Colorado Judicial Department
For a current list of Colorado Judicial Department ADA Coordinators and more information regarding Judicial Department ADA resources, please visit: http://www.courts.state.co.us/Administration/Unit.cfm?Unit=ADA

President’s Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities (PCEPD)
1331 F Street, NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20004
(202) 376-6200 – voice
(202) 376-6205
(202) 376-6219 – fax

The Axis Center

4550 Indianola Avenue
Columbus, OH 43214-2246
(614) 262-8124 – voice
(800) 231-2947 – voice
(614) 267-4550 – fax

National Organization on Disability
www.nod.org

The National Asian Pacific American Bar Assoc. (NAPABA)
910 17th Street, NW, Suite 315
Washington, DC 20006

National Association of Blacks in Criminal Justice
1801 Fayetteville Street
Durham, NC 27707-3129
Phone: (919) 683-1801 Toll-free: (866) 846-2225
Fax: (919) 683-1903
Email: office@nabcj.org
www.nabcj.org/index.html

The National Black Law Student Association
1225 11th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001-4217
Phone: (202) 775-9555
Fax: (202) 775-9333
www.nblsa.org

The Hispanic National Bar Association

815 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20001
Phone: (202) 223-4777
Fax: (202) 223-2324
www.hnba.com

American Probation & Parole Association
PO Box 11910
Lexington, KY 40578-1910
Phone: (859) 244-8203
Fax: (859) 244-8001
Email: appa@csg.org
www.appa-net.org

Colorado Bar Association
1900 Grant Street, Suite 900
Denver, CO 80203
Phone: (303) 860-1115
Fax: (303) 894-0821
www.cobar.org

Colorado Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender Bar Association
PO Box 51
Denver, CO 80201
www.coloradoglbtbar.org

Colorado Hispanic Bar Association
Box 636
1550 Larimer St.
Denver, CO 80202
www.chba.net

Office of Diversity and Equity

University of Colorado at Boulder
206 Regent Administration Center
18 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0018
Phone: (303) 735-1332
Fax: (303) 735-2425
Christine Yoshinaga-Itano, Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Equity
Email: yoshinag@buffmail.colorado.edu

University of Denver - The Center for Multicultural Excellence
1981 S. University Blvd.
Denver, CO 80208
Phone: (303) 871-2942
Fax: (303) 871-7700
Email: cmeinfo@du.edu

New Jersey Judiciary Minority Law Clerk Recruitment Program
New Jersey has a formal minority law clerk recruitment program, the salient features of which include: drawing from a national pool of applicants; active outreach by staff to law schools and minority law student organizations to educate them about clerkship opportunities; participation in legal career fairs and presentations by judges and law clerks designed to specifically attract minorities; maintaining contacts with diversity-focused organizations, such as minority bar associations, who make referrals for clerkship vacancies; and encouraging interning for judges to help law students recognize the benefits of obtaining a clerkship.

New York State Unified Court System — Legal Fellows Program
The Legal Fellows Program is a one-year fellowship for those interested in pursuing a legal career in public service. The fellowship provides a year-long salary with a state employment benefits package to law school graduates from fully-accredited law schools. Legal fellows are assigned work in judicial offices assisting with legal research and writing, and gain valuable experience and knowledge of judicial decision-making and court operations.

U.S. Department of the Interior Diversity Plan entitled “Strategic Plan for Achieving and Maintaining a Highly Skilled and Diverse
Workforce FY 2005-2009”
The DOI offers a variety of suggestions for creating a diverse workplace, including: hiring from underrepresented groups in pairs for support; providing relocation/retention bonuses; providing repayment of student loans as incentives; providing mentors; creating accessible office environments to accommodate the needs of people with disabilities; using incentives for hiring a diverse workforce; using a bureau-wide recruitment team; maintaining a highly skilled and trained HR department; and providing education and training about the importance of a highly-skilled and diverse workforce.

U.S. Office of Personnel Management Program entitled “Building and Maintaining a Diverse, High-Quality Workforce — A Guide
for Federal Agencies”
Highlights of OPM’s design for an effective diversity program include: ensuring that recruiters and selection officials work closely with Human Resources and EEO staff during the recruitment process; keeping abreast of diversity recruitment sources and organizations and widely publicizing vacancies; communicating OPM’s diversity mission and goals; partnering with diversity-themed organizations and schools with diverse populations for sponsorship, mentoring, tutoring and presentation programs; maintaining a diverse group of recruiters; training those involved with recruiting on appropriate behaviors and techniques, hiring procedures and personnel policies; paying recruitment and relocation bonuses; and establishing work/life initiatives designed to attract women.

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Office of Human Resource and Administration Program on Diversity Management and Equal
Employment Opportunity
The VA maintains a five-year plan to ensure the recruitment, retention and promotion of diverse employees. With respect to recruitment, the VA has established national partnerships with organizations that can be a source of candidates from underrepresented groups. Additionally, each administration and staff office level has its own targeted recruitment plan. Finally, the VA operates four national internship programs and two local programs designed to recruit historically disadvantaged candidates.