{"id":18468,"date":"2020-12-16T15:29:52","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T21:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/?p=18468"},"modified":"2020-12-16T15:29:52","modified_gmt":"2020-12-16T21:29:52","slug":"aba-business-law-section-2021-diversity-clerkship-program-for-2ls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/aba-business-law-section-2021-diversity-clerkship-program-for-2ls\/","title":{"rendered":"ABA Business Law Section 2021 Diversity Clerkship Program for 2Ls"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"bi6gxh9e\"><span class=\"d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id\">From the ABA\u2019s Business Law Section regarding the 2021 Diversity Clerkship Program:<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"bi6gxh9e\"><span class=\"d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id\">Applications are now being accepted for the 2021 Diversity Clerkship, current eligible second year law students are encouraged to apply. The Diversity Clerkship Program is a summer program that provides business law clerkship placements for qualified diverse second year law students. Participating clerks receive support and mentoring in the business law field and exposure to business practices that many of them lack. The purpose of the Diversity Clerkship Program is to provide hands-on experience and exposure in Business Law to law students.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"bi6gxh9e\"><span class=\"d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id\">Roles and responsibilities of selected Diversity Clerkship participants include but are not limited to the following: researching cases, drafting memoranda and opinions, observing trials, and networking with local attorneys and judges. <\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"bi6gxh9e\"><span class=\"d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id\">In addition to a placement in a business court clerkship, <\/span><span class=\"d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id\">Diversity Clerkship participants will also receive a stipend of $3,000 to cover living expenses for the duration of the 8-week clerkship.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"bi6gxh9e\"><span class=\"d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id\">More information can be found online at\u00a0<a class=\"oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl py34i1dx gpro0wi8\" role=\"link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ambar.org\/blclerkship?fbclid=IwAR1_DCbm9WcpW4J3fI_fgtXrYJAIpIeHFT2JXC3opwy2dRNNf6EzMh1KYeQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">ambar.org\/blclerkship<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the ABA\u2019s Business Law Section regarding the 2021 Diversity Clerkship Program: Applications are now being accepted for the 2021 Diversity&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-career-services"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18468"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18469,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18468\/revisions\/18469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/memphislawblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}