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Next Meeting: Friday, April 5, 2013 at Noon at the MSBA Offices

LAW PREVIEW SCHOLARS PROGRAM

The Diversity Committee's Law Preview Scholarship seeks to benefit minority students who would like to attend the Law Preview class and who plan to attend law school in Minnesota in 2013.

The Law Preview Scholarship Criteria

To be eligible for a scholarship, applicants must be: (i) a member of a historically underrepresented group in the legal profession; (ii) a member of the LGBT community; or (iii) first in their immediate family (excluding siblings) to attend college. Students must also be enrolled to begin classes a law school located within the state of Minnesota.

Applications for the Law Preview Scholarship will be accepted until May 10, 2013. A selection committee will evaluate all completed applications, and scholarship recipients will be notified on a rolling basis by May 20, 2013. If you plan to attend one of the eligible law school, and meet the scholarship criteria, complete the online application before the scholarship deadline.

2011 SAGE Report:  Self-Audit for Gender Equity and Diversity

Purpose
To assist the bar in advancing a culturally diverse workplace for the practice of law in Minnesota. To that end, the committee hopes to work towards improving the environment for the recruiting and retention of minority lawyers.

Goals
To increase representation and participation of Minnesota lawyers in the work of the committee and to work with Minnesota law schools and legal community to promote opportunities for minorities in the legal profession.

Chairperson
Alan Haynes

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