The 2009 Tri-State Diversity Recruiting Program will be held on August 28-29 in Covington, KY at the Embassy Suites Hotel.

First held in 2005, the Tri-State Diversity Recruiting Program is the region's premier diversity law student recruiting program. The program provides the opportunity for second and third year law students to interview with law firms and corporations in the Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana region. This format gives students and employers the opportunity to network and interview.

The Tri-State Diversity Recruiting Program  was created as a result of the Gratz v. Bollinger and the Grutter v. Bollinger decisions, which declared that universities could no longer promote or favor one student group over another. This decision has been interpreted by law schools as prohibiting them from sponsoring minority recruitment programs as they have in the past. 

Greenebaum Doll & McDonald recognized the need for such a program and began sponsoring the event in 2005 after the University of Cincinnati declared they were no longer able to support the Minority Access Program they held on an annual basis. As a result, the Tri-State Diversity Recruiting Program was created to fill a void left by the Minority Access Program. This event connects employers with this highly sought after demographic.

"As a former participant in the University of Cincinnati's Minority Access Program, Greenebaum recognized the need to continue such a worthy event," stated Jeffrey A. McKenzie, former Tri-State Diversity Program Chair and Greenebaum Chairman and CEO. "The program is a wonderful opportunity for both employers and students."

Past participating students attended the following schools:

University of Akron School of Law
Case Western Reserve University School of Law
University of Cincinnati College of Law
University of Dayton School of Law
Indiana University School of Law
University of Kentucky College of Law
Louis D. Brandeis School of Law
University of Notre Dame Law School
Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law
Ohio State University College of Law
Salmon P. Chase College of Law
Valparaiso University School of Law
Chicago-Kent College of Law
University of San Diego
Capital University Law School
University of Toledo College of Law
Thomas M. Cooley Law School
Florida Coastal School of Law
Suffolk University Law School
West Virginia University School of Law
University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
University of Arkansas at Little Rock School of Law

For more information contact Kim Spurlock at 502.587.3586 or email tri-statediversity@gdm.com.