Two Touro Law Students Selected as 2012 NYC Bar Association Diversity Fellows
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Two Touro Law Students Selected as 2012 NYC Bar Association Diversity Fellows
February 23, 2012Touro Law Center is proud to announce that Luzan Moore and Edwar Estrada have been selected as 2012 New York City Bar Association Diversity Fellows. Luzan will be working with BNY Mellon and Edwar with Mendes & Mount LLP.
Since 1991, more than 300 diverse and talented first year law students from eleven New York City area law schools have been given the opportunity to spend their first year summer in a law firm, or corporate or government legal department to better prepare them for careers in the law. The goal of the Fellowship Program is to provide first year law students from underrepresented population the chance to spend a summer in one of New York’s most exciting legal environments.
The selection criteria for Program Fellows is demanding, including a legal writing requirement, preparing a personal statement and being interviewed by a faculty-dominated screening committee at their respective law school. Having met these requirements, candidates are interviewed again by a panel of attorneys and other school representatives. Only those who pass the final hurtle are assigned to a participating employer.
“We are proud of both Luzan and Edwar. They are outstanding students who deserve this honor and will serve as ambassadors for Touro Law Center this summer,” said Dean Lawrence Raful. “We wish them much success and offer them heartfelt congratulations.”
Since 1991, more than 300 diverse and talented first year law students from eleven New York City area law schools have been given the opportunity to spend their first year summer in a law firm, or corporate or government legal department to better prepare them for careers in the law. The goal of the Fellowship Program is to provide first year law students from underrepresented population the chance to spend a summer in one of New York’s most exciting legal environments.
The selection criteria for Program Fellows is demanding, including a legal writing requirement, preparing a personal statement and being interviewed by a faculty-dominated screening committee at their respective law school. Having met these requirements, candidates are interviewed again by a panel of attorneys and other school representatives. Only those who pass the final hurtle are assigned to a participating employer.
“We are proud of both Luzan and Edwar. They are outstanding students who deserve this honor and will serve as ambassadors for Touro Law Center this summer,” said Dean Lawrence Raful. “We wish them much success and offer them heartfelt congratulations.”
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Patti Desrochers
Director of Communications
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