By Reed Smith LLP issued the following announcement on Mar. 2. Global law firm Reed Smith announced today that Christopher Pineda, a second year law student at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law, and Marquan Robertson, a second year law student at the University of Notre Dame Law School, are recipients of the firm’s 2021 Deborah J. Broyles Diverse Scholar Award. Pineda and Robertson will be joining the firm’s 2021 Summer Associate Program in Century City, CA and Philadelphia, respectively. Each year, Reed Smith provides $20,000 to one or more outstanding law school students in the United States who demonstrate academic excellence and a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion. The award supports the honoree’s law school-related expenses, and the firm also provides a paid summer associate position at Reed Smith between the student's second and third years of study.