Ana's Winning Essay: I’ve always had an innate desire to help people, and for much of my life, I’ve tried to understand what that calling looked like in practice. It wasn’t until I spent time in the courtroom that I realized where that energy belonged: in criminal...
The Winning Essay from Charles: According to my high school head football coach, Vic Kubu, life is not a dress rehearsal. Life is a continuing learning experience, and you must recognize your strengths and weaknesses to become a better person in anything you choose,...
Kate's Winning Essay: I believe that EVERYONE has a right to quality legal representation. I also believe that fighting to minimize the number of people who experience the violent, disruptive, and traumatic prison complex is the first step in a much larger...
Emma's Winning Essay: I am a single mother, first-generation law student, born and raised in Venezuela, but "adopted" by USA in my mid-twenties. I have worked for over thirty years as an occupational therapist in burns, and poly trauma hospital units, and now want to...
Valerie's Winning Essay: As a first-generation law student, I am committed to ensuring that equality and equity is universal for all. In the pursuit of this goal, in the past two years, I have expounded upon my career expertise by addressing legal issues such as...
Victoria's winning essay: On my first day of Teach For America-Baltimore, I was asked, “Who are you to teach here?” My initial inclination was to respond that I am educated, a leader, and am passionate about seeing children succeed. I am a first-generation college...
From First-Generation Graduate to Future Advocate: My Journey to the Law I am a first-generation college graduate. That achievement alone has already transformed the trajectory of my life and the lives of my family for the better. But I cannot and will not stop there....