January 29, 2015 – The New York City Bar Association is now accepting applications for the 2015 Thurgood Marshall Summer Law Internship Program. This Program is part of the New York City Bar’s continuing efforts to enhance the diversity of the legal profession. By reaching out and exposing inner-city youth to the law, the program hopes to fill the pipeline with diverse talent.
The program provides internships to NYC public high school students from underrepresented groups in the legal profession who:
· are high school juniors or seniors (must be 16 yrs old)
· are enrolled in the Law & Justice Program at their school or have a demonstrated interest in the law
· have above average grades
For more information about our program, illness please visit the Program website.
The application is available at the following link:
http://www.nycbar.org/images/stories/pdfs/sleop/tmsliapplication.pdf
The deadline for submitting applications is Friday, February 27th.