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Seeger Weiss LLP announced today that the application period for the firm’s 2023 Diversity Fellowship is now open.
Seeger Weiss is committed to providing an inclusive, equitable workplace where team members from all backgrounds can thrive and grow. We believe that diversity of experience makes workplaces, institutions, and our world stronger, smarter, more resilient, and more just. A diverse legal team is a more effective legal team, and one that better serves its clients.
We also recognize that equity doesn’t just happen—it must be built. We are proud to share the Seeger Weiss Diversity Fellowship as a part of our ongoing commitment to recruiting, retaining, and promoting attorneys from underrepresented backgrounds.
Details regarding the Diversity Fellowship and eligibility requirements are as follows:
The Fellowship Program
Seeger Weiss’s 1L Summer Diversity Fellowship provides exposure to one of the leading Plaintiffs’ firms in the nation. Selected 1L students are invited to join Seeger Weiss attorneys for a summer of hands-on training and learning in some of the largest and most important mass tort, class action and social justice cases facing the American justice system. The Fellowship also includes programming with notable legal and non-legal speakers with the goal of fostering mentoring relationships.
The Fellowship — which includes an award of up to $12,000 plus an additional $3,000 charitable contribution to a nonprofit organization of their choice in consultation with the firm —will be offered to an exceptional rising second-year law student who shows the promise both of becoming an outstanding attorney and of contributing meaningfully to the diversity of Seeger Weiss and the legal community. The Fellow will participate in the regular summer associate program at the Firm in the year after the Fellowship is awarded.
Eligibility
The recipient of the Fellowship must demonstrate academic excellence and leadership abilities, together with personal and professional accomplishments and a commitment to community service. The recipient should demonstrate the potential to be successful in the legal profession and to be a meaningful contributor to the diversity of our firm and the legal community—including but not limited to the applicant’s ethnic or racial background, sexual orientation, gender identity, ability, or veteran status. All applicants must be entering their second year in good standing pursuing a Juris Doctor degree at an ABA accredited law school.
We will accept applications for the 2023 Fellowship until February 15, 2023. To apply, please submit a cover letter, resume, writing sample, and unofficial transcript to diversityfellowship@seegerweiss.com