Letter from DLA Piper Co-Chairs of Diversity and Inclusion

Hello Black Law Students Association,

We are the National Co-Chairs of Diversity and Inclusion at DLA Piper. In this role, we oversee the implementation of the firm's Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, which includes the recruitment of diverse candidates.

Members of our firm will soon be at your school for the recruitment of summer associates for the firm’s 2013 Summer Program through On-Campus Interviewing (OCI), and we hope to see members of your affinity group in the pool of candidates. However, we realize that due to systems in place at many of the law schools, all of those who apply for OCI slots with our firm may not get selected, so we want to be sure that you are aware that we welcome direct applications to the firm. Please let your affinity group members know that if they have an interest in DLA Piper they are welcome to submit their materials directly to us at:

http://www.dlapiperlegalcareers.us/lawstudents/howtoapply/

Our applicant criteria can be found on our NALP form, which is available at www.nalp.org. We would appreciate the opportunity to review their credentials as we consider all candidates for our Summer 2013 program.

Thank you for sharing this information with the members of your affinity group, and please let us know if you have any questions.

Frederick H. L. McClure
Partner
DLA Piper LLP (US)
100 North Tampa Street
Suite 2200
Tampa, FL 33602-5809

Jackie Kim Park
Partner
DLA Piper LLP (US)
550 South Hope Street
Suite 2300
Los Angeles, CA 90071-2678