Rutgers Law part-time student Jibri Douglas will receive the 2024 National LGBTQ+ Bar Student Leadership Award.
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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.
Two Rutgers Law students were selected as New Jersey State Bar Foundation (NJSBF) post-graduate law fellows who will work with nonprofit organizations on public interest legal matters. Elias Bull '24 (Newark) will join Make the Road New Jersey to work on community education and group litigation to protect and support immigrant and low-income tenants. Joelle Paull '24 (Camden) will join the Fair Share Housing Center to help address the housing shortage for New Jersey's lowest income residents by preserving existing affordable homes, working to extend affordability controls, and conducting outreach on New Jersey's affirmative marketing standards and enformcement mechanisms.