ADAM AMIR KEANDRA BARLOW MALINDA BRIDGES CHRISTINE CHAN KENDELL COATES
DERRICK DAVIS CELESTE JACKSON LUIS LANDEROS KELSEY LEONARD EMILY LY
KATHY NGUYEN INGRID PEREZ ANTHONY PETTES ANDRE SCOTT. VICTORIA WHITE
behalf of independent music artists, a fi eld that will enable her to incorporate her passion for music. “T ere’s a lot of sampling and derivative work from artists
that aren’t represented by big labels,” says White. “Sometimes music gets sampled and there are no royalties involved. I think that’s something that needs to be addressed.” In the foreseeable fi ve- to six-year future, White anticipates
practicing law in an eff ort to enhance the rights of independent artists, an abused segment of a ruthless, predatory industry. If she’s like previous LMJ recipients, White will make a signifi cant impact on the evolving music business. In LMJ’s eight-year history, former recipients have gone on to impres- sive positions within law and the corporate environment at large, from JAG attorneys to corporate vice presidents. T e LMJ program sponsors range from Microsoft and Walmart to King and Spalding LLP and other premium corporate law fi rms, all of which detail particular, wide- ranging criteria for their benefi ciaries. Each company decides the amount of money and sponsorships to contribute. One company might sponsor three students at diff erent levels. As a result, the LMJ scholarship program uniquely targets students from varied backgrounds and experiences, many of whom have not had a traditional trajectory toward law school admission. “Some are now coming from school. Some are returning
from spending 10 to 15 years in the workforce,” says Alice Sykes, the UNCF point person for the LMJ scholarship program. “It’s an extremely diverse group of people that apply for this scholarship. T e people who are awarded it are bright and crafty. T ey are wonderful.” T.R. Bynum III, a member of the inaugural LMJ class of 2008, took an unconventional path to his law career.
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A litigation associate at Husch Blackwell LLP, one of the largest fi rms in St. Louis, Bynum was an eight-year veteran offi cer and detective on the St. Louis police force before entering law school at Washington University of St. Louis. For Bynum, the attraction to law was based on a drive to make valuable contributions to societal discourse and to enhance personal perspectives. “I wouldn’t have been in law school had I not been in
law enforcement. I wanted to keep growing and advancing and understanding the framework of our society. I wanted
IT'S AN EXTREMELY DIVERSE
GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT APPLY FOR THIS SCHOLARSHIP. THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE AWARDED IT ARE BRIGHT AND CRAFTY. THEY ARE WONDERFUL.—Alice Sykes
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to seek out the origins of what I was doing and what I was experiencing,” says Bynum. “I didn’t know any lawyers except prosecutors during my enforcement career. T e criminal lawyers are the one point of contact between the law and many people of underprivileged backgrounds.
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