Nayomi Torres-Velez is the second recipient of the annual Daniel Anderl Memorial Scholarship. This award is part of a larger endowment established to honor the memory of Daniel Anderl, who was murdered by an aggrieved attorney in 2020.
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Brisa De Angulo Losada ’12 relentlessly pursued justice and won, ultimately changing international law. A documentary about her decades-long fight is expected to premiere in early 2025 and has been shortlisted for the 2024 International Documentary Association (IDA) Documentary Awards.
In response to New Jersey's housing crisis, members of the New Jersey Housing Justice Project traveled to Trenton to testify before the New Jersey Assembly Housing Committee.
Rutgers Law part-time student Jibri Douglas will receive the 2024 National LGBTQ+ Bar Student Leadership Award.
Jing Kong, a 3L student at Rutgers Law School, has been named the latest recipient of the Hon. Giles S. Rich Diversity Scholarship. This competitive and prestigious award is granted each year by the New York Intellectual Property Law Education Foundation (NYIPLEF) to a minority student representing a group that has been traditionally underrepresented in the legal profession. A trailblazer both personally and professionally, Kong is the first in her family to attend college, earn a Ph.D., immigrate to the U.S., attain U.S. citizenship, and earn a J.D. This summer, she will launch her legal career as a summer associate with the life sciences patent litigation team at O’Melveny & Myers.
Serving clients in both the United States and Côte d’Ivoire demands that M’Ballou Sanogho master two distinct legal systems and professional codes of conduct.