The Ruthe Catolico Ashley Pathway to Law Scholarship, first presented in 2017, assists aspiring lawyers in their educational pursuits. Each year, one high school law academy student and one community college law pathway student receives a $1000 scholarship at the college of their choice in their journey towards a law degree.
Ruthe Catolico Ashley Scholarship Award
Eligibility and Award Criteria
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.
Forms
2023 Award Deadline: November 30, 2022
Contact
Past Recipients
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)