Six Warner Norcross minority scholarships awarded
Grand Rapids Community Foundation recently awarded the Warner Norcross & Judd LLP scholarships to six minority students to assist them in furthering their legal studies.
Two students received competitive academic scholarships that are administered and awarded by the Grand Rapids Community Foundation. Now in its 17th year, the Warner Norcross scholarship provides monetary assistance to help cover the educational costs associated with a law degree or paralegal studies.
The 2017 scholarship winners are:
—Marsheda Ewulomi of Lansing, Law School Scholarship;
—Tierra Love of Grand Rapids, Paralegal/Legal Assistant Scholarship
In addition, four students have received scholarships from Warner Norcross to help them with preparation for the Law School Admissions Test, or LSAT. This is the tenth year Warner Norcross has offered the program that enables selected minority students at Michigan colleges to attend a study course designed to prepare them for the exam. Studies show those who take the prep course score higher on the test, which determines law school entrance.
The 2017 recipients are:
—Zachary Francisco, Hope College
—Tiarra Thompson, Hope College
—Faten Balawi, Wayne State University
—Nabintou Doumbia, Wayne State University
Since it began offering scholarships, Warner Norcross has provided more than $170,000 to support programs that encourage minority students to pursue a law career. To date, the scholarships have assisted 80- students.
Warner Norcross established the tuition scholarship fund at Grand Rapids Community Foundation in 1998; the first scholarship was awarded in 2001. The winners were chosen after reviewing essays that summarized the goals and challenges that drew them to the field of law.
For more information on these scholarships you may visit www.wnj.com/Careers/Diversity/Minority-Scholarships-and-Applications.
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