January 9, 2012 – The Black Law Students Association (BLSA) at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law has selected Saul Ewing LLP as the 2012 recipient of the Firm Diversity Award in recognition of its recruitment and retention of minority attorneys.

The award will be presented at the 37^th Annual Scholarship and Awards Banquet, Celebrating Culture & Community, on March 2, 2012 at the Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park in Baltimore. Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, III, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will deliver the keynote address.