The Cal LAW Pathways Student Stipend Award assists aspiring lawyers in their educational pursuits. This year 2 awards will be given to community college law pathway students. They will be awarded a $1000 stipend,
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- Cal LAW Pathways Student Stipend Award
Cal LAW Pathway Outstanding Student Stipend Award
Thank you to Phoong Law for sponsoring the 2024 Cal LAW Outstanding Student Stipend Awards!
2024 Outstanding Student Stipend Award
Kristen Perez, East Los Angeles City College
Ella Jaravata, San Diego Mesa College
Students are nominated by their law teacher/professor based on their scholarship, participation, goals to give back to their community in the area of law, and financial need.
2026 Student Stipend Nomination Form – Community College
This year we are only accepting applications for Community College students. The deadline for the application is: December 5, 2025.
2024
Kristen Perez, East Los Angeles City College
Ella Jaravata, San Diego Mesa College
2023
Darlene Martinez Balbuena – Santa Ana High School
Yazmin Baroumand – San Jose City College
Maridel De Los Reyes – Yerba Buena High School (Sponsored by California Lawyers Association)
Ricardo Gonzalez – East Los Angeles College (Sponsored by Fastcase)
Viridiana Santa Cruz Velez – Bakersfield College (Sponsored by Law School Admissions Council)
2022
Michelle Reyes – Santa Ana Elizabeth G. Macias Legal Studies Academy, Santa Ana ($500)
Prescilla Rodriguez – East Los Angeles College, Los Angeles ($500)
Ronishlla Devika L. Maharaj – Richmond High School Law Academy, Richmond ($1000)
Allea Nojadera – San Diego Mesa College, San Diego ($1000) Sponsored by LSAC
Zofia Trexler – Fresno City College, Fresno ($1000) Sponsored by Fastcase
2021
Trinity A. Watson, McClatchy High School, Sacramento ($1000)
Valeria Coronado, ELAC/UCLA, Los Angeles ($1000) Sponsored by Fastcase
Mario A. Verdiguel, LA Mission/CSUNorthridge, Los Angeles ($1000) Sponsored by Law School Admission Council
Laiza Chavez, Florin High School, Elk Grove ($300 NCLA Virtual)
Monica Murga, Crawford High School ($300 NCLA Virtual)
2020
Asia Thompson, DeAnza High School (2014), UC San Diego (2018), UCLA School of Law (2021) Sponsored by FastCase
Ariadne Ruby Hernandez, Bullard High School Law Academy, Fresno ($1000)
Preatty Gates, Luther Burbank High School Law Academy (NCLA $1800)
2019
Shvata Malhotra,, UC Davis, Davis, CA ($1000), LSAT exam
Jennifer Bonilla, Santa Ana High School Law Academy, Santa Ana, CA ($1000)
Lia Mimun, El Dorado High School Law Academy (NCLA $1800)
2018
Arabella Compton, Jesse Bethel Law Academy in Vallejo, California, is a freshman at UC Santa Barbara. ($1000)
Joaquin E. Diaz De Leon is in his last year in the Law Pathway at Delta College in Stockton, CA. ($1000)
Taunu’uimatavai Vitale, Cabrillo High School, Long Beach (NCLA $1600)
2017
Hennah Vohra, DeAnza High School Law Academy in Richmond, California, is a sophomore at Middlebury College in Vermont. ($1000)
Aneth Flores-Gonzalez, Southwestern College in San Diego, California, is a senior at University of California in Berkeley, CA. ($1000)