The Main Building, Golden Dome, at the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana. Credit: Matthew Rice via Wikimedia Commons New Notre Dame Law Program Helps Diverse Students Network With Big Law Employers
"The networking opportunities were a way to strengthen our shared DEI goals with our law firm partners, and promote efforts to increase diversity among top law firms by directly connecting firms with top-tier candidates from communities underrepresented in the legal profession," Max Gaston, Notre Dame Law School's director of DEI, said in a statement.
January 19, 2023 at 07:15 PM
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Beginning in the 2022 fall semester, Notre Dame Law School debuted a new series of events called "Including YOU!" aimed at creating networking opportunities for law students from communities underrepresented in the legal profession.
The semester was filled with a variety of social events such as business dinners, cocktail receptions and breakfasts to connect students and employers. Each event was sponsored by a different legal employer, including Johnson & Johnson, Jackson Walker, Bricker & Eckler, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath, Dinsmore & Shohl, Waller Law, Reed Smith, Benesch, Polsinelli, Locke Lord and Ropes & Gray, among others, according to the school's announcement.
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