Awarded scholarships recently by the Women Lawyers of Association of Michigan Foundation were (front row, left to right) Caitlin Howitt, Klaudia Nikolli and Suzanne Quinn along with (back row, from left) Ryanne Exposito, Rachel Soren, Jillian Ambrose, J. Olabisi Ogboye, Elise Elzinga and LaToya McBean.
The Women Lawyers Association of Michigan Foundation recently announced scholarship awards totaling $30,000 provided to 10 Outstanding Women Law Students attending Michigan law schools.
The competitive scholarships were awarded to students who demonstrated leadership on women’s issues.
This year, the awardees received a 20 percent increase in scholarship amounts.
Now in its 17th year, the WLAM Foundation’s scholarship program has awarded 195 law students with close to $440,000 to support their law school educations.
Specially named awards exist for scholarships supported by large and ongoing donations from General Motors and the Dickinson Wright Women’s Network, and for a scholarship named for former WLAMF Treasurer Kimberly M. Cahill.
The 2013 Outstanding Women Law Student awardees of the Women Lawyers Association of Michigan Foundation are: Jillian Ambrose, Dickinson Wright Women’s Network Scholar at the University of Michigan Law School: Stephanie Edwards, WLAMF Scholar at Thomas M. Cooley Law School; and Elise Elzinga, WLAMF/General Motors Scholar at Michigan State University College of Law.
Others are: Ryanne Exposito, WLAMF Scholar at University of Detroit Mercy School of Law; Caitlin Howitt, Kimberly M. Cahill Scholar at the University of Michigan Law School; LaToya McBean, WLAMF/General Motors Scholar at Thomas M. Cooley Law School; Klaudia Nikolli, WLAMF Scholar at Wayne State University Law School; J. Olabisi Ogboye, WLAMF Scholar at Michigan State University College of Law; Suzanne Quinn, WLAMF/General Motors Scholar at Wayne State University Law School; and Rachel Soren, WLAMF/General Motors Scholar at University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
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