What is the program?

The San Diego County Bar Association created the San Diego Diversity Fellowship Program  in 2009 as a response to the low number of diverse attorneys practicing law in San Diego County law firms, corporate legal departments, and public agencies. The Program is modeled after similar initiatives in Sacramento, Puget Sound/Seattle, Cleveland, St. Louis, Columbus, Atlanta, and the Bay Area. The main objectives of the Program are:

1. To increase the number of diverse attorneys practicing in San Diego County law firms, corporate legal departments, and public agencies by providing first year law students with an opportunity to develop their skills and make professional contacts through internship opportunities at law firms and corporate legal departments;
2. To assist San Diego County law firms, corporate legal departments, and public agencies in their efforts to recruit talented diverse attorneys by introducing them to qualified, diverse law students who may not have been identified through traditional summer recruitment programs. Employment of these students provides an opportunity for a diversity of ideas which enhance the quality of legal services that participating employers may provide to their clients.

The DFP accepts applicants of all races, ethnicities, genders, ages, disabilities, orientations, and socioeconomic backgrounds, as well as individuals who seek greater inclusion to help them address current or anticipated challenges arising out of or relating to their identity, or any aspect of their identity, background, experiences, perspectives, or other circumstances. All of these individuals are eligible to apply to the program, and the DFP does not discriminate on the basis of any protected characteristic. The DFP’s chief aim is to promote and foster an environment in which all individuals are treated with dignity and respect, regardless of their differing perspectives or experiences.

Ames Karanjia LLP
Clark Hill, LLP
Collins + Collins LLP
Cozen O'Connor
Disability Rights California
Ferris & Britton, APC
Hegeler & Anderson
Higgs, Fletcher, Mack
Klinedinst PC
Lagasse Branch Bell + Kinkead, LLP
Pettit Kohn Ingrassia Lutz & Dolin
Quarles
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP
Rosing Pott & Strohbehn
San Diego County District Attorney's Office
Sempra Energy
Sony Electronics
Wilson Turner Kosmo, LLP
Wingert Grebing Brubaker & Juskie LLP
Wolfenzon Rolle

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