SQUIRE PATTON BOGGS FOUNDATION

The Squire Patton Boggs Foundation provides a meaningful investment in law students and legal professionals to engage in law, public policy and public service. Each year, the Fellowship Program awards fellowships to exceptional first- and second-year law students who demonstrate a steadfast commitment to public service and a developed interest in public policy. These law students commit their summers to advancing public policy issues through non-profit institutions, government agencies and domestic or international organizations. To date, the Foundation has provided fellowships to over 300 students at 24 law and public policy schools located throughout the US and overseas. The Fellowship Program reflects Squire Patton Boggs's industry-leading Public Policy Practice and its commitment to public service. The Foundation is rooted in a history of civil rights advocacy. Established in 2000, the Foundation honored the retirement of the firm’s founding partner James R. Patton, Jr. To endow the Foundation, we dedicated lawyers’ fees from a 25-year pro bono case, the Ironworkers case, won by Foundation President John Oberdorfer. In the case, a federal court in Washington DC struck down racial barriers faced by African-American construction workers. The Foundation’s endowment has continued to grow through the proceeds of a second large pro bono victory, the Yachtsman case, won when we successfully settled a federal racial discrimination suit against a hotel resort that discriminated against African-American bikers during Black Bike Week in Myrtle Beach. Throughout the years, the Foundation has also been supported by generous individual contributions from partners and friends of the firm. We aspire for the Foundation to be a beacon and a leader. As we build toward the Foundation’s 25th Anniversary, let’s all keep in mind that “Together, We Can Do Even More.”

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Industry

Non-profit Organizations

Company size

2-10 employees

Headquarters

Washington, Washington DC

Type

Nonprofit

Founded

2000