{"id":68614,"date":"2024-02-26T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/?p=68614"},"modified":"2024-01-24T11:43:40","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T16:43:40","slug":"kozyak-minority-mentoring-foundation-summer-fellowship-program-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/law\/docket\/kozyak-minority-mentoring-foundation-summer-fellowship-program-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Kozyak Minority Mentoring Foundation Summer Fellowship Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Who May Apply?<\/h4>\n<!-- \/wp:post-content --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\nFirst or second year law students who are enrolled in a Florida law school\nor are verified Florida residents attending an out-of-state law school.\nAdditional information is available on the form page.\n\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4>How Do I Apply?<\/h4>\n<!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\nCompletely fill out the application form and submit the required documents.\n\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSeTgbhJbNksYpCjs2ne3FR9jKV1x6lQMY8hKzUnBiLnsI7WFQ\/viewform?vc=0&amp;c=0&amp;w=1&amp;flr=0\"><span style=\"mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-theme-font: major-fareast;\">https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSeTgbhJbNksYpCjs2ne3FR9jKV1x6lQMY8hKzUnBiLnsI7WFQ\/viewform?vc=0&amp;c=0&amp;w=1&amp;flr=0<\/span><\/a>\n\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading {\"level\":4} -->\n<h4><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Aptos',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; font-weight: normal;\">2024 APPLICATION DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY 26, 2024 at 5:00 PM.<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<!-- \/wp:heading -->\n<p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Lato',sans-serif; color: #999999;\">John W. Kozyak grew up in a totally segregated community near St. Louis and was in high school when the 1964 Civil Rights Legislation was implemented. John moved to Miami in\n1974 for a summer clerkship without knowing a person and was fortunate enough\nto be hired by two well known, respected lawyers, who were wonderful mentors.\nJohn credits his success in the legal profession to the strong mentoring\nrelationships he developed. Throughout his career, John noticed the lack of\ndiversity in the legal profession. John believed that mentoring was a powerful\ntool in addressing the need to improve diversity in the legal profession for\nall minority groups and particularly African-American lawyers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Lato',sans-serif; color: #999999;\">John became an active mentor years ago and in 2002, he created his own mentoring\nprogram to match minority law students with experienced lawyers and judges in\nthe legal community. Later, John, along with his law partner, Detra\nShaw-Wilder, formed the Kozyak Minority Mentoring Foundation to strengthen and\ngrow his efforts to use mentoring as a platform to increase diversity in the\nlegal profession. Although much of John\u2019s early efforts were dedicated to\nproviding mentors for black law students, the Foundation provides opportunities\nfor all minority law students. The Foundation has close ties to the\nCuban-American Bar Association (\u201cCABA\u201d), the Florida Association of Women\nLawyers (\u201cFAWL\u201d), Haitian Lawyers, Caribbean Lawyers Association, the Gay &amp;\nLesbian Lawyers Association, Florida Muslim Lawyers, the National Hispanic Bar\nAssociation and many other voluntary bar associations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; word-spacing: 0px; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Lato',sans-serif; color: #999999;\">For 13 years the Foundation hosted an annual picnic, which grew and grew to\napproximately 5000 people in 2016. The KMMF now concentrates on smaller\nreceptions and meetings to provide more direct input.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who May Apply? First or second year law students who are enrolled in a Florida law school or are verified Florida residents attending an out-of-state law school. 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