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Law student earns ISBA public service award “After visiting SIU, I knew that the school would be a great fit for me,” she said. “I was impressed with the school’s mission
Rick Garcia (3L), pictured, and Sherrell Forbes (1L) were awarded Illinois Judicial Council Foundation Scholarships. Applicants were evaluated in the following areas: Academic Achievement, Honors & Awards, Community Activities, Extracurricular Activity, Financial Need, Recommendations. David Zipp (2L) was awarded the Illinois Government Bar Association Scholarship. This is the third scholarship to be awarded by the Illinois Government Bar Association, and the first to be awarded to a student from SIU School of Law. The Association serves public interest attorneys throughout Illinois.
statement: ‘Established in the public interest — serving the public good.’”
The Illinois State Bar Association in June recognized a second-year law student in the SIU School of Law for her extensive public service-related activities and academic achievements. Andrea R. Taylor is the 2009 recipient of the ISBA Law Student Division’s Public Service Award. Taylor, who is from St. Louis, will graduate in May 2010. She is the daughter of William and Jennifer Taylor of St. Louis. Taylor is extensively involved with several non-profit organizations in the region. She works in the law school’s Self-Help Legal Center and the Domestic Violence Legal Clinic, and volunteers at Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Center. Associate Professor Cindy Galway Buys nominated Taylor at the recommendation of the law school’s awards committee. Buys noted Taylor is very hard working, compassionate, dedicated and smart. In an accompanying nomination letter to the ISBA, Taylor wrote that she participated in the law school’s Immigrant Detention Center Project at the Tri-County Justice and Detention Center in Ullin. Volunteer law students, faculty, and translators conduct intake interviews of Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees to assess their legal needs.
She is also an active member of Equal Justice Works, the Women’s Law Forum, and International Law Society. “I was frustrated because a lot of our clients needed legal assistance for their Orders of Protection and other legal matters, but there were not enough lawyers to go around. Every person is entitled to justice, not just those who can afford it,” she said. “People living in poverty are especially prone to be taken advantage of.” “After visiting SIU I knew that the school would be a great fit for me,” she said. “I was impressed with the school‘s mission statement: ‘Established in the public interest — serving the public good.’ I was also very excited about the prospects of working in the domestic violence clinic on campus.” Public interest law is where she belongs, Taylor said. Her involvement with the Self-Help Legal Center, the Domestic Violence Legal Clinic, and the immigration detention project “continue to reaffirm that public interest law is the right path for me,” Taylor said. As a part of the award, the non-profit Women’s Center in Carbondale will receive a $250 donation from the ISBA in Taylor’s name.