Katten connects with and recruits minority students and attorneys through partnerships with civic and school organizations and other firm-sponsored programs.

We participate in diversity job fairs like the Cook County Minority Job Fair and the Lavender Law Job Fair and recruit on campus at schools with diverse student populations, such as Howard University. Our sponsorship of law school student groups and events for affinity groups representing female, minority and GLBT students allows our attorneys to meet and mentor law students and educate them about life at Katten.

We also attract talented diverse law school candidates through Katten’s Minority Scholarship Program, which awards two $15,000 scholarships to eligible minority law students participating in our Summer Associate Program each year—one in our Chicago office and one in our New York office. Recent recipients have included students from the University of Iowa College of Law, Columbia Law School and the University of North Carolina School of Law.

Katten actively supports affinity group-based law associations and organizations such as the Chicago Committee on Minorities in Large Law Firms and the Coalition of Women’s Initiatives in Law Firms and partners with them to provide programming for diverse attorneys. We also consult with search firms to identify women and minority candidates for lateral positions.