June 24, 2020

Dear ACCGP Members:

The Diversity Committee is delighted to invite you to participate in the inaugural ACC Greater Philadelphia Diversity Mentor Program. This program is being created to provide mentorship opportunities to law students participating in the Chapter’s Diversity Corporate Summer Internship Program — an award-winning program, now in its thirteenth year, aimed at increasing diversity within corporate legal departments.

The program’s stated goals are:

1. To pair summer interns with both an in-house mentor and law firm mentor;
2. To provide summer interns with the tools necessary for success during their summer internship and beyond.

We invite all of you to participate in this program and volunteer to serve as a mentor for our 2020 summer intern class by filling out this form by July 7, 2020.

Your contribution is critical to ensure the goals of the program are met. Our mentors will be expected to do the following:

1. Generally offer support and provide guidance to their mentees on law school and the legal profession, with a specific focus on career planning;
2. Be available to engage in e-mentoring and/or face-to-face mentoring with program students;
3. Commit to a minimum of four, e-mentoring or face-to-face meetings with their mentee during the course of the year.

If you have any questions, please contact Teleicia J.R. Dambreville, Esq. (teleicia.dambreville@burlington.com).

Sincerely,

ACCGP Diversity Committee

FOLLOW THIS LINK TO APPLY FOR THE 2020 DIVERSITY CORPORATE SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM.

THE APPLICATION DEADLINE IS JANUARY 21, 2020.

ANNOUNCEMENT

ACC GREATER PHILADELPHIA CHAPTER

2020 DIVERSITY CORPORATE SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

The Greater Philadelphia Chapter is a leading chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), the world's largest organization serving the professional and business interests of attorneys who practice in the legal departments of corporations, associations and other private-sector organizations. ACC Greater Philadelphia has over 1,500 members who practice as lawyers in more than 400 organizations, most of whom live and work in Southeastern Pennsylvania.

The ACC Greater Philadelphia Chapter is sponsoring its thirteenth annual Diversity Corporate Summer Internship Program, aimed at increasing diversity within corporate legal departments. We are pleased to invite law students who have overcome substantial obstacles in the pursuit of a legal career or who are members of groups traditionally underrepresented in the legal profession (based on, but not limited to: (i) race, (ii) ethnicity, (iii) religion, (iv) LGBTQ status, or (v) disability) to apply to participate in the program. This opportunity is open to students who will be 2Ls or 3Ls in the fall of 2020.

The goal of this diversity pipeline initiative is to provide participating law students with an opportunity to experience in-house practice and an understanding of career paths that can lead to an in-house legal position. Ultimately, the experience is designed to encourage participants to consider an in-house career. ACC Greater Philadelphia will facilitate internships in legal departments of participating sponsor companies within the Greater Philadelphia/Delaware Valley region. These internships will provide substantive experience and meaningful exposure to the roles and activities of in-house attorneys. These are paid internships that will last for approximately eight weeks beginning on or about June 1, 2020. Compensation may vary depending on the employer but will be at a minimum of $7,500. Past company participants include the Philadelphia Eagles, Comcast, Cigna, Wawa, Exelon, Fanatics, QVC, SAP, Teleflex, Shopcore Properties, Delaware River and Bay Authority, Vertical Screen, Marlette Funding, and Subaru, among others.

The mission of ACC Greater Philadelphia includes promoting pro bono and public interest work in the legal community. All selected interns are required to spend one working day during their summer participating in Philadelphia VIP's Summer Pro Bono Day. Additional information about Philadelphia VIP can be found at https://phillyvip.org. If available, interns may seek credit with their law schools for their participation in this or other program-sponsored pro bono activity.

If you have any questions regarding the ACC Greater Philadelphia Diversity Corporate Summer Internship Program, please see your school's career services office or email Sadeq Khan (skhan@verticalscreen.com), Diversity Committee Co-Chair.

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE APPLICATION FORM BEGINNING SUNDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2019.

THE COMPLETED APPLICATION IS DUE NO LATER THAN TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2020.

In the event that you no longer intend to participate in the program after you have submitted an application, please notify Sadeq Khan via email that you are withdrawing your application as soon as possible.

In 2011, ACC Greater Philadelphia, received the Innovator Award from the Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA), and in 2018, received the “Best Diversity Initiative” Award from Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) for this Program, recognizing the value of this Program and its contribution to the enhancement of the in-house professional community.