1L LCLD Scholar

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP (www.willkie.com) plans to hire 1L LCLD Scholars. To be eligible to apply for this Diversity Scholars Program, you must be enrolled in an ABA-accredited law school and seek to work in the Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Palo Alto, San Francisco or Washington, DC office of our Firm. The Diversity Scholars program is open to all first-year law students with an anticipated graduation date of May 2026.

The 1L LCLD Scholar will participate in the summer program alongside our second-year law students (and receive the same compensation) and will attend the LCLD Scholars Retreat. LCLD Scholars who receive an offer to join the Firm’s 2025 summer program as a 2L and return to Firm for the full summer program will be eligible to receive a $25,000 scholarship.

To apply, you must submit the following items:
• Resume
• Cover Letter
• Official Law School Transcript, including grades from your first semester of law school (if your complete grades are not available at the time you apply, you can supplement the application with an updated complete transcript once available)

We will review applications on a rolling basis beginning December 1, 2023. Interviews will begin in early January 2024.

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Salary: currently $4,134/week