Diversity Scholars Program
Scholarship Program
Since the program’s inception at the University of Oklahoma College of Law in 2005, the Crowe Dunlevy Diversity Scholars Program has assisted 22 law students with financial assistance of more than $240,000. The program commenced at the University of Tulsa College of Law in 2012 and was reinstituted at Oklahoma City University School of Law in 2019.
Scholarships are awarded based on academic achievement, need and commitment to the law. Scholarships may be renewed for a recipient in each of the two remaining years of law school, based on satisfactory progress and performance.
Externship
The firm now offers an externship opportunity as part of its Diversity Scholars Program.
Scholarship interviews take place during the spring semester of the 1L academic year, and scholarship recipients are announced shortly after the completion of those interviews. Each Crowe Dunlevy Diversity Scholar scholarship recipient will qualify to participate as an extern in our Oklahoma City or Tulsa office during the fall semester of the student’s 2L academic year. The externship is designed to provide Crowe Dunlevy Diversity Scholars practical experience, mentorship and academic credit. Externship offers are subject to approval by the firm’s Executive Committee.
The externship is a partnership with the existing externship programs at Oklahoma City University School of Law, University of Oklahoma College of Law and the University of Tulsa College of Law and is subject to each institution’s requirements. Please visit the respective university’s website for information on program requirements.
For questions regarding the Crowe Dunlevy Diversity Scholars Program externship, please contact Christopher Staine.
Watch our interviews with Alyssa Sloan and Miguel Figueroa—former externs in the Crowe Dunlevy Diversity Scholars Program.
Tabitha Koko is a second-year student at Oklahoma City University School of Law, where she serves as the Class of 2027 Section II Representative and advanced in the 1L Moot Court Competition as a quarterfinalist.
Moaaz Waheed is a third-year student at Oklahoma City University School of Law, where he serves as the President of the Asian Pacific American Law Student Association, serves as the Vice President of the Intellectual Property Law Society, and is a Fellow in the Murrah Center for Homeland Security Law & Policy, Federal Magistrate Judges Association.
A second-year student at Oklahoma City University School of Law, Vanessa Mendoza serves as the Faculty Liaison of the Hispanic-Latin Law Student Association and received a CALI Award for Legal Research and Writing.