The Morgan Lewis Foundation has awarded its 2022 Diversity Scholarships to 14 students from eight US law schools. With this latest class of scholars, the independent 501(c)(3) organization has awarded 67 scholarships to promising law students since its founding in 2014.
“Supporting a diverse pipeline of incoming lawyers is a key part of our commitment to fostering a more inclusive legal community as a whole,” Firm Chair Jami McKeon said. “We recognize these are extremely challenging times for our next-generation lawyers and our industry, so the Morgan Lewis Foundation has doubled the amount of diversity scholarships over the past two years to provide these incredibly talented law students with some of the resources needed to thrive in our profession.”
The grants—typically $40,000 per student—are provided in four installments at the beginning of each semester of the recipients’ second and third years of law school. Unlike other scholarships, the grant isn’t tied to employment at Morgan Lewis as the foundation’s mission is to increase diversity in the legal profession as a whole. The 2022 Morgan Lewis Foundation scholars represent a racially diverse class of promising lawyers:
- Esosa Asemota, Duke University School of Law
- Clare Connaughton, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law
- Elizabeth Dia, New York University School of Law
- Yvonne Diabene, New York University School of Law
- Destinee Haller, Duke University School of Law
- Kenedi McCormick, University of Michigan Law School
- Sheila Marie Orfano, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
- Maripau Paz, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law
- Phoebe Sam, University of Virginia School of Law
- Andres Solis, Boston College Law School
- Dejonay Tulcidas, George Washington University Law School
- Ugo Uche-Anya, George Washington University Law School
- Ry Walker, New York University School of Law
- Brittany Warren, University of Michigan Law School
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