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 a $15,000 scholarship to one eligible minority law student participating in our Summer Associate Program each year. 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.

Most recently, Katten has participated in the following job fairs:

    Cook County Bar Association Minority Job Fair
    August 13, 2010

    Lavender Law Fair    
    August 26, 2010

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