Diversity: Recruiting

Recruiting

MTO places great importance on recruiting women and minority attorneys, and believes that our firm can be a platform for success for every lawyer we hire. We are dedicated to addressing the tough issues, in our firm and society, that impair success for women and minority lawyers. We actively encourage employment applications from women and members of minority groups. MTO offers a 1L Summer Program for exceptional first year law students who are members of racial or ethnic minority groups, are GLBT, are physically challenged or are from disadvantaged socioeconomic backgrounds. In its 2L and 3L program—the firm’s main hiring vehicle—53 percent of the incoming 2010 group are minorities or women and 55 percent of 2009’s group were minorities or women.

Spotlight

Diversity Workshop
MTO associate Misty Sanford
Success that Can be Measured!

Each Spring, MTO associate Misty Sanford spearheads one of the most popular and successful pipeline initiatives at our firm - The Law School Admissions Workshop.  MTO has partnered with For People of Color, Inc. to host an annual workshop devoted to empowering people of color who desire to enter the legal profession.  Our lawyers share their insights into the law school application process as well as their own experiences as law school students.  Past student attendees at FPOC workshops have continued on to attend some of the nation’s best law schools and have become associates at major law firms.