Press Release
Womble Carlyle Announces 2011 Womble Carlyle Scholars
September 8, 2010
Public Relations Contact: Bruce Buchanan, (336) 728-7027
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC., has awarded Womble Carlyle Scholarships to 10 outstanding law school students within the firm’s Southeast and Mid-Atlantic footprint.
The students are:
- Alex Abramovich – University of North Carolina School of Law
- Jessica Boluda – University of Virginia School of Law
- Quintin Byrd – North Carolina Central University School of Law
- Kunal Choksi – Duke University School of Law
- Carla Hermida – University of North Carolina School of Law
- Justin Redd – University of Maryland School of Law
- Sharika Robinson - North Carolina Central University School of Law
- Emmanuel Tedder – Howard University School of Law
- Michael Vargas - Duke University School of Law
- Eric White – Northwestern University School of Law
The Womble Carlyle Scholars Program was established in 2004 to honor diverse second-year law school students for their academic credentials, participation in community service and achievement outside the classroom. The program is designed to increase participation in the bar by traditionally underrepresented groups.
Womble Carlyle Scholars each receive an $8,000 scholarship, as well as an offer of summer employment as a summer associate. Several former Womble Carlyle Scholars now practice at the firm as attorneys.
Womble Carlyle - Innovators at Law
Womble Carlyle is a full-service business law firm with a focus on innovative solutions to client needs. The firm supports the Association of Corporate Counsel in the ACC Value Challenge, which seeks to better align legal services with the needs of corporate clients.
The firm is located in the Southeast and mid-Atlantic regions, and serves clients nationally and globally, with more than 500 attorneys in eleven offices: Atlanta, GA; Greenville, SC; Charlotte, Greensboro, Raleigh, Research Triangle Park, and Winston-Salem, NC; Washington, DC; Tysons Corner, VA; Baltimore, MD; and Wilmington, DE.
In the community, the firm is the first law firm to receive the Thurgood Marshall College Fund Corporate Leadership Award as well as the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Freedom Award.