UC Davis School of Law



The Reed Smith/Kaiser Permanente

1L Diversity Fellowship Program

The Reed Smith/Kaiser Permanente Foundation Health Plan, Inc. Diversity Fellowship Program provides an award in the amount of $5,000 and a 2015 summer associate position to a diverse, first-year law student who has demonstrated strong academic scholarship, dedication to community service and/or leadership, and an understanding of the importance of diversity and inclusion in the legal profession. The $5,000 will be awarded for the recipient’s second year of law school and will be paid in addition to the summer associate salary.

The successful candidate will spend seven weeks of the summer program at the Reed Smith San Francisco office and three weeks at Kaiser Permanente’s Oakland office.

Eligibility

Applicants must meet the following criteria:

• Strong academic scholarship

• Demonstrated commitment to community service and/or leadership

• Possess an understanding of the importance of diversity and inclusion in the legal profession

• Agree to join the 2015 joint Summer Program hosted by Reed Smith and Kaiser Permanente

• Submit to and pass both Reed Smith and Kaiser’s background checks and health screening examination

• Authorized to work in the United States

Application Process

Applicants must submit the following information:

Resume

Completed application

Two personal statements

Law school transcript (official or unofficial)

Legal writing sample

Undergraduate transcript

Applications must be received – via email or postal mail - by 5:00pm PST on Friday, March 6, 2015.

Please send application materials either via email or postal mail to:

Jessica Sisco, Manager of Legal Recruiting

c/o Reed Smith / Kaiser Permanente 1L Diversity Fellowship Program

Reed Smith LLP

101 Second Street, Suite 1800

San Francisco, CA 94105

jsisco@

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Personal Statements: While these statements are intended to provide background information, the Selection Committee will consider the quality of your written work product in evaluating your application.

• Please attach a personal statement discussing the following:

1) In what way(s) do you consider yourself to be a “diverse” individual?

2) How your life experiences as a diverse individual:

a) have impacted your academic and, if applicable, work experiences;

b) have influenced your career choices, and

c) what role, if any, do you think those experiences will have in shaping or influencing your legal career?

• Please also attach a personal statement discussing your community involvement and/or leadership efforts.

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Additional Information

What led you to choose to pursue law as a profession? Do you have a personal connection with a member of the legal profession or judiciary?

     

Is there any other information you would like us to consider not otherwise reflected on your resume or in your personal statements?

     

I hereby certify that the information I have provided in this application and during the application process is true and complete to the best of my knowledge.

Applicant Signature Date

Reed Smith

Reed Smith is a global relationship law firm with nearly 1,700 lawyers in 26 offices throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Founded in 1877, the firm represents leading international businesses, from Fortune 100 corporations to mid-market and emerging enterprises. Its lawyers provide litigation and other dispute resolution services in multi-jurisdictional and other high-stakes matters; deliver regulatory counsel; and execute the full range of strategic domestic and cross-border transactions. Reed Smith is a preeminent advisor to industries including financial services, life sciences, health care, advertising, technology and media, shipping, energy and natural resources, real estate, manufacturing, and education. For more information, visit .

Reed Smith's global approach to diversity and inclusion seeks to increase awareness among all personnel of the variety of socio-cultural influences present in the firm's workforce and how they impact its business. With lawyers around the world, Reed Smith as a firm is as diverse as the continents across which it practices and the clients that it serves. The firm recognizes, however, that diverse structure alone does not define true diversity. Instead, Reed Smith strives to realize the true value of its constituents – lawyers, staff and clients – by fully integrating their unique talents and perspectives into every aspect of its business.

Reed Smith was one of the founding members of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) which was created in 2009 to advance diversity in the legal profession and claims membership from among general counsels of Fortune 500 corporations and managing partners of the largest law firms. Our previous firm chairman, Gregory Jordan, was the inaugural chair of LCLD’s Talent Development Committee, which in March 2011 launched the LCLD Fellows Program. The Fellows Program provides senior diverse attorneys in corporate law departments and law firms with the opportunity to experience sponsorship by corporate and law firm leaders, and to network with these leaders to expand their professional base of relationships. Our Current Global Managing Partner, Sandy Thomas, has indicated that recognizes the importance and success of this program and plans to continue along this path.

Kaiser Permanente

With a proud history of more than six decades, the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program is the country’s largest not-for-profit health maintenance organization with approximately $50 billion in annual revenue. Founded in 1945, the company has grown from a 12-bed hospital into a leading integrated health delivery system that serves nearly 9.5 million members in nine states and the District of Columbia.  Today, Kaiser Permanente is nationally and internationally recognized for providing innovative, high-quality, evidence-based healthcare through the advantages of its integrated insurance and care delivery infrastructure.  More than 160,000 healthcare professionals, nurses and physicians serve the healthcare needs of members and communities in seven Regions covering Northern California, Southern California, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Northwest (Oregon and Washington), and Mid-Atlantic States (Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia).

The Health Plan/Hospitals Legal Department is a national department with eight practice groups: Health Care Business Law, Corporate and Commercial Law, Litigation, Labor & Employment, Health Plan & Pay or Operations, Government Programs, Provider Operations, and Public & Professional Liability.  Staff attorneys provide legal advice and representation on a wide range of issues to the various entities that make up the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program.  

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