Honoring the 2024-2025 Affiliates Scholarship and Bar Passage Success Program Participants
The National Bar Institute proudly celebrates the students who participated in the 2024-2025 Affiliates Scholarship Award and Bar Passage Success Program. Each Scholar was selected by one of the twelve (12) National Bar Association Regional Directors, who designated one student to receive a scholarship ( $2,500 and $5,000) and participate in the Bar Passage Success Program (lecture and proctored examinations). A second student from each region was selected to participate in the Bar Passage Success Program.
Region I
- Chelsea C. Jones – (Boston, MA) *
Suffolk University Law School - Symone A. Mond – (Boston, MA)
Suffolk University Law School
Region II
- Darielle Matthews – (Wheatly Heights, NY) *
Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
Region III
- Jessica Dufort – (Jersey City, NJ) *
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law - Jalyn Johnson – (Jersey City, NJ)
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
Region IV
- Elijah Winborne – (Pittsburgh, MD) *
Region V
- Chanté R. Barré – (New Orleans, LA) *
Southern University Law Center. - Summer Johnson – (New Orleans, LA)
Southern University Law Center.
Region VI
- Ashton S. Edward – (Louisville, KY) *
University of Kentucky J. David Rosenberg College of Law - TaTiana Butler – (Old Hickory, TN)
Nashville School of Law
Region VII
- Leah S. Hall – (Chicago, IL) *
University of Illinois at Chicago School of Law - Austin Perry (Chicago, IL)
University of Illinois at Chicago School of Law
Region VIII
- Jaylen Riley – (St. Louis, MO) *
Region IX
- Nathan J. Lessa – Region IX (San Francisco, CA) *
University of California College of the Law San Francisco - Taylor Eva- Nicole Shoecraft – ( Tacoma, WA)
University of Washington School of Law
Region X
- Angela Griego – (Albuquerque, NM) *
University of New Mexico School of Law
Region XI
- Jo’Anna Clayton – (Orlando, FL) *
Florida A&M University College of Law - Edward Turner – (Birmingham AL)
Samford University Cumberland School of Law
Region XII
- Maurice Roberson – (Upper Marlboro, MD) *
Georgetown University Law Center - Victoria Paul – (Washington, DC)
American University Washington College of Law
The asterisk (*) denotes the Top Choice students selected by their region’s National Bar Association Regional Director. *
We commend these students for their dedication and hard work, and we are confident they will make a meaningful impact in the legal field. Congratulations to all on this well-deserved recognition!