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We’re involved concerning the efforts that the Trump administration has taken to disparage and dismantle DEI efforts which can be lawful and which can be designed to open doorways of alternative and provides extra individuals the prospect to succeed primarily based on their deserves. Now greater than ever, we maintain steadfast to our values and our conviction that increasing alternatives and entry throughout the authorized career will at all times be the fitting factor to do.
We’ve not modified our standards or choice course of in response to both the SFFA v. Harvard opinion or to the Trump administration’s actions, and we see no purpose to. Our Variety Scholarship program is lawful, anti-discriminatory, and aligned with our core values {and professional} ethics. We’re happy with how this system has positively impacted the authorized career over time.
— Laurie Carr Mims, managing associate of Keker Van Nest & Peters, in feedback given to The Recorder, in regards to the agency’s range scholarship, which awards a complete of $100,000 in funds to first-year regulation college students annually. This yr’s Keker range students have been chosen as they “every demonstrated a deep dedication to service and advocacy, a ardour for litigation that began properly earlier than regulation college, and since they embodied resilience, grit and dedication.”
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