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By Susan Gonzalez
June 2, 2021
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Markus Reneau
Yale alumnus Markus Reneau ’19 is among 10 individuals who have been named inaugural Marshall-Motley Scholars by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund Inc. (LDF). The scholarship covers the cost of law school to train the next generation of civil rights lawyers across the U.S. South.
The LDF announced the Marshall-Motley Scholars on May 17, the 67th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education. The Marshall-Motley Scholars Program (MMSP) is named in honor of Supreme Court justice, civil rights attorney, and LDF founder Thurgood Marshall, and civil rights litigator Constance Baker Motley, the first Black woman to serve as a federal judge.
Future civil rights lawyers receive scholarships
The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund has named the first 10 “Marshall-Motley Scholars,” who will receive law school scholarships in exchange for a commitment to serve as civil rights lawyers based in the South for eight years. The scholars include former interns in the White House, the Congressional Black Caucus, the American Civil Liberties Union and the Equal Justice Initiative. Hundreds of people applied for the scholarships. (NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund press release, Law.com, NPR)
Pipeline program funded by LSAC seeking law school requests for proposals
The Law School Admission Council is seeking requests for proposals from law schools for its PreLaw Undergraduate Scholars Programs. Known as the PLUS Program, it funds law school offerings focused on helping people interested in becoming lawyers. It’s targeted at rising undergraduate sophomores and juniors from groups that are underrepresented in the l