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MASSACHUSETTS BLACK JUDGES CONFERENCE HONORS OUTSTANDING
LAW SCHOOL STUDENTS AT ANNUAL AWARD CEREMONY
The Massachusetts Black Judges Conference presented its twenty-first annual book awards to nine Massachusetts law school students on Wednesday, April 16 in the John Adams Courthouse. Southeast Housing Court Judge and Massachusetts Black Judges Conference President Wilbur P. Edwards, Jr. served as Master of Ceremonies. Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall and retired Superior Court Judge Julian T. Houston addressed the gathering of judges, students, professors, families, and friends. Supreme Judicial Court Justice Roderick L. Ireland, New Bedford District Court Judge Julie J. Bernard, Judge Edwards, and Suffolk County Juvenile Court Judge Marjory A. German presented the awards.
Paraphrasing Senator Robert F. Kennedy, Chief Justice Marshall told the law students, “I am confident each one of you will stand up for an ideal; you will strike out against injustice; you will act to improve the lot of others. We look to you—the future generation of lawyers—to bring a renewed energy, a renewed commitment to that most fundamental of values: justice for all.”
Each year, the Massachusetts Black Judges Conference awards stipends to deserving second-year law school students to assist them in covering the costs of their law books for the following year. Law schools nominate students based upon academic achievement, leadership qualities, potential trial skills, and need. The Book Award Committee selects the winners from the list of nominees.
The Massachusetts Black Judges Conference is dedicated to the support of African-American judges, and serves as a vehicle for discussion and action on a variety of issues of interest to them.
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| Pictured in the photo with Supreme Judicial Court Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall and Southeast Housing Court Judge and President of the Massachusetts Black Judges Conference Wilbur P. Edwards are the award recipients: (From left, standing): Jasmine Campbell, Western New England College School of Law; Reginald Champagne, Boston University School of Law; Keisha Stokes, Harvard Law School; Antonio Lomba, Jr., New England School of Law; Moses A. Heyward, Suffolk University Law School; Jawara K. Griffin, Southern New England School of Law; Nicole Bluefort, Northeastern University School of Law; and Anne L. Hemingway, Massachusetts School of Law (Absent from photo: Claudia Matthews, Boston College Law School) |
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