DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY

Welcoming. Inclusive. Caring. Students, faculty, alumni, and staff use these words again and again to describe St. John’s Law and the wider Law School community. We’re also a community that embraces and values diversity in its many forms. Under the guidance of Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Vernadette Horne, we work to recruit and retain a diverse student body, faculty, and staff. And we actively cultivate a campus atmosphere where respect is paramount. People argue their positions not only with passion and conviction, but with curiosity and compassion that builds bridges and bonds.

Our students celebrate and share their diverse heritages, identities, and interests as members of student-run shared identity groups:

JLSA

Jewish Law Student Association

Latin American Law Students Association

Associate Director of Admissions & Diversity Initiatives Oliver Colbert works closely with prospective and admitted students throughout the admissions process. He also creates and supports diversity initiatives to support students from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds.

Assistant Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion In her Law School leadership role, Dean Horne works to actively promote an environment and culture of inclusion and equality, and to nurture and strengthen a sense of community, belonging and mattering to all St. John’s Law students.

of opportunity, particularly for those historically underrepresented in the legal profession.

With that firm commitment, we offer the full-tuition Ron Brown Scholarship to competitive applicants who have overcome economic, social, or educational disadvantage.

We also offer numerous endowed diversity scholarships established by alumni and friends.

Named for Hon. Theodore T. Jones, Jr. ’72, ’07HON, who built a thriving legal career that took him to the heights of public service, the Theodore T. Jones, Jr. Fellowship provides competitive Black applicants with support over and above their other merit scholarships. A fund of over $1 million, generated by gifts from alumni and friends, will provide fellowships for approximately 50 students over the next three years.

Co-president, St. John’s Law Alumni Association Alumni of Color Chapter Victoria Cantrell has spent the majority of her career in labor and employee relations—first within healthcare at NYC Health + Hospitals and later in the arts and culture field. She is now the Director of Labor and Employee Relations at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

Co-president, St. John’s Law Alumni Association Alumni of Color Chapter Mo Sayeh is an Associate at Parsons McEntire McCleary PLLC. Prior to entering private practice, he was a Judicial Law Clerk in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.