• In 2006, the firm created the Miller & Chevalier Minority Fellowship, which is a paid school-year internship for minority students selected from the Washington, D.C. law schools.  The firm believes that this school-year program is unique among Washington law firms.  The first Fellow -- a second-year student at The George Washington University Law School -- worked at the firm in the fall of 2006.  He received an offer to join the firm's 2007 summer associate program. 
  
• For three consecutive summers, the firm sponsored a six-week "Introduction to Legal Reasoning" course for rising first-year law students.   Approximately forty attorneys and summer associates volunteered their evenings to teach principles of law to students from traditionally disadvantaged backgrounds.  In addition to the course itself, the firm has invited back former students for a session on successful “job hunting” techniques, including best practices for resumes, cover letters, and interviews.  One recent “graduate” of the course stated:

 “I cannot explain how much I have benefited from the past five weeks in participation in the Legal Reasoning class at Miller and Chevalier. I feel much more prepared and less anxious about my entrance into law school in a few weeks. Thank you for allowing me and the others in the class such a great opportunity. Everyone with whom I have had the pleasure of having contact with at Miller and Chevalier (Associates “Partners” and the law students) have all been so very kind and open to questions about the law material and the law school experience as a whole. This is such an excellent program and I hope that it continues, I will recommend it to others. . . .  Pass the word that this 1L from Howard thinks that Miller and Chevalier is an outstanding law firm. Have a good day.” -- Marcia Bowman, Howard University School of Law, Fall 2005 Entering Class.

• During the 2006-07 school year, the firm’s attorneys and staff tutored high school students from the Thurgood Marshall Academy Charter Public High School in Washington, DC.  Through the school’s Adopt-A-School program, eleven students from the school visited the firm each Tuesday evening.  More than forty attorneys and staff volunteered to tutor the students on subjects such as science, social science, and algebra.
•  A recent firm attorney retreat focused on “Bridging Understandings” within the firm and between the firm and its clients.  The keynote speaker, Dr. Arin Reeves of The Athens Group, described how generational differences affect communications and perspectives in the workplace.  Afterwards, a panel of corporate counsel discussed how their companies cherish and promote diversity among their workforces and service providers.
  
• The firm hosted an event featuring NAACP Chairman Julian Bond and students of the Coro Fellows Program.
  
• To bolster the networking opportunities for its minority attorneys, the firm became a charter sponsor of the D.C. Minority Networking Series, a city-wide program among legal employers.  Also, the firm’s attorneys regularly attend conferences and roundtable discussions sponsored by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association.
  
• The firm actively works with diversity groups at the local law schools.  For example, in February 2007, Miller & Chevalier and the American Bar Association’s Section of Taxation sponsored a “Careers in Tax Law” panel and networking reception at The George Washington University Law School.  This program, which aimed to attract more law students (including diverse students) to the field of tax law, was co-sponsored by the school’s Black Law Students Association.  Also, firm attorneys recently made presentations on career issues at the University of the District of Columbia School of Law and with the Black Law Students Association of the Georgetown University Law Center.  The firm’s current Hiring Committee Chair attended a networking event sponsored by the Black Law Students Association of Howard University School of Law.
  
• Under the firm’s reduced hours policy, part-time associates are eligible for membership consideration.  Since 2002, six of the twenty-one associates promoted to membership were on reduced hours schedules.
  
• The firm supports the creation of affinity groups of diverse attorneys.  For example, women attorneys at the firm have created an informal group that has regular discussions concerning issues relevant to women professionals.  This group -- known as the M&C Women Attorneys Group -- often breaks into smaller groups for lunches intended to foster mentoring relationships for women within the firm.  Each small group consists of several attorneys of different seniority levels and practices areas within the firm.
  
• The firm’s extensive Pro Bono Program, led by the firm’s Pro Bono Counsel, encourages and enables the firm’s attorneys to represent disadvantaged individuals as well as organizations serving the interests of the less fortunate.   The firm’s efforts have been honored by groups such as the D.C. Employment Justice Center, the District of Columbia Bar Association, the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs, and the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless.
  
• The Miller & Chevalier Foundation is one of the oldest law firm foundations in the United States.  Since its creation in 1929, the Foundation has raised and contributed funds for a variety of community and educational programs, many of which serve diverse and historically disadvantaged populations.  Longtime recipients include: the Hampton Institute; Howard University School of Law; the Tuskegee Institute; and the United Negro College Fund.   In more recent years, the Foundation has focused increasing attention on funding organizations that serve the Washington, D.C. community, such as: Ayuda, Inc.; Bread for the City; Bright Beginnings; La Clinica del Pueblo; the Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia; the Thurgood Marshall Academy; and the Washington Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs.

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