PILF hands out summer grants, other honors
Pictured with Dean Matthew Spitzer are Maria Hall,
Sydney and Audrey Irmas Fellow; Poppy Durant, Karen A. Lash Grant
recipient; Erin Morgan, Outstanding Student Award recipient;
and Pegine E. Grayson, Outstanding Graduate Award recipient.
During its 2003 Pro Bono Awards Luncheon at Town and Gown last week, USC's Public Interest Law Foundation announced the recipients of its 24 summer grants, the Sydney and Audrey Irmas Fellowship and the inaugural Karen A. Lash Grant.
PILF also honored Outstanding Graduate Pegine E. Grayson '87, Outstanding Student Erin Morgan '03, Adam Freeman Scott Memorial Grant recipient Kimberly Baker '05 and Trope & Trope/Harriet Buhai Family Law Summer Fellow Joshlyn Higgins '05.
Additionally, the student organization recognized recipients of the Los Angeles County Bar Association Pro Bono Awards, the Sidley Austin Brown & Wood Fellows and the Post-Conviction Justice Project supervisors for the 2003-04 academic year.
Maria Hall '03 received this year's Irmas Fellowship, a one-year graduate fellowship. Hall, who also received the Miller-Johnson Equal Justice Prize last week, will work as an attorney for Communities for a Better Environment. Catherine "Poppy" Durant '03 received the first annual Karen A. Lash Grant for her commitment to public interest law. She also received a Shattuck Award last week.
The Sidley Austin Fellows are Torrey Cope and Janae Torrez (Public Interest Law Fellows); Tina Wang, Mark Furuya and Vinodhini Ramagopal (Domestic Violence Clinic Fellows); and Jean Lantz and Rogelio Natz (Immigration Law Clinic Fellows). All are first-year students.
In announcing the LACBA Pro Bono Awards, LACBA President Miriam Krinsky quoted Winston Churchill, who once said, "We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give."
"You will have ample opportunities in the course of your daily professional endeavors to make a living as lawyers," Krinsky said. "I urge you as well to make a life by continuing to give your time and energy to address the needs and interests of those who are less fortunate."
