Finnegan rates as one of the nation’s top law firms with respect to diversity. In this year’s Vault survey we rank in the Top 10 for both “Diversity-Minorities” and “Diversity-Women.” Attorneys of all backgrounds will find Finnegan a premier firm for the practice of intellectual property law. Chambers USA ranks us the #1 IP Firm, and Managing Intellectual Property selected us as the “Full Service IP Firm of the Year.” More broadly, Vault ranks us #2 in overall Quality of LIfe, and in their most recent associates survey The American Lawyer ranks us #1.

Diversity Scholarship
The Finnegan Diversity Scholarship is open to application by persons of minority heritage attending top law schools around the nation. Our Finnegan scholars are:

2003-2004 - Panyin Hughes, Georgetown University (Washington)
2004-2005 - Wendy Herby, University of Washington (Palo Alto)
2005-2006 - Melissa Wasserman, New York University (Washington)
2006-2007 - Jae Park, Santa Clara University (Palo Alto)
2007-2008 - Roberto Concepción, Columbia Law School (Washington) 
                       Anita Choi, University of Pennsylvania (Palo Alto)
2008-2009 - Brittany Blueitt, Harvard Law School (Washington)
2009-2010 - Samhitha Muralidhar, George Washington University (Washington)

Each scholar is given $15,000 per year for tuition and other law school fees. To apply, please send us your completed application form to diversityscholarship@finnegan.com by March 1, 2010. Application forms are available in Microsoft Word and PDF format.