The Office of Career Services is active in participating in and
promoting various programs designed to increase employment
opportunities for minority students.
The Association of the Bar of the City of New York’s Committee on
Recruitment and Retention of Lawyers conducts the Summer Fellowship
Program, a highly competitive program to place first-year minority
law students in summer jobs with large law firms and corporate
legal departments. The Office of Career Services publicizes
the program, assists first-year students in submitting their
application packages and coordinates the selection process of
candidates representing St. John’s. Each year, St. John’s
produces several fellowship recipients.
The Office of Career Services also encourages and facilitates
student participation in numerous diversity-based internship
programs, as well as the Northeast BLSA Job Fair, the HNBA, the
Metlife Law Department’s Diversity Committee’s Career Forum, and
the New York City Practicing Attorneys for Law Students (PALS)
Program.