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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
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