2025 UMBA SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

Albert Choi, J. Reuben Clark Law School

Ana Lozano, S.J. Quinney College of Law

Angelica Cervantes, J. Reuben Clark Law School

Camila Lenker, J. Reuben Clark Law School

Carly Chen, J. Reuben Clark Law School

Chase Aguinaga, S.J. Quinney College of Law

Emi Yamazaki, S.J. Quinney College of Law

Gloria Aquino, S.J. Quinney College of Law

Hasan Abdullah, J. Reuben Clark Law School

Keni Reid, J. Reuben Clark Law School

Lois Salas Mora, J. Reuben Clark Law School

Makena Rauch, S.J. Quinney College of Law

Naomi Botchway, J. Reuben Clark Law School

Nectaria Kurth, S.J. Quinney College of Law

Noa Leituala, J. Reuben Clark Law School

Taha Benabdallah, S.J. Quinney College of Law

2024 UMBA SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

Mujeeb Khan | S.J. Quinney College of Law

Gloria Aquino | S.J. Quinney College of Law

Aliza Murad | S.J. Quinney College of Law

Sinndy Rios | S.J. Quinney College of Law

Makena Rauch | S.J. Quinney College of Law

Valeria Jimenez | S.J. Quinney College of Law

Ashley Whetten Soroa | J. Reuben Clark Law School

Alexandra Brown | J. Reuben Clark Law School

Nathan A. Kaufusi | J. Reuben Clark Law School

Neha Eqbal | J. Reuben Clark Law School

Melvin Hernandez | J. Reuben Clark Law School

Kricia Tauiliili | J. Reuben Clark Law School

Ligia Valencia | J. Reuben Clark Law School

Eross Coito-Paz | J. Reuben Clark Law School

Jack Chiu | J. Reuben Clark Law School


 

Each year, law students at the University of Utah and Brigham Young University apply to receive student scholarships ranging from $1,000 to $20,000. Scholarships are awarded based on an application, resume, short essay, and letters of reference. Scholarship winners are also assigned a lawyer mentor through our UMBA Pipeline Program.*

In 2024, UMBA, with the help of matching funds from the J. Reuben Clark Law School and Strong & Hanni, awarded over $65,000 in scholarships based on a wholistic review of students' academic achievement, record of service to addressing issues impacting members of racial and ethnic minorities, and future potential to positively impact equality for Utah's racial and ethnic minorities through their future legal career. 

* The UMBA Pipeline Program is sponsored by the Utah Center for Legal Inclusion and Holland & Hart. This mentorship program was created to foster a diverse presence in the Utah legal community, address the issue of our growing racial and ethnic minority populations in Utah, encourage students to pursue the practice of law in Utah, and to strengthen and unite our UMBA membership.