ADDISON ROBINSON SHE GOT NEXT AWARD

Addison has shown her determination to be a positive asset to her community through her educational endeavors at Mercer Addison graduated a year early with a bachelor's in Africana Studies and Journalism She always knew she wanted to attend law school, but she wanted to get some work experience first While working for Bank of America, and helping members of the Macon community meet their financialgoalsandbecomefinanciallyfree,sheobtainedherMBAfromMercer AfterleavingBankofAmerica,Addisonbegantopreparefor lawschool

Considered a high achiever, she studied for the LSAT while she went on to Progressive Insurance She was a claims adjuster and developed her interpersonal and problem-solving skills as she helped Macon community members get back on the road as quickly as possible after motor vehicle accidents Throughout all of this, Addison explored her creative outlet and got more immersed in the Macon community by starting her own photography business which helped her develop invaluable relationships with other Macon moguls She is truly a jack of all trades

Thoughherjourneytolawschoolwasn'tlinear,sheobtainedanacceptancewithascholarshiptotheprestigiousMercerUniversitySchoolof Law Addison is very passionate about leading her community to freedom through education and financial endeavors She hopes to be a corporate or in-house lawyer where she can diversify business dealings that affect her community and eventually get enough practice to open her own firm where she will use her education, passion, and experiences to help members of her community maintain sustainable businessesandpracticesthatwillleadtogenerationalwealth AddisonreflectstheMercercommunityinapositivewayandupongraduating fromlawschool,shewillbeatriplebear

At Mercer University School of Law, Addison has already emerged as a student leader She was elected by her peers to be a 1l RepresentativeontheexecutiveboardoftheMercerBlackLawStudentsAssociationchapter Inthisrole,shemakessurestheneedsofher peers are heard and met She is also responsible for leading the programming of events that will raise money for the chapter In addition to this, Addison was also selected to be a 1L Representative for a bar prep vendor, Barbri Based on her own experience, she understands the disparitythatblackstudentsfacewhenitcomestopassingstandardizedlegalexams(LSATandtheBar)duetolackofaccesstoresources and lack of knowledge of said resources In this role, she is responsible for educating students about the importance of Bar prep and specifically,whytheyshouldchooseBarbri,oneoftheleadingvendorsinthenation