Vol. 34, No. 2, 50. Law School News.

• Author: by Steve Easton, Dean University of Wyoming College of Law

Wyoming Bar Journal

2011.

Vol. 34, No. 2, 50.

Law School News

Wyoming Bar JournalIssue: April, 2011Law School Newsby Steve Easton, Dean University of Wyoming College of LawFollowing a rigorous selection process, I the University of Wyoming College of Law has selected the first honorees to receive the Judge Clarence A. Brimmer Scholarship.

This new program honors the long and distinguished career of Judge Brimmer, a Rawlins native who served in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II, practiced law in Rawlins, and served as both U.S. Attorney and Attorney General. For the past 35 years. Judge Brimmer has served the people of Wyoming as a Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming. By honoring Judge Brimmer through this award, the College of Law hopes that his outstanding career will serve as a beacon to which law students will aspire.

The Brimmer Scholarship, which provides up to $10,000 for a student's final year of law school, is the largest scholarship given by the University of Wyoming College of Law. Patterned after the famous Rhodes Scholarship, the Brimmer Scholarship is designed to reward excellence in the pursuit of a legal education, both in the classroom and in extracurricular activities, as well as in service to the College of Law, the University, and the people of Wyoming. Students are eligible to apply for the scholarship in the spring semester of their second year of law school. This year, 28 of the 75 members of the second year class submitted applications.

From this strong pool of applicants, the College of Law selected six students as Brimmer Scholar finalists. Stacia Berry of rural Laramie County has won several law school advocacy competitions, has volunteered as both a youth soccer coach and a sorority adviser while in law school, has been an officer in several law school organizations, and has helped to represent prisoners in the College's Defender Aid Program. Leo Caselli of Ashland, Oregon, has published a case note in the Wyoming Law Review, worked as an extern in the Federal Public Defender's Office in Cheyenne, and volunteered with the InterFaith clothing drive program, the UW Student Farm, and the College's Prosecution Clinic. Stephanie Holguin of Riverton has worked as a research assistant for several law school professors and volunteers as a translator...