This is the sixth year that the Leonard Loeb Family Law Scholarship
committee of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers is
offering a scholarship to one of our students (recent scholarships
have been as much as $5,000). The AAML will invite the winner to a
luncheon in early November to receive the scholarship. The
award honors our graduate, Leonard Loeb, for his lifetime
commitment to community service and family law.
Process: Students
must be nominated by a faculty member; they must also submit a
personal statement and current resume. Students may contact
professors to ask for a nomination.
2008
Deadline:
Faculty nominations are due
no later than the end of the day on Friday, August 29. Student
statements and resumes will be due no later than the end of the day
on Monday, September 8. The AAML will invite the winner to part of
its November conference in Chicago. All materials should be
submitted electronically to rrobarts@wisc.edu.
Criteria:
a. A male or female student in
the second or third year who is in “need” of funds;
b. A student volunteer in the local community and/or a
participant in clinical programs that help the needy of promote
public interest, including but not limited to, domestic
violence;
c. An individual who may be a member of the ABA Law Student
Division and/or a present or future member of the ABA Family Law
Section;
d. A student who has succeeded academically in a family
law class and/or written about a family law related topic;
e. A student who has demonstrated an interest in
practicing family law;
f. A student who has a high academic standing in his/her
Law school class;
g. A student active within the Law School Community
Please contact me if you have questions. Ruth Robarts, Assistant
Dean for Student & Academic Affairs (
rrobarts@wisc.edu or 608-262-8557).
Submitted by Ruth Robarts, Assistant Dean for Student & Academic Affairs on August 7, 2008 1:48 pm
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