Robert Valenzuela from Douglas, was selected as a Minority Corporate Counsel Association (MCCA) Lloyd M. Johnson, Jr. Vault Inc. Fellow. As a recipient of this fellowship, Mr. Valenzuela will receive $10,000 during each of his three years of law school for a total of $30,000. All Fellows gain access to career guidance, mentoring, professional development opportunities, and paid summer internships in top legal departments.
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The scholarship program is open to students who have been accepted into law school in a full-time, three-year program. Once the fellowships are awarded, the program requires each recipient to maintain a G.P.A. of 3.0 or its equivalent each year.
MCCA was in founded 1997 to advocate for the expanded hiring, promotion, and retention of minority attorneys in corporate legal departments and the law firms that serve them. In addition, MCCA stimulates an ongoing dialogue of diversity “best practices.” MCCA accomplishes its mission through the collection and dissemination of information on diversity in the legal profession. MCCA’s headquarters are in Washington, D.C., and it also has an office in Atlanta.
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