Multicultural Affairs: Success Stories
Capital University Law School maintains a strong commitment to developing a diverse and inclusive community. Thanks to the support and encouragement of Capital University Law School and its Office of Multicultural Affairs, minority students* have displayed a record of success in the classroom, in co-curricular endeavors and in extracurricular leadership roles. Within the last three years (2009-2012), illustrative minority student accomplishments include:
Student Leadership Officer Positions
- Student Bar Association (multiple positions, including President and Treasurer)
- American Constitution Society (President)
- Labor and Employment Law Association (President)
- Capital University Law School Republicans (President)
- Women’s Law Association (President)
- Christian Legal Society (multiple positions, including President)
- Black Law Student Association (multiple positions, including President)
- Hispanic Law Student Association (multiple positions, including President)
- Capital Equality Alliance (multiple positions, including President)
- Phi Alpha Delta (multiple positions, including President)
- Sports and Entertainment Law Association (multiple positions, including President and Treasurer)
- American Civil Liberties Union (Treasurer)
- Legal Professionalism Society (Treasurer)
- Children and Family Law Advocates (Fundraising Chair)
Scholarships
- Federal Bar Association Columbus Chapter Scholarship
- Ohio State Bar Association Labor and Employment Law Section Scholarship
- John Mercer Langston Bar Association Scholarship
- Asian-Pacific American Bar Association of Central Ohio (APABA-CO) Scholarship
- Ohio Women’s Bar Foundation Scholarship
- David D. White Scholarship (multiple recipients)
- David D. & Frances A. White Scholarship
- Floyd Weatherspoon Equal Justice Scholarship
- Floyd D. Weatherspoon Endowed Scholarship for Employment Discrimination & Labor Law
- Haynes and Haynes, LLC Book Scholarship
- Douglas J. Haynes Scholarship
- Mary Frutchey Scholarship
- Robert Weiler Company Minority Scholarship
- Black Law Students Association Scholarship
- Women’s Law Association Susan Gilles Scholarship
- Capital University Law School President’s Scholarship
- Capital University Law School Dean’s Scholarship (multiple recipients)
Fellowships
- Academic Success Protocol Fellowship (multiple students)
- Law & Leadership Institute Robert L. Shuman Fellowship
- Felicia Beth Nekritz Juvenile Law Fellowship
- Adoption and Child Welfare Law Fellowship
Co-Curricular Achievement
- Capital University Law Review (multiple students)
- Capital University Law School National Moot Court Team
- Frederick Douglass Moot Court Team (multiple students)
- Including the Best Oral Advocate for the Midwest Region
- Adoption Law and Policy Moot Court Team (multiple students)
- Mock Trial Team (multiple students)
- CALI Award winners (multiple students including awards received in: general litigation, small business clinic, torts, contracts, criminal law, and civil procedure jurisdiction)
* As used herein, the term minority refers to a student who has self-identified as a racial minority or a member of the GLBT community.