Flyer Legal Pathways Program
Overview
The Flyer Legal Pathways Program holds out the promise of changing the way underrepresented and underserved students are recruited into law schools and the legal profession.
Rather than wait for diverse talent to apply to law school and then later to elite law firms, the Flyer Legal Pathways Program, proactively seeks out, recruits, and invests in academically talented applicants with capacity to excel in the legal profession.
Together with our partner firms, each student receives a full-tuition scholarship to the University of Dayton School of Law, $15,000 a year in paid living expenses, extensive mentoring from their firm, summer clerkships at their firm, and a job as a new associate with their firm following Law School graduation.
History
The Flyer Legal Pathways Program was first established in partnership with the prestigious law firms of Thompson Hine and Taft with each firm supporting a student in the program's inaugural year.
In the second year of the program more firms joined with Advocates for Basic Legal Equality (ABLE) and the Dayton Legal Heritage Foundation co-sponsoring a student and Caresource and Faruki also supporting a student together.
Become a Partner Firm
If your firm is interested in being a participant in this innovative pipeline for bringing underrepresented and underserved students into the legal profession, please contact Professor Katie Wright.
Our Partners
Flyer Legal Pathways Program
Learn more about the first students welcomed into the Flyer Legal Pathways Program.
Flyer Legal Pathways Program
Learn more about the first students welcomed into the Flyer Legal Pathways Program.