Position
1L Summer Associate Diversity Scholar (Atlanta)
Location
1180 Peachtree Street, NE
Atlanta, GA 30309
Position Description
King & Spalding's Atlanta office seeks a highly qualified first-year law student to join our 2015
summer associate program as our 2015 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) 1L
Scholar. LCLD is a national organization of corporate chief legal officers and law firm
managing partners dedicated to creating a diverse legal profession.
The 2015 LCLD Scholar will participate in King & Spalding’s 2015 summer associate program
in the Atlanta office. The 2015 Atlanta summer associate program begins May 18, 2015, and
concludes July 10, 2015.
King & Spalding has over 800 lawyers in 17 offices across the United States, Europe, and the
Middle East. King & Spalding is committed to recruit, retain, and promote talented lawyers who
will contribute to the advancement of diversity within the firm and in the legal profession. To
learn more about King & Spalding and our summer associate program, see www.kslaw.com.
Qualifications
Candidates must be current first-year students, have excellent academic credentials (first
semester grades must be in the top 20% of the 1L class), and demonstrate a record of community
service and leadership accomplishments. Candidates should have ties to the Atlanta area and/or
an interest in practicing law in Atlanta. Candidates must have an ethnically or culturally diverse
background or be a member of the LGBT community.
Application Submission Procedure
To apply for this position, candidates must complete the electronic online application form
located at www.kslaw.com/careers/Law-Students and click the “Apply Online” hotlink. All
applicants must indicate the following in the online application: (1) select “Atlanta” in the field
for “Office;” (2) select “Summer Associate” in the field for “Department,” and (3) select “1L
LCLD Scholar” in the field for “Position.” All applications must include the applicant’s resume,
law school transcript,* and undergraduate transcript (unofficial copies are acceptable).
* If the law school transcript is not complete when the application is submitted, please submit the
transcript as soon as it is available. Applications cannot be considered complete or reviewed
until the law school transcript is received.
Application Deadline
February 2, 2015
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