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CMBA 2018 LEGAL DIRECTORY Just for Fun
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CMBA 2015 LegAL DireCtory Diversity & Inclusion Programs

The CMBA is committed to promote diversity Minority Clerkship Program Louis Stokes Scholars Program
and inclusion within the legal profession, justice
system and in the community. The CMBA’s This program provides an invaluable “foot in The Louis Stokes Scholars Program is a
Diversity & Inclusion Committee provides the door” for talented minority law students pipeline diversity initiative through which
volunteer leadership and oversight to a number at the conclusion of their first year of law college students engage in eight-week paid
of CMBA initiatives, including the following: school. Through the program, these students summer legal internships at Cleveland law
are afforded real-world work experience as firms, courts, and legal nonprofits. The Stokes
Midwest Diversity Career Fair law clerks or summer associates in a firm, Scholars Program provides the missing piece
law department or government agency. in the CMBA’s pipeline diversity initiatives
The Diversity & Inclusion Committee and Thus, the student is exposed to the inner — a college program — in addition to its
the Midwest Region of the National Black working of the law firm, law department, or programing for high school and law school
Law Student Association are partnering again governmental agency, and the employer is students. Participating students must be
to host the third annual Midwest Diversity exposed to a talented minority law student. graduates of the Cleveland Metropolitan
Career Fair. The Career Fair will take place Moreover, the program provides an excellent School District or East Cleveland Municipal
at the CMBA Conference Center on Friday, opportunity for first-year law students to School District and enrolled in college or
August 16, 2019, offering eligible job seekers make indispensable contacts and networking scheduled to begin college in the fall following
from the Midwest region an introduction connections for their future legal careers. the summer program. At each employer,
and opportunity to interact and interview Thanks to the generosity and commitment of students are matched with attorney-mentors,
with many Cleveland area legal employers. the following firms and offices, we placed 14 who help ensure the experience provides a
The CMBA and its partners are committed law students in clerkships this summer: good introduction into the profession and
to promoting and encouraging a diverse and also provide career counseling. Mentors
inclusive legal community. The Career Fair • Akron Law Department continue to serve as a resource for their
is open to 2L and 3L students, law school • Bonezzi Switzer Polito & Hupp Co. LPA interns after the summer ends.
graduates and lawyers seeking to transition. • CMBA
Through our connection to Midwest BLSA, • Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office During the summer of 2018, 11 Stokes
we are able to invite job seekers from 15 • Forest City Realty Trust, Inc. Scholars had the opportunity to intern at the
states and 52 law schools to consider the • Hahn Loeser LLP following firms, courts, and nonprofits:
Cleveland area as a destination for their • Ohio Attorney General
careers in law. • Porter Wright LLP • Child & Family Advocates
• Reminger Co. LPA • Cleveland Municipal Court
Diversity & Inclusion CLE Programs • Roetzel & Andress, LPA • Cuyahoga County Court of
• Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP Common Pleas
The Committee also plans and coordinates • Thompson Hine LLP • Cuyahoga County Probate Court
annual CLE seminars aimed at providing • Ulmer & Berne LLP • Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office
“tool kit” resources for legal employers. • Walter Haverfield LLP • Domestic Relations Court
The programs provide information on best • Legal Aid Society of Cleveland
practices in diversity & inclusion; strategies • Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
for recruitment and retention; understanding • Tucker Ellis LLP
the impact of unconscious bias and ways to
overcome it; and other related topics.

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