Diversity Scholar Recipients
Diversity Scholar Recipients
Encouraging diversity and inclusion within the field of ADR
INDIVIDUAL SCHOLARSHIPS
The Fund provides financial assistance of up to $2,000 to students or professionals. This support can be used towards:
· Degree program or fellowship in alternative dispute resolution
· Conference or training program in alternative dispute resolution
The goal is to empower diverse leaders and professionals in ADR by helping them access education and training opportunities that advance their careers and enhance inclusivity within the field.
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR LAW STUDENTS AT HBCUs
The AAA-ICDR Foundation partners with law schools at two historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) – Howard University and North Carolina Central University – that offer certificates in dispute resolution. Key details include:
· $50,000 awarded annually to each law school.
· Scholarships specifically for second- and third-year law students pursuing certificates in dispute resolution.
· Recipients are selected each year in September by the respective law schools
Historically Black Colleges and University Scholarship Recipients
2023 Historically Black Colleges and University Scholarship Recipients
Historically Black Colleges and University Scholarship Recipients
Historically Black Colleges and University Scholarship Recipients
2023 Historically Black Colleges and University Scholarship Recipients
Historically Black Colleges and University Scholarship Recipients
Scholar
Marjorie Vieira
Brazil
School
Humboldt University of Berlin
My career goal is to become a lawyer specialized in international dispute resolution in order to act as counsel, mediator and arbitrator in international disputes. I also plan to pursue a PhD to become a university professor in the IDR field.
GRANT AMOUNT
2000
Program
LLM program at Humboldt University of Berlin
Scholar
Lauren Jones
New York
School
I would like to ultimately have my own ADR practice covering all the ADR disciplines or work in an ADR capacity with a corporation.
GRANT AMOUNT
1995
Program
Virtual Foundations of Organizational Ombudsman Class
Scholar
Jessica Yeh
California
School
I wish to be a full time Arbitrator and Mediator. I eventually hope to create more community programs in ADR that will be accessible to underserved and differently-abled communities that do not have widespread access to arbitration or mediation as a means to solve their disputes as an alternative to traditional litigation.
GRANT AMOUNT
475
Program
ABA Dispute Resolution Arbitration Training Conference
Scholar
Edwin Roman
California
School
American University Washington College of Law
Chiefly, my goal is to become a high-caliber expert in International Arbitration and Mediation in Mexico. Likewise, at the same time, I am going to study some subjects in order to sit to the New York Bar, so this LLM program will help me to understand the common law and see the differences with the civil law.
GRANT AMOUNT
2000
Program
LL.M. in International Arbitration and Business Law at American University Washington College of Law
Scholar
Ashley Meadows
New York
School
Pepperdine School of Law
To become a member of the arbitration roster for FINRA and AAA.
GRANT AMOUNT
2000
Program
LLM in Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine School of Law
Scholar
Ashita Alag
India
School
Harvard Law School
After my LL.M., I intend to work at an international law firm to gain additional arbitration experience before returning to India to start my career as an arbitration practitioner. While working as an arbitration practitioner I want to push for inclusion of more women, especially women from my region and community to have access to the arbitration profession. In the long run I also want to build on the research done for my dissertation titled “Third Party Funding in International Commercial Arbitration” and author a book on the subject.
GRANT AMOUNT
2000
Program
LLM Program at Harvard Law School
Scholar
Tara Brin
Michigan
School
I use my mediation training on a daily basis as a Civil Rights Investigator for the City of Detroit and general civil volunteer mediator for the Wayne County Dispute Resolution Center. I hope to further my career in public service and volunteering with goals of criminal justice reform, enhanced communication opportunities between parties, and deterrence of escalation in cases through mediation. At the City of Detroit Civil Rights Department, I hope to expand mediation opportunities to residents and employees of the City prior to becoming part of the legal system. I aspire to become a full time mediator in the public sector
GRANT AMOUNT
1095
Program
Domestic Relations Mediation Training and Domestic Violence Screening Training through Wayne County Dispute Resolution Center
Scholar
Melinda Levy
California
GRANT AMOUNT
2000
Program
Four courses focused on building Divorce Mediation Practice
Scholar
Galo Martin Marquez Ruiz
Mexico
School
My short terms goal is to build a strong moot arbitration culture in my University. At Tec de Monterrey, we are one of the best awarded schools in international arbitration moots in Mexico in the last years. Recently, I filed a request at my college to start the first arbitration review in Mexican history. It is my contention that Mexico has more than the capacity to develop investigation and doctrine in relation to arbitration. In the long term, it is my wish to create a sophisticated arbitration practice in a law firm, to give opportunity to other law students like me to enter in arbitration internships in Mexico, which are currently almost impossible to find.
GRANT AMOUNT
780
Program
International Chamber of Commerce Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration
Scholar
Francis Ojok
Uganda
School
Pepperdine University
My Career goal is to empower my fellow Ugandan to embrace Alternative Disputes Resolution as an effective peaceful means for resolving both interpersonal and large-scale disputes and conflicts.
GRANT AMOUNT
2000
Program
LLM in Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University