Wiggin and Dana has announced the arrival of its newest class of summer associates for 2019, with students hailing from law schools in Connecticut and across the country.

The group is composed of five second-year law students and three first-year law students. This year Wiggin and Dana has also launched a new diversity scholar summer program, with students splitting time between the firm and New York's Montefiore Medical Center.

The firm also welcomes a Yale New Haven Health System/Wiggin and Dana diversity scholar for the ninth consecutive year and a United Technologies Corp. and a Lawyers Collaborative for Diversity scholar.

The eight-week summer associates program offers participants opportunities to work on a variety of assignments, with the goal of providing a realistic view of associate work and life. Students participate in public service and social events as part of the experience.

This summer's associates are as follows:

• Dima Atiya attends the University of Michigan Law School and earned her bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Michigan.
• Zeynep Aydogan attends the University of Connecticut School of Law and earned her bachelor's degree in management and media studies from Quinnipiac University.
• Alundai Benjamin attends the University of Connecticut School of Law and earned her a political science degree from the University of Connecticut.
• Matthew Brown attends Howard University School of Law and earned his bachelor's degree in English from the University of Maryland College Park.
• Rachel Morro attends Quinnipiac University School of Law and earned her criminal justice degree from the University of New Haven.
• Nestor Rodriguez Smyt attends the University of Connecticut School of Law and earned his bachelor's degree in materials science and engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
• Quyen Truong attends University of Connecticut School of Law and earned a visual arts degree from Brown University.
• Qing Wai Wong attends the University of Connecticut School of Law and earned a M.P.H. at Boston University and a bachelor's degree in biochemistry from Boston College.