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The CMBA is committed to promote diversity Minority Clerkship Program Louis Stokes Scholars Program
and inclusion within the legal profession, justice The Louis Stokes Scholars Program is a
system and in the community. The CMBA’s This program provides an invaluable “foot in pipeline diversity initiative through which
Diversity & Inclusion Committee provides the door” for talented minority law students college students engage in eight-week paid
volunteer leadership and oversight to a number at the conclusion of their first year of law summer legal internships at Cleveland law
of CMBA initiatives, including the following: school. Through the program, these students firms, courts, and legal nonprofits. The Stokes
are afforded real-world work experience as Scholars Program provides the missing piece
Midwest Diversity Career Fair law clerks or summer associates in a firm, in the CMBA’s pipeline diversity initiatives
law department or government agency. — a college program — in addition to its
The Diversity & Inclusion Committee and Thus, the student is exposed to the inner programing for high school and law school
the Midwest Region of the National Black working of the law firm, law department, or students. Participating students must be
Law Student Association partnered again governmental agency, and the employer is graduates of the Cleveland Metropolitan
to host the third annual Midwest Diversity exposed to a talented minority law student. School District or East Cleveland Municipal
Career Fair. The Career Fair took place at Moreover, the program provides an excellent School District and enrolled in college or
the CMBA Conference Center on Friday, opportunity for first-year law students to scheduled to begin college in the fall following
August 16, 2019, offering eligible job seekers make indispensable contacts and networking the summer program. At each employer,
from the Midwest region an introduction connections for their future legal careers. students are matched with attorney-mentors,
and opportunity to interact and interview Thanks to the generosity and commitment of who help ensure the experience provides a
with many Cleveland area legal employers. the following firms and offices, we placed 11 good introduction into the profession and
The CMBA and its partners are committed law students in clerkships this summer: also provide career counseling. Mentors
to promoting and encouraging a diverse and continue to serve as a resource for their
inclusive legal community. The Career Fair • Brennan Manna & Diamond LLC interns after the summer ends.
is open to 2L and 3L students, law school • Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office.
graduates and lawyers seeking to transition. • Hahn Loeser LLP During the summer of 2019, 10 Stokes
Through our connection to Midwest BLSA, • Kaster, Westman & Wilkins LLC Scholars had the opportunity to intern at the
we are able to invite job seekers from 15 • McDonald Hopkins LLC following firms, courts, and nonprofits:
states and 52 law schools to consider the • Ohio Attorney General
Cleveland area as a destination for their • Porter Wright LLP • Cleveland Municipal Court
careers in law. • Reminger Co. LPA • Cuyahoga County Court of
• Roetzel & Andress, LPA Common Pleas
Diversity & Inclusion CLE Programs • Thompson Hine LLP • Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office
• Ulmer & Berne LLP • Domestic Relations Court
The Committee also plans and coordinates • Legal Aid Society of Cleveland
annual CLE seminars aimed at providing • McDonald Hopkins LLC
“tool kit” resources for legal employers. • Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
The programs provide information on best • Tucker Ellis LLP
practices in diversity & inclusion; strategies
for recruitment and retention; understanding
the impact of unconscious bias and ways to
overcome it; and other related topics.

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