Diversity Scholarships, Fellowships & Internships
The following organizations offer law school scholarships and fellowships to diverse students. Please see the links below and if you require additional information please get in touch with the organization directly.
This list is not exhaustive.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Akin Gump/Robert Strauss Diversity &
Inclusion Scholarship Program
The application period for the 2023 program is open. Applications will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis, starting November 1.
Arent Fox LLP
Diversity Scholarship
Please visit the site for more information.
Brennan Center for Justice
Internships for Law Students
Spring 2023 Deadline: Application closed on December 2, 2022
Summer 2023 Deadline: Application closed on January 13, 2023
Please visit the site for more information.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
2023 Diversity & Inclusion Law Department
Summer Internship Program
Application closed on January 13, 2023.
Please visit the site for more information.
Cooley LLP
Diversity Fellowship
Application closed on January 9, 2023.
Please visit the site for more information.
Crowell & Moring LLP
2022 1L Diversity Fellowship
Application closed on January 13, 2023.
Please visit the site for more information.
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
1L Diversity Scholarship
Application closed on January 8, 2023.
Please visit the site for more information.
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett
& Dunner, LLP
Finnegan Diversity Scholarship
Please visit the site for more information.
Foundation for Advancement of Diversity in IP Law
Sidney B. Williams, Jr. Scholar Program
Applications for the Scholar Program are accepted at any point before April 1 of the year during which law school admission is being sought but can be made as early as
January 1 of the preceding year. Please visit the site for more information.
Google
2024 Google Legal Summer Institute
Application closes on June 21, 2023.
Please visit the site for more information.
Just The Beginning – A Pipeline Organization
Summer Judicial Internship Diversity Project
Application closed on January 6, 2023.
Please visit the site for more information.
King & Spalding LLP
1L Summer Associate Program
Please visit the site for more information.
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
1L Diversity Scholars Program
Applications for the 2023 1L Summer Associate will open on December 1. Please visit the site for more information.
2L Diversity Fellowship Program
Applications are now open. Please visit the site for more information.
Latham & Watkins LLP
1L & 2L Diversity Scholars Program
Sign up on the site to be notified when the 2023 1L Diversity Scholars applications will open.
Applications for the 2023 2L Diversity Scholars Program are now closed.
Please visit the site for more information.
Mecklenburg County Bar
Charlotte Legal Diversity Clerkship Program
Application closed on January 20, 2023.
The CLDC 2024 application, for law students graduating in Spring 2026, is anticipated to be
posted in December 2023. Please visit the site for more information.
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP
Morgan Lewis 1L Diversity Fellowship
The application process for the 1L Diversity Fellowship for Summer 2023 is now closed. Please visit the site for more information.
Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
Diversity and Inclusion Fellowship
Applications will be accepted beginning Dec. 1 each year and materials must be received by January 31 to be considered. Please visit the site for more information.
Thompson Coburn LLP
Thomas F. Eagleton Scholarship
Applications are accepted May 1st – July 1st; annually. Please visit the site for more information.
Thompson Hine LLP
1L Diversity Fellowship Program
Applications will be accepted beginning December 1 and reviewed on a continual basis until positions are filled.
Please visit the site for more information.
2L Diversity Fellowship Program
Applications will be accepted and reviewed on a continual basis until all positions have been filled. Please visit the site for more information.
Winston & Strawn LLP
Diversity Scholarship Program
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
Please visit the site for more information.
Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Womble Summer Associate Program
To be considered for Womble Scholars, express interest with your resume and law school transcript by July 30, 2023. Please visit the site for more information.