The Foundation recognizes two of its top scholars with named scholarships. We sincerely thank the two law firms for their generous support of the Rosenthal Bar Exam Scholarship Program.

Emily Maglio, Stanford Law School
Reed Smith Scholar

Sara Van Hofwegen
Sidley Austin Foundation Scholar

Golden Gate University School of Law
Steffanie Bevington
While she was an undergraduate at UC Santa Cruz, Steffanie's work with rape and gender violence victims inspired her to pursue a legal career dedicated to upholding human rights. In law school, Steffanie interned at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, served as an extern for Chief Magistrate Judge James Larson in the Northern District of California, and worked with the Tenderloin Housing Clinic. Her ultimate goal is to help women in developing nations know and assert their rights.

Loyola Law School
Neda Mashayekhi
While at UC Santa Barbara, Neda worked with emotionally disturbed teenage boys at a group home. Seeing the problems that these children faced, Neda developed a passion to work with children in the dependency system and help solve legal and social issues these children face. She has worked at the Children's Law Center in Southern California, the Legal Aid Society's Juvenile Rights Project in New York, and the HIV & AIDS Legal Services Alliance. Neda was a 2008 recipient of the Foundation's Public Interest Scholarship.

Pepperdine University School of Law
Jacqueline Bosworth
After graduating from the University of Florida, where she obtained both her B.A. and Masters degrees in Education, Jacqueline worked as an elementary school teacher in the projects of Los Angeles. Her experiences there inspired her to advocate for the rights of children and families. She has done so in her work at Children's Law Center of Los Angeles, the Public Counsel Law Center Adoption Project, and the Pepperdine University Special Education Advocacy Clinic. Upon passage of the California Bar, she will work at the Children's Law Center.

San Joaquin College of Law
Alicia Lyn Hinton*
Alicia will graduate this spring with a law degree as well as a master's in conflict resolution and peacemaking. A graduate of San Jose State University, Alicia has worked extensively with a sex offender re-entry program called Circles of Support and Accountability (COSA), as well as at Central California Legal Services and the Fresno County District Attorney's Office. After she graduates, Alicia plans to continue working with COSA, victims' advocacy organizations, and government. Alicia was a 2008 recipient of the Foundation's Public Interest Scholarship.

Santa Clara University School of Law
Molly Brennan*
After her graduation the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Molly became an intake worker at the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley in its Legal Advocates for Children and Youth and Mental Health Advocacy Projects. While in law school, Molly worked with Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, the Santa Clara County Office of the Public Defender, Legal Services for Children, and the Katherine and George Alexander Community Law Clinic. Molly also has an M.S.W. from Tulane University and was a 2008 recipient of the Foundation's Public Interest Scholarship.

Stanford Law School
Tamika L. Butler
While an undergraduate at Creighton University, Tamika worked at Legal Aid of Nebraska. Tamika has focused on employment discrimination in her work at the Human Rights Campaign, the Stanford Law School Community Law Clinic, the ACLU's LGBT & AIDS Project, and the Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center. She will continue to pursue this passion after law school graduation as a Skadden Fellow for the Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center in San Francisco, where she will establish employment law clinics in Bayview-Hunters Point and the Western Addition.

Emily Maglio* Reed Smith Scholar

While at Williams College, Emily was active in a successful movement to institute a Latino studies program at the college. In law school, Emily worked at the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, the Legal Aid Society—Employment Law Center, and the American Civil Liberties Union. She also spent a semester in the Stanford Criminal Defense Clinic. After graduation, Emily will clerk for Judge Lawrence Karlton of the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, and ultimately plans to pursue a career working on behalf of low-income individuals facing race or gender discrimination.

University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (Boalt Hall)
Rana Anabtawi
Rana has always been passionate about human rights issues and is dedicated to a career in criminal defense and prison condition reform. A graduate of UC Berkeley, Rana has worked in the California Asylum Representation Clinic and the Death Penalty Clinic. She has also worked at Justice NOW, where she assisted women in California state prisons in obtaining the medical attention they needed.

Lynn Wu

After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, Lynn taught in Oakland public schools for three years through the Teach for America program. She went to law school to address the institutionalized racism and classism keeping her students in poverty. Lynn worked at Legal Services for Children, the National Center for Youth Law, and Public Health and Policy. She also participated in the Expulsion Prevention Clinic and Juvenile Hall Outreach, and co-directed the Education Advocacy Clinic and Advocates for Youth Justice. Upon law school graduation, Lynn will work at the Prison Law Office in Berkeley.

University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law
Moises Ceja
Before beginning his undergraduate studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, Moises served in the U.S. Army for three years. He went to law school to further his goal of advocating for low-income communities and immigrant families. Moises worked with the National Day Laborers Network, where he conducted know your rights seminars and created community education materials. Moises also worked with the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund in New York and the Sylmar Juvenile Detention Center. Moises was a 2008 recipient of the Foundation's Public Interest Scholarship.

University of San Diego School of Law
Jacqueline Isaac
Jacqueline pursued her law degree to help address human rights and empowerment issues that women face both in America and internationally. An Egyptian American, Jacqueline went to Egypt after she completed her undergraduate degree in political science at Vanguard University and conducted research on female genital mutilation. While in law school, she was involved in numerous organizations that relate to the rights of women, human rights, and social activism. Jacqueline has worked with the United Nations, the University of San Diego Immigration Law Clinic, and the Office of Congresswoman Diane Watson.

Lisa Rose Storing

After graduating from UC San Diego, Lisa was a substitute teacher in the San Diego Unified School District before beginning law school. She worked at the San Diego Public Defender's Office where she discovered her zeal for public defense work. Lisa also worked with the law school's Center for Public Interest Law and the Employee Rights Center and has been in the Legal Aid Society Guardianship Clinic.

University of San Francisco School of Law
Meredith E. Marzuoli
After her first year of law school, Meredith spent the summer in Mississippi at the Keta Taylor Colby Death Penalty Project, where she worked with prisoners on death row. She subsequently since spent two semesters participating in the USF's criminal defense clinic, worked as a law clerk at the Alameda County Public Defender's Office, and represented indigent criminal clients in appellate matters at the First District Appellate Project. Meredith is a graduate of Colgate University and was a 2008 recipient of the Foundation's Public Interest Scholarship.

Marie Montesano*

Marie has focused on human rights law throughout her education. While at William Smith College, Marie was a member of the Human Rights and Genocide Forum and the Human Rights Commission in Geneva, New York. In law school, she interned for the Cambodia Human Rights Action Committee, worked with two professors who specialize in human rights law, and lobbied the Human Rights Council in Geneva, Switzerland. Marie was a 2008 recipient of the Foundation's Public Interest Scholarship. After graduation, Marie will work at the San Mateo County District Attorney's office.

University of Southern California Gould School of Law
Carlos Gomez
After graduating from UCLA, Carlos entered law school to help show his community that the justice system can and does work for them. He participated in Teen Court, a program that diverts defendant adolescents to a court with a county judge and a jury of high school students. Carlos worked for two summers in the Riverside County District Attorney's Office, which he will join as an attorney after law school.

Sara Van Hofwegen* Sidley Austin Foundation Scholar

A graduate of Seattle Pacific University, Sara intends to pursue a career as an immigration attorney to advocate for victims of human trafficking in the United States. In law school, Sara worked extensively in the immigration and human rights field. She was an Advanced Clinical Student at the USC Immigration Clinic, an intern at the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking, and spent a summer with the International Justice Mission in Kolkata. She also worked at the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles and the Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office.

Whittier Law School
Geneva Englebrecht
While an undergraduate at California State University, Long Beach, Geneva began providing free advocacy and special education legal training for low-income military families. Geneva went to law school to help families like her own with free special education advocacy. A fellow at Whittier's Center for Children's Rights, she worked in the Special Education Law Clinic, at the Whittier Area Cooperative Special Education Program, and at the Learning Rights Law Center. Geneva graduated in December 2008, and is now at Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Rudd, and Romo on the Special Education and Education Law Team.

* Received California BAR/BRI Law Review Bar Exam review course in addition to $2,000 cash award.