November 11, 2008

Dorsey & Whitney Offers Fourth Annual 'Diversity Fellowship'

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MINNEAPOLIS (November 11, 2008) — Global law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP is pleased to announce the fourth annual Dorsey & Whitney Diversity Fellowship, a diversity program for first-year law students in the firm’s Denver, Minneapolis and Seattle offices during the summer of 2009.

Applications will be accepted between December 1, 2008 and January 22, 2009, and will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Recipients will be selected by February 27, 2009. The Fellowship application is available for download above.

Three fellowships – one each in Denver, Minneapolis and Seattle – will be awarded for 2009. Each fellowship recipient will be a first-year law student of a diverse background who has a record of academic achievement and commitment to promoting diversity. Each recipient will work as a 2009 Dorsey summer associate and, at the end of the summer, will receive $10,000 toward law school tuition and expenses during the 2009-2010 school year.

“Law students who work with us each summer bring tremendous energy and enthusiasm to Dorsey, and we all benefit from their fresh ideas and perspectives,” said Marianne Short, Dorsey managing partner. “We are proud to support talented law students who believe in diversity as strongly as we do.”

The Dorsey & Whitney Diversity Fellowship is a natural extension of the firm’s commitment to diversity. Dorsey is resolved to attract, recruit, retain and advance attorneys from diverse backgrounds. Dorsey supports numerous organizations that promote diversity in the legal community, including the Human Rights Campaign and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association. The firm actively recruits from minority job fairs each fall and has hosted minority job fairs. In addition, the firm encourages attorneys to become involved in internal networking and affinity groups as well as local minority bar associations.