Diversity Fellowship Programs Are on the Rise

K&L Gates LLP and the University of Pittsburgh School of Law on Thursday announced the creation of a diversity fellowship that will offer a full, three-year scholarship as well as a paid summer associate position at the firm in the student’s first and second summers of law school.

With the program, K&L Gates joins the ranks of other firms providing scholarship and summer work nationwide for students who can be considered diverse because of race, gender, sexual orientation or a host of other characteristics.

James Leipold, executive director of the National Association for Law Placement, said that while these fellowships ...