including undergraduate and law school GPA and class rank (if available)<\/li><li>Personal Statement. Please demonstrate your qualifications for our Diversity Scholarship by addressing how you have contributed to the cause of diversity; and\/or how you have overcome adversity to achieve personal and academic success. Please limit to 500 words.<\/li><li>Unofficial Law School Transcript must include&nbsp;1L Fall and Spring semester grades.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Legal Writing Sample. The sample may be from your legal writing course in law school (please limit to 10 pages).<\/li><li>Professional Recommendation.&nbsp;One written professional recommendation from a law school professor or employer. Recommendations should be addressed to Rebecca Simon, Director of Recruiting. The recommendation document name should be labeled&nbsp;<strong>LastName-FirstName<\/strong>.&nbsp;It may be uploaded to the application or emailed directly to&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:diversityrecommendation@bakerdonelson.com\" target=\"_blank\">diversityrecommendation@bakerdonelson.com<\/a>. &nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Direct questions about the 2023 Diversity Scholarship to&nbsp;Helen Beasley at&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:hbeasley@bakerdonelson.com\" target=\"_blank\">hbeasley@bakerdonelson.com<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baker Donelson is committed to fostering an inclusive environment where the individual differences among us are understood, respected, appreciated,&nbsp;and recognized as sources of strength of the Firm.&nbsp;These qualities&nbsp;enrich the environment [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[25],"class_list":["post-55722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-students","tag-career"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55722"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55723,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55722\/revisions\/55723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}