Miller Canfield has initiated several programs with our community partners to provide mentoring and educational opportunities for local youth. Our efforts include the following:
- Since September 2017, our attorneys and staff have tutored elementary school students enrolled in Detroit Public Schools through a program initiated by "Retooling Detroit." We monetarily sponsor the computer equipment and software that is provided to the students in each respective classroom.
- We have sponsored and hosted the Just the Beginning Foundation's High School Summer Legal Institute, which introduces metro Detroit high school students to the legal system and mentors them through the federal court.
- We have participated in numerous Wolverine Bar Association pipeline initiatives, including but not limited to hiring a minority 1-L law student via the Summer Clerkship and Judicial Externship Program for inclusion in our Summer Associate class, assistance with bar preparation, interview skills, and ongoing mentoring to students.
- We participate in the African-American Partners Collaborative, which is led by Saul Green and includes African-American partners from all the larger metro Detroit law firms. Members of the Collaborative monetarily support the Wolverine Bar's Summer Clerkship and Judicial Externship Program and meet monthly to discuss and identify opportunities to assist with recruiting and retaining African-American attorneys in the legal profession.
- We focus our recruiting efforts toward state and national law schools with higher minority student populations, which includes but is not limited to University of Michigan Law School, Wayne State University Law School, Georgetown University Law Center, Harvard University, and Howard University School of Law.
