Student Spotlights
Dean’s Award Recipient
Student Fellow, Community Equity Initiative
Patience Adegboyega ’25
How did you decide to pursue law?
For as long as I can remember I have wanted to be a lawyer. As a kid, I was outspoken and would often talk back…
Co-President, Law and Business Association
Co-Vice President, Law Women
Lyndsey Garbee ’26
How did you decide to pursue law?
Beyond being told by every person in my life that I’m argumentative and therefore would make a good lawyer?…
Media and Communications Chair, Florida Law Society
Honor Culpepper ’27
How did you decide to pursue law?
For most of my undergraduate career, I planned to be a sports reporter after graduation. As a college athlete, I felt that…
Vanderbilt Scholar
Dylan Erikson ’26
How did you decide to pursue law?
Entering college, I had a general interest in social science policy work and saw myself becoming a quantitative researcher. Law was nowhere on my radar. That changed…
AnBryce Scholar
Co-chair, Black Law Students Association
Ashley Alphonse
How did you get interested in studying the law?
I always joke that I was destined to become a lawyer. From an early age, I knew I enjoyed public speaking, and the…
Dean’s Scholar
Sofia DeSimone ’26
What inspired you to go to law school?
My dad is a lawyer, and I grew up watching him read through giant stacks of files and prepare for court. I didn’t think seriously about law being a path for me…
Jacobson Leadership Program in Law and Business Scholar
Nordlicht Family Scholar in the Grunin Center for Law and Social Entrepreneurship
Tanya Bansal ’25
How did you get interested in studying the law?
My path to law…
Tax Policy Fellow
Robert McCarthy ’24, LLM ’25
You earned a JD at NYU Law just last spring, and now you’re in the prestigious Tax LLM program. What made you choose to study at NYU Law not once but twice?
The people. During…
Co-Chair, Black Allied Law Students Association
How did you get interested in studying the law? And if you hadn’t decided to attend law school, what other type of career do you think you’d be pursuing?
Nadia Nelson ’26
As a…
Student Leader, First Gen Pre-Orientation Program
Staff Editor, Journal of Intellectual Property & Entertainment Law
Mackenzie Harrigan
What led you down the path of becoming a lawyer? If you couldn’t be a lawyer, what would be your…
President, Student Bar Association
Kahaari Kenyatta ’26
Tell us a little bit about your path to law school. Did you know you wanted to study law at a young age? And why NYU Law?
I came to the law relatively late! I was raised by a…
Tell us a little bit about your path to law school. Did you know you wanted to study law at a young age? And why NYU Law?
Mia Bravo ’26
I grew up in Nebraska, where no one in my family had ever gone to law school. I didn’t have a…
2024–25 Student Scholar, Reiss Center on Law and Security
Orison S. Marden Moot Court Competition Finalist
Executive Editor, Journal of Legislation and Public Policy
Charlotte Kahan ’25
Before going to NYU Law, you were a…
International Law and Human Rights Fellow
Staff Editor, Journal of International Law and Politics
What inspired you to become a lawyer? Have your ambitions changed since you first chose this path?
During college, I worked for…
You won best oralist, best respondent's brief, and first place overall at the 2024 William B. Spong, Jr. Moot Court Tournament. Tell us about your preparation for the moot court tournament.
Austin Upshaw ’25
Preparing for a moot court…
Tell us about your educational background. What brought you to NYU Law?
Michelle Dahl ’24
I majored in government and minored in religion at Smith College, and always had an interest in law and social change. I ended up attending the…
Tell us about your volunteer work helping migrants with asylum applications.
I volunteered at the New York Legal Assistance Group and New York City’s Asylum Application Center. As a law student volunteer, I helped applicants express their narratives…
Tell us about your experience serving as editor-in-chief of the Moot Court Board.
It has been the highlight of my time in law school. At NYU Law, Moot Court Board (MCB) is not only a moot court competition team, but also a journal. Each year MCB…
Tell us about your experience as professional development co-chair of NYU Law Women.
Serving as professional development co-chair of Law Women has been an incredibly rewarding experience. The Law Women Board is a supportive, fun group of women and…
IILJ Joyce Lowinson Scholar
Tell us about your educational background. What brought you to studying law at NYU?
When doing one of those connect-the-dots paintings, the image never really makes sense until you have all of the dots together. That is…