Student Spotlights
![Yael Wiesel LLM ’22](/sites/default/files/styles/inside_small/public/Untitled%20design%20%281%29_0.png?itok=n4HxZVrP)
NYU Law Dean's Graduate Award
What is your favorite part about being an LLM student at NYU Law?
I recently described my experience at NYU to a friend as equivalent to that of a child in a candy store (not to mention what it feels like to be…
![Eloisa Cleveland](/sites/default/files/styles/inside_small/public/Eloisa_Cleveland_Portrait_Crop.png?itok=7GWBB2kV)
NYU Law Dean's Scholarship
What is your favorite part about being a NYU Law student?
I love the community at NYU. My class started during the first year of the pandemic, and I was struck by how…
![Vishal Reddy](/sites/default/files/styles/inside_small/public/Reddy_Vishal_Portrait_001.jpg?itok=EiqKWfI1)
Former Co-Director of the South Asian Law Students Association
What drew you to NYU Law?
I was drawn to NYU Law because of its strong public interest community. I knew that I wanted to spend my time in law school surrounded by people who…
![Kevin Kuate Fodouop ‘23](/sites/default/files/styles/inside_small/public/Kevin_Portraitcrop.png?itok=GmaQAQL2)
Jacobson Scholar;
Furman Academic Scholar;
Latham and Watkins Award in Technology and Law;
Joyce Lowinson IILJ Research Scholar;
Nordlicht Family Law and Social Entrepreneurship Scholar;
NYU School of Law Dean's Scholar
What drew you to NYU…
![Emily True](/sites/default/files/styles/inside_small/public/True_Emily_Portrait_001.jpg?itok=RUsPk2TE)
Co-Chair RISE Indivisible (Resisting Injustice, Standing for Equality)
What has been the best surprise about your law school experience?
As an undergraduate, I found professors to be very intimidating. As a law student, I've been…
![Shruti Kannan](/sites/default/files/styles/inside_small/public/Kannan_Shruti_Portrait_001.jpg?itok=vHQbatqa)
Student Fellow, Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging
What drew you to NYU Law?
NYU felt like a reflection of my life experience in a lot of ways: I was born abroad, spent time abroad growing up, and worked abroad before law…
![Alina Tulloch](/sites/default/files/styles/inside_small/public/Tulloch_Alina_portrait_001.jpg?itok=mJT3WBjo)
Paul Weiss Fellow, Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law
Pollack Center for Law & Business Scholarship
What drew you to NYU Law?
It was important for me to go to a school with a strong public interest presence and clinics. Law…
![William Walant](/sites/default/files/styles/inside_small/public/Wallant_William_Portrait_001.jpg?itok=RHSxE0IT)
Student Fellow, Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement
Louis H. Solomon Scholarship
What drew you to NYU Law?
One of the most important factors for me was finding a law school where I would be provided with the support and…
![Amanda Gonzalez Burton](/sites/default/files/styles/inside_small/public/Gonzalez_Burton_Amanda_Portrait_001.jpg?itok=Sf-1pw3k)
Fellow, Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network
Norma Z. Paige Scholarship
What drew you to NYU Law?
I chose NYU School of Law because of its career development opportunities. I am a mother and a first-generation law student, so job…
![Santana Jackson](/sites/default/files/styles/inside_small/public/Santana_Jackson_Portrait_001.jpg?itok=z-Wy9w7M)
AnBryce Scholar
Student Fellow, Policing Project
What has been the best surprise about your law school experience?
I came into law school interested in working in the criminal justice reform space. However, I was really unsure…
![Logan Cotton](/sites/default/files/styles/inside_small/public/Cotton_Logan_Portrait_001.jpg?itok=qipFO5SL)
Fellow, Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement
Fellow, Moelis Urban Law & Public Affairs
Jacobson Leadership Program in Law and Business Scholarship
Nordlicht Family Law and Social Entrepreneurship Scholarship
What has…
![Cassi Carley '21](/sites/default/files/styles/inside_small/public/Carley_Cassi_portrait_001.jpg?itok=EpifzH_e)
Fellow, Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network
Fellow, Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy
Center for Cyber Security Scholarship
Maximillian Moss Memorial Scholarship
NYU School of Law Dean's Scholarship
What has been the best…
![Navya Dasari '23](/sites/default/files/styles/inside_small/public/Dasari_Navya_Portrait_001.jpg?itok=8iGy2niG)
Fellow, Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy
Furman Public Policy Scholarship
Joyce Lowinson IILJ Research Scholars
NYU School of Law Dean's Scholarship
What drew you to NYU Law?
I’m interested in intellectual property issues,…
![Stephanie Kerr](/sites/default/files/styles/inside_small/public/Kerr_Stephanie_Portrait_001.jpg?itok=PfMjLKKD)
Fellow, Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network
Fellow, Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law
Norman Ostrow Memorial Scholarship
Derrick Bell Scholarship for Public Service
What drew you to NYU Law?
I was drawn to NYU Law because of the…