Six $10,000 Scholarships available: Class of 2015: Latham & Watkins Scholars Program – Apply By Sept. 3rd

Latham & Watkins is once again pleased to announce the Latham Diversity Scholars Program to Albany Law School students, which will award a $10,000 non-renewable scholarship to each of six second-year law students (Class of 2015 are eligible). Factors considered in choosing the Latham Diversity Scholars will include a candidate’s:

• Ability and commitment to contribute to the diversity objectives of global law firms;
• Life experiences that have shaped values and that provide a unique perspective, including any obstacles or challenges faced in choosing or pursuing law as a profession;
• Academic and/or leadership achievements; and
• Desire to practice in a global law firm environment.

Students will be asked to submit an application form, personal statement, resume and official or unofficial law school transcript by September 3, 2013. Recipients will be announced in early 2014.

This scholarship is not contingent upon receiving or accepting an offer of employment at Latham. Rather, it is open to all law students in the hope that greater diversity among the attorneys at large law firms will benefit the entire profession. The Latham Diversity Scholars Program, among other outreach efforts by Latham’s Diversity Hiring Subcommittee, enhances Latham’s efforts to recruit and hire diverse summer clerks and attorneys.

Please feel free to share the attached overview and application with any individual law students who may be interested in applying. We also encourage you to forward this email to law school administrators overseeing your student life, financial aid, awards and scholarships and minority affairs departments. Applications can also be found here.
Website:  http://www.lw.com/diversityScholars

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Albany Law School Professor named to Lawyers of Color’s 50 under 50

Professor Anthony Paul Farley has been named to Lawyers of Color’s 2013 50 Under 50 list, a catalog of the most influential minority law professors 50 years of age or younger.  Professor Farley is the James Campbell Matthews Distinguished Professor of Jurisprudence at Albany Law School, specializing in constitutional law, criminal procedure and legal theory. He has lectured and published widely, with articles in the Berkeley La Raza Law Journal, Yale Journal of Law & Humanities, the New York University Review of Law & Social Change, the Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal, the Columbia Journal of Race and Law and many others.

He is a member of the Society of American Law Teachers and the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and previously served on the board for both organizations.  Prior to joining Albany Law School, Professor Farley was a tenured member of the Boston College Law School faculty, where he taught for 16 years. He has also served as an assistant U.S. attorney with the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of Columbia and practiced law as a corporate/securities associate with Shearman & Sterling in New York City.

Professor Farley earned his law degree from Harvard Law School and his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia.

Albany Law School’s Commencement is May 17th: Congratulations to the Class of 2013

The 162th commencement of Albany Law School will be held on Friday, May 17, 2013 at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) in Saratoga Springs, NY. See the graduation pictures from local newspapers, Times Union photo slide show on this link: http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Albany-Law-School-4526555.php

Watch a live webcast of the ceremony beginning at 10am.  Visit our website at www.albanylaw.edu for a weblink.  Congratulations!   We are very proud of your accomplishment.  Congrats to the Class of 2013!

STARTING LAW SCHOOL THIS YEAR! Check out CLEO Attitude Is Essential pre-law Summer 2013 Seminars

• Learn more about the Council on Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO) Mini Summer 2013 Seminars and Law Preview Scholarships!Visit www.cleodiversitynetwork.org to learn more!

  How can you become part of the CDN?
  Simply log onto the above link and click on “Join Minority Law Students Network Database”. For more, information, contact CLEO at (866)-886-4343.

  ATTITUDE IS ESSENTIAL (AIE) is a two-day seminar sponsored by CLEO to acclimate you to the rigors of case reading, briefing, the Socratic method and more. Don’t begin law school in the dark. For only $100, you can get a head start on your legal career. It’s a small investment for a great future!

  For specific locations and dates or to apply online,
  visit http://www.cleoscholars.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewPage&pageID=520&nodeID=2or
  http://www.cleodivercitynetwork.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.viewPage&pageId=568&parentID=673&nodeID=1

  Breaking News…we’ve teamed up with Law Preview!

  CLEO is proud to announce an exciting new partnership with the good folks over at Law Preview! To learn more about the CLEO-Law Preview tuition scholarship program, please click on the link below.
  http://www.lawpreview.com/index.php/cleo-diversity-network/

  NOTE: Albany Law School is a CLEO Member School.

May 8th: Cinco de Mayo with the Capital District Black & Hispanic Bar Association

The Capital District Black and Hispanic Bar Association Presents 

Cinco de Mayo!

Professional Networking Social

Wednesday, May 8TH

from: 5:30 p.m. – 7:30pm 

El Mariachi Mexican restaurant

289 Hamilton street

Albany, NY 12210

$10

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: cdbhba@gmail.com 

Albany Law School Presents: Spring 2013 Kate Stoneman Schedule of Events

Spring 2013 LSAC Discover Law Program Held at Albany Law School

On February 4, 2013 Albany Law School welcomed 24 high school students from three different cities within Upstate New York, who visited our beautiful campus as a part of the LSAC Discover Law Pipeline Program.  Students had the opportunity to see what life is like as a law student for the day.   Students were welcomed on campus by Assistant Directors of Admissions, Pershia Wilkins and Elaine Garrett.  They were then able to take tours of the campus, experienced a mock law class taught by Professor Donna Young, and had the chance to meet for a luncheon with current law students, Diamond Overby ’13 and Joseph Rosati, ’15 about their experiences.

LSAC’s Discover Law is a program that allows high school and early college students to become acquainted with career opportunties in the legal field.  More information can be found at:  www.discoverlaw.org

Hiscock & Barclay Spring 2013 Mentoring Program Welcome Reception

Albany Law School has partnered with attorneys from Hiscock & Barclay, LLP, for the Diversity Attorney Mentor Program, in which Albany Law students are matched with practicing attorneys from their Albany, NY  office to gain inside knowledge of specific legal fields, discuss career paths and seek out networking opportunities as the students begin the process of entering the job market in a law firm setting.

Led by Albany Law School Assistant Director of Admissions, Pershia Wilkins and Hiscock & Barclay Partner Lawrence Zimmerman, who handles all  Diversity Iniatiatives for his firm’s Albany office, the Diversity Mentor Program pairs students with attorneys for three-month periods during the fall and spring semesters.

“We are very excited about this new program and this opportunity to interact with students from Albany Law School,” said Zimmerman. “We see this as a long term project that both our attorneys and the students will come to thoroughly enjoy and benefit from.”

Hiscock & Barclay LLP, listed as a “Top 250 Firm” by The National Law Journal, is a full-service 200-attorney law firm, with offices throughout the major cities of New York state, as well as in Boston, Washington, D.C., and Toronto.

Apply by Junly 1, 2013: Cole Schotz Diversity Scholarship Program – $5,000 – (Class of 2015 law students)

You are invited: April 3rd at Albany Law School: “The Case for Diversity in the Profession/Pointers on Courtroom Conduct”