Shook Scholars Institute Readies Diverse Law Students for Success
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Shook, Hardy & Bacon is offering a national diversity and inclusion intensive fellowship for law students to impart the high-level skills necessary to become an accomplished and thriving lawyer. The Shook Scholars Institute will premiere this fall to a select group of minority and LGBTQ law students who will participate in a trial boot camp, as well as sessions on how to be an effective lawyer, gain deposition skills, learn success strategies for diverse lawyers and build a career in law.
The Shook Scholars Institute will give law students the opportunity to work with Shook trial attorneys, litigators and leaders in a small group. Following the program, Shook will mentor participants in the Institute during law school. Shook represents some of the world's leading health, science and technology companies in complex litigation.
"This is an extraordinary opportunity for law students to gain real-world insight from some of the nation's leading trial lawyers and litigators," said Shook Partner and retired Jackson County Circuit Judge Jon Gray, who served as a judge on the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit of Missouri for 20 years and who is leading the trial program component of the Institute. "The experience will set the course for what law students might expect to encounter in the future."
Vault ranked Shook among its 2019 Best Law Firms for summer associate development, and the firm is recognized annually among the nation's top law firms for diversity and inclusion.
"We're excited to launch the Shook Scholars Institute for law students nationwide," said Shook Director of Strategic Diversity Initiatives Kori S. Carew, who is also a lawyer. "Law school and the transition to the practice of law can be overwhelming. We want to help make that experience even better for some of the best and the brightest minority and LGBTQ students."
To apply for the Shook Scholars Institute go to https://www.shb.com/~/media/files/diversity/2018/div_shook_scholarsinstitute.pdf?la=en.
About Shook, Hardy & Bacon
Founded in 1889, Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. has 12 offices in the United States and London, with attorneys and professional staff serving clients in the health, science and technology sectors in areas ranging from product liability defense and commercial litigation to intellectual property prosecution and litigation, environmental and toxic tort, privacy and data security and regulatory counseling.
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