From Student Achievement to “Big Law” Cardozo 1Ls regularly receive more than 10 percent of all New York City Bar Diversity Fellowships offered, which provide paid internships at leading large law firms. Below is a sample of Cardozo's recent recipients of the NYC Bar Diversity Fellowship— and their employers: Jenny Alcaide J.D. 2016 Kaye Scholer Victor Cueva J.D. 2015 Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson Nakisha Duncan J.D. 2017 Bressler, Amery & Ross Kyanna Lewis J.D. 2015 Heidell, Pittoni, Murphy & Bach Matias Manzano J.D. 2016 Bryan Cave Ruma Mazumdar J.D. 2017 Davis & Gilbert Edgar Mendoza J.D. 2017 Carter Ledyard & Milburn Christina Noh J.D. 2014 Deutsche Bank Shakira Wallace J.D. 2016 Dechert Diana Yu J.D. 2016 Prudential
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DIVERSITY FELLOWSHIPS One of the most prestigious fellowships available
to students is the New York City Bar Diversity Fellowship, a competitive program sponsored by the New York City Bar Committee on Recruitment and Retention of Lawyers, of which an Office of Career Services (OCS) professional is an active member. The participating New York City law schools nominate diverse first-year law students as candidates for summer fellowship opportunities with prominent law firms and corporations in the New York City metropolitan area. CLEO MEMBERSHIP Cardozo is a long-standing member of the Council on
Legal Education Opportunity (CLEO) and has received numerous awards for our continuing commitment to diversifying the legal profession. Funded by the U.S. Department of Education through the Thurgood Marshall Legal Educational Opportunity Program, CLEO is dedicated to diversifying the legal profession by expanding opportunities for minority, low-income and disadvantaged groups. DIVERSITY EVENTS In the late fall and early winter, OCS provides support
for the New York County Lawyers’ Association Minority Judicial Internship Program. This initiative, administered by NYCLA’s Committee on Minorities and the Law, provides an important opportunity for first- and second-year law students of color to be introduced to the judicial system during a paid eight-week summer internship. Each intern is assigned to the office of a state or federal judge, where s/he performs legal research, drafts memoranda, assists with the preparation of jury instructions and observes court proceedings. Many organizations also invite Cardozo students to participate in diversity receptions and events that they host or sponsor. Students are introduced to employers and learn about the types of work they do and their efforts to promote and support diversity in their workplaces. Some of the employers and organizations who have recently invited Cardozo students to their diversity events include:
• American Civil Liberties Union • Asian American Bar Association
• Legal Services NYC • LGBT Bar Association
• Baker & McKenzie
• MetLife
of New York
• Blank Rome • Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft • Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton • Hispanic National Bar Association • Johnson & Johnson • Kate Stoneman Project • Legal Aid Society
of Greater New York (LeGaL)
• Metropolitan Black Bar Association • Morgan Stanley • National Association of Women Judges • Proskauer Rose • Puerto Rican Bar Association • Shearman & Sterling • Urban Justice Center