Each year, the Wisconsin
Association of African-American Lawyers (
W. Dale Phillips practiced
law in
Vel Phillips practiced law
in
At its 2009
Annual Banquet,
To be considered for the
scholarship, an applicant must:
1.
complete
the application;
2.
have
completed a full
semester of law school and be returning for at least one more semester
in the
2009/2010 school year;
3.
be in
good academic standing
at the law school at the time of submitting the application;
4.
sign
an authorization
permitting the Scholarship Committee to confirm your status with the
law
school;
5.
provide
three copies of the
application;
6.
be
black or of
African-American descent;
7.
be
committed to the goals of
8.
The
postmark deadline is
APPLICATION
VELANDALE SCHOLARSHIP
DIRECTIONS:
Please type your responses; an electronic
version of this application
may be available upon request. You may
attach additional sheets if the space provided for your responses in
the
application is not sufficient or if you prefer to generate your
responses from
your computer. Applications must be
postmarked no later than
You are advised that the Committee applies
varying weights to several
sections of the application. The
responses to the legal comment questions are heavily weighted.
PERSONAL INFORMATION:
NAME
MAILING ADDRESS
CITY
STATE
ZIP
TELEPHONE NUMBER
EDUCATIONAL INFORMATION:
For each undergraduate and graduate school
you have attended, excluding
law school, please include the following information:
SCHOOL ATTENDED |
DATES |
DEGREE |
DEGREE DATE |
Provide the following information about the
law school in which you are
currently enrolled:
(a)
NAME
OF
(b)
MONTH/YEAR
YOU BEGAN
(c)
CURRENT
YEAR/SEMESTER OF
STUDY
(d)
EXPECTED
MONTH AND YEAR OF
GRADUATION
If you have attended any other law school,
provide the following
information as to each school attended:
SCHOOL ATTENDED |
DATES ATTENDED |
REASONS FOR LEAVING |
EMPLOYMENT:
Please provide a copy of your resume.
PUBLICATIONS, ACTIVITIES,
MEMBERSHIPS AND AWARDS:
List your publications by giving the name of
any article or book, by
whom or in what journal published, and date of publication:
List any honors or awards you have received,
with dates included,
before you began law school:
List any honors or awards you received, with
dates included, while
attending law school:
List any extra-curricular activities and
organizations in which you are
currently involved:
Provide any information about yourself that
you believe is important
for the Scholarship Committee to consider in evaluating your
application. (You may attach an additional
sheet if
necessary. Do not allow your statement
to exceed 250 words of double-spaced type.)
LEGAL RESEARCH AND WRITING:
Please provide a writing sample prepared for
a law school class or
writing competition. (10 page limit.)
LEGAL COMMENT:
Your response to the following questions
should reflect personal
thought and/or belief. The Committee uses the
quotes from the responses below to introduce winners at our Annual
Scholarship
Award of Banquet.
1.
Expand
upon an issue you
feel is pressing to the African American Community today.
What
role, if any, do lawyers have in solving or
changing
the specific issue that you have identified?
(4 page limit.)
2. What are the
implications of
the election of Barack Obama as President of the
(4
page limit.)
LETTERS OF REFERENCE:
Please provide two letters of reference. The letters of reference must
accompany the application in a sealed envelope and be
sent to the address listed below. Please list
the persons who will offer a
recommendation on your behalf:
NAME/TITLE |
ADDRESS/PHONE |
(1)
Relationship **:
(2)
Relationship **:
(3)
Relationship **:
** “Relationship” refers to the nature of contact between you and your reference. Briefly state what you believe the individual will report about you when contacted by the Scholarship Committee.
AUTHORIZATION FOR RELEASE OF INFORMATION:
(Status verification)
I hereby certify that on the date of making this
application, I was in good academic standing at the law school I am
attending. I hereby authorize
__________________
Signature |
|
Date |
Send application to:
Leonard E.
Martin
Submitted by Ruth Robarts, Assistant Dean for Student & Academic Affairs on January 1, 2009
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