The King County Bar Foundation’s 2007 Bar Scholar Reception was held on November 13 at the Seattle law offices of Davis Wright Tremaine.
Approximately 80 guests, including donors, current and past recipients, Foundation board members, college faculty and staff were on hand for the special occasion. Interim Dean Gregory Hicks of the University of Washington School of Law and Associate Dean Donna Deming of Seattle University School of Law introduced the 2007/2008 recipients from their respective schools.
The annual event provides a wonderful opportunity for Foundation trustees and other practicing attorneys to meet the current recipients and to mingle with a number of the minority lawyers who benefited from these scholarships in the past.
The Foundation is one of the largest single providers of scholarships for minority law students in Washington. In 2007, $125,000 was distributed to University of Washington and Seattle University law schools for this purpose. More than 500 students have benefited from this program since it began in 1970 and more than 50% of these exceptional students are now practicing in King County.
The Minority Law Student Scholarships given annually by the Foundation represent one aspect of its three-pronged mission to increase diversity in the profession. The threefold agenda is to increase diversity in the profession, provide financial assistance to minority law students and increase retention of minority lawyers in King County law offices.
For more information about this and other Foundation programs, please contact Development Director Marzette Mondin at MarzetteM@KCBA.org.
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