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Homewood Resident Receives Fulbright Award
Amanda Claire Grayson, third from left, with members of her team won the Ames Moot Court Competition at Harvard Law School Nov. 16.
Mountain Brook Resident Competes in Harvard Law Courtroom Competition A team that included three Alabama students, one of whom is from the Birmingham area, won the Ames Moot Court Competition at Harvard Law School on Nov. 16. The Hon. Robert Smith Vance Memorial team included Amanda Claire Grayson of Mountain Brook. Grayson’s team was named in honor of the former federal judge of Birmingham who served on the 5th and later the 11th Circuit Courts of Appeals before his death. The case, Abrams v. Vita Inc., involved an employee who suffered a disability as the result of a car accident and sought workplace accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Grayson’s team won best overall
and team member Charlotte Lawson won best oralist. This year was the first year that all four oralists were women. The Ames Moot Court Competition is considered one of the most prestigious competitions for appellate advocacy in the country. After a qualifying round and semi-final, the remaining two teams argue in the final round before a panel that typically consists of a U.S. Supreme Court justice and two federal appellate judges. This year, the team argued before Justice Elena Kagan of the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Debra Ann Livingston of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit and Judge Robert L. Wilkins of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. For more information about the competition, visit www.orgs.law.harvard. edu/bsa/.
Molly Williams of Homewood has been offered a Fulbright U.S. Student Program grant to Malaysia, where she will enter into an English teaching assistantship. According to a press release, Williams is one of more than 1,900 U.S. citizens who will travel abroad for the 2015-2016 academic year through the Fulbright student program. Recipients are chosen based on academic and Molly Williams professional achievement and demonstrated leadership potential. The program is a flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government. The purpose of the program is to create an increased mutual understanding between U.S. citizens and people of other countries. The primary source of funding for the scholarship is Congress, as well as the Department of State and Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. After attending Homewood High School, Williams went on to graduate with honors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with degrees in public policy and sociology.
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