Stradley Ronon kicked off its summer associate program on May 30 by welcoming to the firm nine law students, including the first-ever recipients of the Stradley Diversity Scholarship. These students will spend their summer in Stradley’s Philadelphia, Washington D.C. and Chicago offices handling real-world assignments designed to strengthen the students’ lawyering skills, and experiencing the firm’s culture of collaboration and personalized career development in furtherance of exceptional client service.

Front row from left: Chloe Mullen-Wilson, Sara Mohamed, Shareda Coleman and Gabriella Leyhane. Back row from left: Samuel Paul, Taurien Buffaloe, Michael Wallace, Mischa Wheat and Marc Pitts.

This year’s class includes:

• Taurien Buffaloe – Rutgers School of Law – Camden (Philadelphia)
• Shareda Coleman – Rutgers School of Law – Camden, 2017 Diversity Scholarship Recipient (Philadelphia)
• Gabriella Leyhane – DePaul University College of Law (Chicago)
• Sara Mohamed – Temple University Beasley School of Law, 2017 Diversity Scholarship Recipient (Philadelphia)
• Chloe Mullen-Wilson – Temple University Beasley School of Law (Philadelphia)
• Samuel Paul – Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law (Philadelphia)
• Marc Pitts – Temple University Beasley School of Law (Philadelphia)
• Michael Wallace – Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law (Washington, D.C.)
• Mischa Wheat – Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law (Philadelphia)

About Stradley Ronon

Counseling clients since 1926, Stradley Ronon has helped private and public companies – from small businesses to Fortune 500 corporations – achieve their goals by providing pragmatic, value-driven legal counsel. With offices in eight strategic locations, our responsive team of more than 200 attorneys seamlessly addresses the full spectrum of our clients’ needs, ranging from sophisticated corporate transactions to complex commercial litigation.

About Stradley’s Diversity Scholarship Program

Stradley’s Diversity Scholarship Program was designed to identify, support and train exceptionally qualified, diverse, rising second-year law studentswho demonstrate the characteristics needed to become future leaders in the Philadelphia legal community. In addition to receiving a $5,000 scholarship, the 2017 recipients, Shareda Coleman and Sara Mohamed, will have the opportunity to spend several weeks working with in-house legal departments at Campbell Soup Company and InterDigital.