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National Jurist Selects UCLA Law as One of the Best Public Interest Law Schools UCLA School of Law has been named the fifth best public interest law school in the country by The National Jurist. The publication ranked the top 25 schools for public interest law based on the strength of each school’s curriculum and experiential learning opportunities, the percentage of graduates working in public interest positions and the cost of a legal education.
Three Students Receive Scholarships from the Mexican American Bar Foundation Three UCLA Law students are the recipients of Mexican American Bar Foundation Scholarships, which are awarded to Latino students to help promote diversity in the legal profession. The recipients are: Elizabeth Franco ’15, external affairs co-chair of the La Raza Law Students Association (“La Raza”) and chief articles editor of the Chicana/oLatina/o Law Review, who was named the Union Bank Scholar; Susan Lopez ’15, co-president of La Raza and co-president of the Youth Deportation Defense Clinic; and Marjorie Soto ’16, an editor of the Chicana/o-Latina/o Law Review and admissions chair for La Raza, who was named the White & Case LLP International Scholar.
ELIZABETH FRANCO
SUSAN LOPEZ
JESSE MARTIN
LISETTE REYNOSO
TOMMY HUYNH
Students Receive Beverly Hills Bar Association Scholarships Students Jesse Martin ’15, who is pursuing a joint J.D./M.P.P. degree, and Lisette (Lisa) Reynoso ’15, a mentor in the UCLA Law Fellows Program, were presented with Beverly Hills Bar Association scholarships at the Beverly Hills Bar Association’s 60th Annual Supreme Court Luncheon in June. They received the awards for their significant contributions to the community through volunteer work. In addition, Tommy Huynh ’15 was awarded honorable mention in the Beverly Hills Bar Association’s Fifth Annual “Rule of Law Writing Competition” for his article, “U.S. Rule of Law Promotion Efforts in Vietnam: Judicial Independence.”
UCLA School of Law Named One of the Top 10 Best Law Schools for Hispanics For the fifth year in a row, UCLA School of Law was named one of the Top 10 Best Law Schools for Hispanics by Hispanic Business magazine. UCLA Law, which is committed to making a world-class legal education available to students of all backgrounds, has steadily risen in the publication’s rankings. The law school was ranked number six in the 2013 listing and was featured for the school’s dedication to diversity on campus. Among UCLA School of Law’s many notable features are the law school’s Critical Race Studies Program, the Chicana/o-Latina/o Law Review and the Law Fellows Program.
MARJORIE SOTO
UCLA LAW MAGAZINE
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