Photos courtesy of Minority Corporate Counsel Association
Pepperdine School of Law students Brittany Alexis Porter and Miguel Eduardo Del Mundo have both been awarded the Minority Corporate Counsel Association Lloyd M. Johnson, Jr. Scholarship. The LMJ Scholarship is a national program that annually grants scholarships of $10,000 to students entering their first year of law school.
Porter graduated magna cum laude from Hampton University with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. Del Mundo also graduated magna cum laude from the University of Southern California with two bachelor’s degrees in Political Science and Public Policy. Both students are in their first year at the Pepperdine School of Law.
“I feel incredibly grateful to be able to have the support of the LMJ Scholarship Program and the MCCA as I chart my path in the legal profession,” Del Mundo wrote in an email to the Graphic. “I aspire to one day use my law degree to give back to the communities I care about.”
To be eligible for the LMJ Scholarship an applicant must:
- Show proof of acceptance into an ABA-accredited U.S. law school.
- Have an interest in corporate law, including an interest in working in a corporate law department and/or law firm.
- Have an interest in diversity.
- Be financially disadvantaged and have completed the FAFSA and provide additional documents as requested.
- Demonstrate community service and leadership qualities.
- Have earned an undergraduate cumulative G.P.A. of 3.2 or higher.
- Be enrolled in law school on a full-time basis in the fall 2016.
This scholarship is only available to “diverse individuals who: have overcome obstacles, are outstanding and promising scholars, have an interest in corporate law, and possess a commitment to diversity and inclusion,” according the MCCA’s website.
More information about these two recipients can also be found on the MCCA’s website.
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