Sacramento Standard

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — For the third year running, the Sacramento Region Diversity Career Fair, held Sept. 21, 2024, connected employers with diverse legal candidates for future and current job openings in the greater Sacramento area. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California, the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law, the UC Davis School of Law, and the Federal Bar Association Sacramento Chapter made the joint announcement following today’s event.

The Diversity Career Fair provided law students and attorneys with the opportunity to connect in person with over 65 employers from the private and public sectors. Starting with a panel discussion that featured state and federal judges as well as the managing partner of a national law firm, the day continued with employer table talks and concluded with a reception during which students, attorneys, and employers could relax and continue their conversations. The Diversity Career Fair is the first legal career fair in the Sacramento region with an online platform where employers can post legal jobs and law students and attorneys can submit applications. In addition to talking to employers at their tables, this year’s event included both interview and résumé collection components. A wide variety of employers, bar associations, law students, attorneys, and judges attended at McGeorge School of Law campus.

“The Sacramento region has amazing public and private legal employers, and the Sacramento Region Diversity Career Fair shows the strength of that community and its commitment to diversity,” said U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert. “This annual program proves the importance of working with our law schools, bar associations, and the larger legal community, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office remains committed to sponsoring it.”

“The Diversity Career Fair is a wonderful opportunity for our students and legal employers to meet on our beautiful campus and get to know each other,” McGeorge School of Law Dean Michael Hunter Schwartz said. “For a law school like McGeorge that is one of the most diverse law schools in the country and is in a city, Sacramento, that is one of our country’s most diverse cities, this fair is a perfect fit.”

“It is truly an inspiration to see so many employers committed to diversifying the legal profession,” UC Davis School of Law Dean Jessica Berg said. “Equity and inclusion are driving principles at UC Davis Law, and it is an honor to be included with our incredible partners in this groundbreaking Sacramento Region Diversity Career Fair as we work together to create invaluable opportunities for our students.”

“FBA Sacramento is proud to work with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the law schools, and local affinity bar associations to enrich our legal community by welcoming diverse applicants into the Sacramento Region’s legal workforce,” said Victoria Boesch, President of the Sacramento Chapter of the Federal Bar Association.

The panel discussion featured Sacramento Superior Court Judge Jerome Price; U.S. Magistrate Judge Allison Claire (E.D. Cal.),;and Stoel Rives LLP Managing Partner Melissa A. Jones.

The event was co-sponsored by all affinity bar associations in Sacramento including: Asian/Pacific Bar Association of Sacramento (ABAS), Cruz Reynoso Bar Association; Disability Bar Association of Sacramento (DIBAS); Leonard M. Friedman Bar Association; Sacramento Filipino American Lawyers Association (SacFALA); South Asian Bar Association (SABA); SacLegal - Sacramento’s LGBTQ+ Bar Association; Wiley Manuel Bar Association (WMBA); Women Lawyers of Sacramento (WLS); Yolo Unity Bar; as well as by Sacramento County Bar Association.

For more information: https://www.sacramentodiversitycareerfair.org/