A profile on recent Georgia State University Law graduate Dagem Araya
GEORGIA STATE NEWS HUB — “Law has historically lacked diversity, and it oftentimes can be quite apparent even in modern times. I have worked at firms where I have been the only person of color, as well as firms where the majority of the staff and attorneys are people of color, and I have definitely noted…
Read More about A profile on recent Georgia State University Law graduate Dagem ArayaA profile on Tulane Law Review editor Antonio Milton
TULANE NEWS — There was one thing that Antonio Milton was certain of as a young child growing up in Carencro, Louisiana, just outside Lafayette — he wanted to be a lawyer.
Read More about A profile on Tulane Law Review editor Antonio MiltonRecent University of Virginia Law graduate Camilo Garcia discusses his experience as a first-generation law student
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Coming into law school as a first-generation American and a first-generation college graduate, Camilo Garcia was nervous enough about his law school prospects to spend the summer before his 1L year researching what law school would be like.
Read More about Recent University of Virginia Law graduate Camilo Garcia discusses his experience as a first-generation law studentRecent University of Virginia Law graduate Elizabeth Harris discusses public service efforts
UVA TODAY — For Elizabeth Harris, there are some things she can’t unlearn, unknow or unsee from having been a part of the foster care system. But after she graduates from the University of Virginia School of Law on Sunday, she hopes to use her degree, skills and passion to undo some of the problems…
Read More about Recent University of Virginia Law graduate Elizabeth Harris discusses public service effortsA profile of UC Hastings Law student Ritchie Lee
UC HASTINGS LAW — From a young age, Ritchie Lee dreamed of becoming a public defender. Growing up in San Francisco, Lee said he saw his peers unfairly targeted by law enforcement. He said it inspired him to fight against the injustice he saw playing out in his community.
Read More about A profile of UC Hastings Law student Ritchie LeeFordham Law student Chehak Gogia describes experiences as a first-generation student
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Chehak Gogia felt imposter syndrome in her first days as a law student. No one else in her family had graduated from college in the U.S., and many of her classmates were born with advantages that she never had. But she said that over the past three years, she has realized…
Read More about Fordham Law student Chehak Gogia describes experiences as a first-generation studentHarvard Law student William Greenlaw discusses how school prepared him for a career fighting for the underserved
HARVARD LAW TODAY — If life itself is our greatest teacher, then a student who can apply lived experience to classroom learning has the benefit of a superior education. William Greenlaw ’22 not only has these tools, but he is already applying them to the law. Having grown up in what he describes as a working-class family…
Read More about Harvard Law student William Greenlaw discusses how school prepared him for a career fighting for the underservedHoward Law graduate Adisa Omido discusses how law school built upon her passion for law
THE DIG — Kansas native and first-generation Kenyan-American Adisa Omido is graduating Howard University School of Law having founded Howard’s Space Law Society, the first organization of its kind at an HBCU. Following graduation, Omido will join corporate law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in Washington, D.C. She sat down with Howard’s…
Read More about Howard Law graduate Adisa Omido discusses how law school built upon her passion for lawUniversity of Iowa Law student Ellen Wiah details her passion for human rights and the law
IOWA LAW NEWS — Two words capture second-year law student Ellen Wiah: motivated and adaptable. With a passion for the law and a determined spirit, Wiah is well on her way to making an impact on the legal profession.
Read More about University of Iowa Law student Ellen Wiah details her passion for human rights and the lawUMass Law student Katelyn Fisher discusses how background in science contributes to her legal education
UMASS LAW — Katelyn Fisher, JD ’22 graduated from UMass Dartmouth in 2019 with a biology major and has excelled as a UMass Law student. She was a member of the UMass Law Review, serving as Lead Editor this year, and interned for Justice Elspeth B. Cypher at the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. She worked…
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