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Recent Events
  2007 Fellowship Awards Reception at Busboys & Poets

Keynote Speaker Professor Angela Davis 2007 Abramson Foundation Fellows and Professor Davis
 
Board members Addy Schmidt, Hon. Emmet Sullivan, and Fellowship Chair Laurie Kohn  


  2007 Scholarship Awards Luncheon at The Hotel Monaco

Cheng Zhang and Samrawit Belew both Bell Multicultural Graduates attending James Madison and Purdue University respectively Hedy Romero graduate of Cesar Chavez PCS attending UCLA talking with fellow 2007 Scholars
Allison de Groot, Keynote Speaker and 2006 Scholar attending VCU James Yarborough, Keynote Speaker and 2006 Scholar attending Babson College


Recent Events
  Guests at the Annual Reception

 

Recent Events
  2006 Fellowship Awards Reception with Nina Totenberg

Bob Trout of Trout Cacheris and Bob Watkins of Williams & Connolly Sam Maruca of Miller & Chevalier and Richard Hanks of Renaissance Development
Nina Totenberg 2006 Fellows
 
John Olson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher event host and Michael Lewis, JAMS ADR, Abramson Foundation President  
Recent Events
  2006 Scholarship Awards Event at the Hotel Washington
Danielle Clark Marcellus Collins
Danielle Clark
University of South Florida
Marcellus Collins
Virginia Commonwealth University
Chantayle Watkins Justine Cortez
Chantayle Watkins
Trinity University
Justine Cortez
University of Pittsburgh
Scholar Justin Williams Milton Hernandez
Keynote Speaker 2005 Scholar Justin Williams,
Morehouse College
Milton Hernandez
Bucknell University
Susan Kidd, NBC-4 and Pamela Massaquoi Superintendent Clifford Janey with Former Board President Irv Nathan, Arnold & Porter
Susan Kidd, NBC-4 and Pamela Massaquoi,
Hood College
Superintendent Clifford Janey with Former Board President Irv Nathan, Arnold & Porter
Long Yang
Long Yang
George Mason University


FIRST LAST H.S. College
Selamawit Addissie Cardozo St. Mary's College of MD
Olutosin Akinyode Roosevelt Amherst College
Shanice Barnum Woodson Penn State
Hua Niao Chen Bell George Mason University
Qing Miao Chen Bell James Madison
Danielle Clark Coolidge University of South State Florida
Marcellus Collins Eastern Virginia CommonwealthPlaceType University
Justine Cortez Wilson Univ ofCity Pittsburgh
Antwain Coward SEED Case Western Reserve
Allison de Groot Wilson Virginia CommonwealthPlaceType University
Milton Hernandez Bell Bentley or Bucknell
Kamelia Kirtz Banneker Hampton PlaceType University
Janeese Lewis SWOW St. John's PlaceType University
Pamela Massaquoi Roosevelt Hood PlaceType College
Howard Morris Dunbar Hampton PlaceType University
Rajaa Qadri Friendship Edison Bucknell
Jasmine Stith Cardozo Morgan State
Robyn Tinney SEED Temple
Chantayle Watkins Ballou Trinity
Jeremy Wilkerson SEED Penn PlaceType StateCity Altoona
Jeremy Wood Cesar Chavez Penn PlaceType StateCity Altoona
Andre Woods Dunbar Penn PlaceType State Berks
Long Yang Bell George Mason University
James Yarborough Roosevelt Babson College
Jian Zheng Bell George Mason University


Recent Events
  The Abramson Foundation recently recognized the commitment and hard work of the 2005 Public Service Fellows. The award reception was held at Georgetown University Law Center with distinguished speaker Barbara Arnwine, Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. This year the Frederick B. Abramson Foundation recognized nine outstanding individuals with Fellowships. Annie Balck is working at the Children’s Law Center; Emily Benfer is working at the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless; Jameela Donaldson is working at The Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia; Alycia Guichard is working at the Street Law Clinic at Georgetown Law Center; Christopher Laskowski is working at the D.C. Appleseed Center; Adriana Mourad is working at Neighborhood Legal Services Program; Galina Sergen is working at the Judge Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law; and Yael Zakai is working at the Children’s Law Center.

Eric Angel, Legal Aid Society of D.C.; Barbara Arnwine, Lawyers’ Committee; Dean Shelley Broderick, UDC School of Law Jameela Donaldson, 2005 Fellow and Carlos Garcia, Abramson Board Member
Irv Nathan, President of the Board of Directors Vivian Hamilton, Chair of the Fellowship Committee, Irv Nathan, President

Vivian Hamilton, chair of the Abramson Foundation Fellowship Committee and law professor, notes that “the average salary for public interest lawyers is $32,000, whereas the average loan burden for law students upon graduation is $80,000. The Fellowships, which award between $5,000 and $10,000, recognize the dedication of and sacrifices made by these promising attorneys, and help defray the cost of choosing a position in public interest law.” Barbara Arnwine of the Lawyers’ Committee noted “public interest lawyers are needed just as much today as during the civil rights movement because there are so many individuals and families who do not have a voice in our society and need an advocate to speak for them and their civil rights under law.”




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