University of Wisconsin Law School student Scott Colom has been named a recipient of a Skadden Fellowship for 2009, one of 28 young legal professionals nationwide to win the honor this year.
Colom, a third-year student who will graduate in May 2009, will work with the Mississippi Center for Justice in Jackson, Mississippi, on a project he designed with future colleagues at the Center: advocacy to end payday lending in the Mississippi Delta by launching an outreach and education program and creating an alternative loan fund.
Originally from Mississippi himself, Colom is especially pleased that this project will be based in his home state. “This project is taking me home,” he said. He has always planned to return to Mississippi to use his legal education for the benefit of people there.
Colom is the seventh University of Wisconsin Law School recipient of the prestigious Skadden Fellowship, created by the New York law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meager & Flom to fund graduating law students who wish to devote their professional lives to providing legal services to the poor, elderly, homeless, disabled, and people deprived of civil or human rights.
“We at the Law School are delighted to congratulate Scott on his Skadden Fellowship,” commented UW Law School Dean Kenneth B. Davis, Jr. “I know that Scott’s work will be a great benefit to the people he assists and will be a credit to himself and to the Law School.”
Colom expressed heartfelt appreciation to mentors who worked with him as he prepared his Skadden application: UW Law Professors Lisa Alexander and Thomas Mitchell, and J.D. Adviser Kristin Davis. “I want to emphasize how much their help meant to me,” Colom said.
Colom also voiced his appreciation for advice and assistance from two of the Law School’s previous Skadden Fellowship recipients: Vicky Selkowe ‘03 and Jessica Shoemaker ‘04 (Skadden Fellow in 2005).
Colom’s Skadden Fellowship begins officially in August 2009.
Submitted by on December 29, 2008
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