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COMMUNITY WELL-BEING

Martin Marietta Sponsors Duke University Prelaw
Fellowship Program

Beginning in 2023, Martin Marietta has partnered with Duke University to offer support for Duke University’s Prelaw
Fellowship Program. Though representatives of this residential program actively recruit students attending Historically
Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACUs) and other minority-
serving institutions, the opportunity is open to rising college sophomores and juniors from across United States, according
to the program’s website.

In a June 2023 letter thanking Martin Marietta for its support, Duke University School of Law Dean Kerry Abrams says the
program served 23 students in 2023, providing each with a “four-week journey through a robust curriculum” covering
such topics as legal writing and reasoning, civil rights, children’s law, legislative policy and courses in contract law,
property law and criminal law.

Program participants additionally enjoyed field trips to the Greensboro Civil Rights Museum, several area law schools and
courthouses, and a top regional law firm, Abrams says, noting that fellowship program participants were also offered
ample professional development and LSAT preparation opportunities.

“We thank Martin Marietta for partnering with us in this worthwhile initiative and investing in the important work of
diversifying the legal profession,” Abrams writes. “Please extend our gratitude to your colleagues.”

Students from Duke University Law School’s Prelaw Fellowship Program spent four weeks in 2023 learning about numerous aspects
of a career in law. Photo courtesy of Duke University Law School.

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