Georgetown University Law Center
600 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Scholarship Sponsors:
- Latham & Watkins LLP
- WilmerHale LLP
Scholarship Application Deadline: 5.10.12
Law Preview Scholarship Criteria
To be eligible, applicants must be enrolled to begin classes at Georgetown University Law Center in the fall of 2012.
Applications will be accepted until May 10, 2012. The sponsoring organizations' selection panels will evaluate all completed applications, and scholarship recipients will be notified on a rolling basis by June 1, 2012.
If you plan to attend Georgetown University Law Center and meet the scholarship criteria, complete the online application before the scholarship deadline.
We are proud of our long-standing commitment to be a leader in promoting diversity in the legal profession. We have a number of ongoing initiatives and outreach programs that involve financial support, mentoring and career development. Among our core values is the aspiration that lawyers from all backgrounds are hired, trained and promoted fairly and with attention to the goals of equal opportunity and diversity in the practice of law. The Latham & Watkins Law Preview Scholarship program fits well with this goal and provides us with the opportunity to support law students at the crucial, early stages of their legal careers.
First year law school grades are critical because most large firms recruit law students during the fall semester of the 2L year. Consequently, first-year grades are a major factor for firms in deciding whether or not to hire candidates for their Summer Associate programs. When our Diversity Committee investigated ways that we could help make a difference in the lives of students who are heading to law school, we learned about Law Preview and that some of our own lawyers had attended the program and found it helpful in preparing for the challenges they would face in law school. This is why WilmerHale has decided to offer scholarships to the Law Preview class for diverse students who will be attending select law schools. Proper preparation can make a huge difference in a law student's academic performance and we are happy to play a part in helping students get off to a good start.