The Real Property Law Section is now accepting applications for its two law student scholarships in the amount of $5,000 each. The scholarships will be awarded in January at the NYSBA Annual Meeting.
REAL PROPERTY LAW SECTION LORRAINE POWER THARP SCHOLARSHIP
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Applications will be accepted in Fall 2024. Deadline to be determined.
The New York Bar Foundation is pleased to announce the 2024 Real Property Law Section Lorraine Power Tharp Scholarship, which has been established by The Foundation through a gift from the Real Property Law Section of the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) and from Russell Tharp to honor the memory of Lorraine Power Tharp, Esq., a former Chair of the Section and a former President of the Association.
The $5,000.00 scholarship will be awarded to a second- or third-year law student who best exemplifies the core values important to Lorraine – academic excellence, a demonstrated interest in public service, high integrity and, if possible, an interest in real property law.
Efforts will be made to honor Lorraine’s commitment to gender equality and diversity in the profession. To ensure geographic diversity, the Foundation will strive to select students attending New York State law schools in different counties each year, so that over time students from all areas of the state will be able to benefit from the scholarship.
A preference will be given to students who demonstrate financial need.
PAST RECIPIENTS OF THE REAL PROPERTY LAW SECTION LORRAINE POWER THARP SCHOLARSHIP
2008 – Rufus Williams
2009 – Audrey Kim
2010 – Christopher R. Copeland – CUNY
2011 – Milana Khlebina – St. John’s
2012 – Alissa Fortuna – SUNY Buffalo
2013 – Leanne Monique Welds – Brooklyn Law School
2014 – no scholarship awarded
2015 – no scholarship awarded
2016 – David Ullman – Columbia Law School
2017 – Megan McGuiggan – University at Buffalo
2018 – Lauren Richardson – New York University School of Law
2019 – Nicholaus Mills – Cornell Law School
2020 – Jessie Sennett, Columbia Law School
2021 – Federica Marini, St. John’s University School of Law
2022 – Katherine Baurs-Krey, Touro Law School
2023 — Madeline Martinez, Brooklyn Law School
2024 – Bailey P. Hughes, Buffalo Law School
REAL PROPERTY LAW SECTION MELVYN MITZNER SCHOLARSHIP
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Applications will be accepted in Fall 2024. Deadline to be determined.
The New York Bar Foundation is pleased to announce the 2024 Real Property Law Section Melvyn Mitzner Scholarship, which has been established by The Foundation through a gift from the Real Property Law Section of the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) and from Rosalyn Mitzner to honor the memory of Melvyn Mitzner, a former Chair of the Section. The $5,000.00 scholarship will be awarded to a second or third-year law student. Efforts will be made to honor Melvyn Mitzner’s commitment to professional achievement in the area of real property law including legal writing, lecturing and scholarship, and diversity in the profession. To ensure geographic diversity, the Foundation will strive to select students attending New York State law schools in different counties each year, so that over time students from all areas of the State will be able to benefit from the scholarship.
A preference will be given to students who demonstrate financial need.
PAST RECIPIENTS OF THE REAL PROPERTY LAW SECTION MELVYN MITZNER SCHOLARSHIP
2013 – Edward Hyde Clarke – Albany Law School
2014 – no scholarship awarded
2015 – no scholarship awarded
2016 – Nicholas Zapp – Albany Law School
2017 – Joanna Sedlak – Fordham University School of Law
2018 – Marissa MacAneney – St. John’s University School of Law
2019 – Adebare Ogunleye – Albany Law School
2020 – Steven Cecere, St. John’s University School of Law
2021 – Connor Blancato, Brooklyn Law School
2022 – Katherine Mazdzer, Syracuse University School of Law
2023 — Laura Riano, Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center
2024 – Hayley Privitera, Cornell Law School