CONGRATULATIONS to our 2020/2021 Pathway Scholar Graduates!

The California LAW Board and the Foundation for California Community Colleges extend a hearty CONGRATULATIONS to our Community College Pathway Scholar graduates.  Each year our Community College Faculty Champions provide the names of graduating students, so we can send Cal LAW certificates to congratulate and acknowledge our students as official Pathway Scholars. 

Based on information from our Faculty Champions for 2020 and 2021, the following Community College Pathway Scholars are being acknowledged:

College of the Canyons: Aaron Gelberg, Alexia Pelletier, Arianna Rubalcava, Ashley Farris, Gailin Garcia, Cindy Rivas, Emma Burnett, Genessa Marquez, Gianna Gonzalez, Jonathan Lee, Kalen Flakes, Karina Little, Manrique Tomas Castillo Bukakis, Maria Mendez, Marielana Borrego, Natalie Nichols, Yesenia Garcia Ramos

College of the Sequoias: Brianna Englert, Christopher Sousa, Elijah Martinez, Elisabeth Glasgow, Esteban Benitez, Jeanette Ayala, Kerry Smith, Liam Mirise, Patrick Richardson

East Los Angeles College: Andrew Rodriguez, Angela Bartolo Anthony Calderon, Athziri Zaragoza, Brenda Gil Martinez, Golden Sheard, Joshua Rock, Kin Chung, Led Vera, Mia Alarcon, Mickey Rodriguez, Pablo Peres, Paula Aguilar, Rocael Gomez, Tony Tran, Valeria Coronda, Yesenia Gonzalez

Fresno City College (2021): Karandeep Singh, Steven Hensley, Raymond Padilla, Mario Najera, Janell Mayberry, Madison Steinmann, Cynthia Salazar, Amy Bains, Christy Solorzano, Vladimir Mutafyan, Kevin Bhandal, Irelan Fletcher, Angel Martinez, Bryan Beltran, Drew Parrish, Michelle Barragan, Samarpreet Kaur, Ashley Acosta

Fresno City College (2020): Alexander Jones, Alexander Orozco, Alyssa Smith, Angela Conti, Caleb Charles, Drew Parish, Gabriel Moreno, Jesus Gonzalez, Jeyda Leonardo, Josef Sibala, Lori Alcantara, Mandeep Syal, Mehakpreet Kaur, Nooriot Kaur, Rayna Piskova Pentschev, Rosa Nava, Xavier Vasquez Baez

Gavilan College: Caleb Dixon

Los Angeles Mission College: Samuel Sanchez, Linda Silva, Jason Richard Aula, Mario Verdiguel, Thania Fuentes

Rio Hondo College: Alejandra Velasco, Anthony Ramirez, Brianna Garcia, Carolina Campillo, Chloe Placsencia, Diana Macias, Erika Sigala, Richard Garcia, Ruben De Paz, Tiffany Arres, Ying Ying Luo

 San Diego Mesa: Mayte Alejandra Caltzontzin Lopez, Conor Murphy, Ashley Stacy, Gloria Gonzalez, Deyrdre Zaack, Raymundo Ruiz, Nicolette Satrya, MacKenzie Heermans, Alejandro Ayala

Santa Ana College: Alexis Rodriguez-Mejia, Andrea Castillo, Angela Leider, Arely Saldana, Azucena Rodriguez Baltazar, Breanna Rodriguez, Carlos Manzo, Carlos Ramirez, David Phan, Diego Lopez, Emanuel Negrete, Evelyn Mejia, Fausto Cervantes, Gabrielle Ravelli, Giovanna Zarate, Irving Valdovinos Alvarez, Jason Pham, Javier Ubach, Jonathan Chung, Julie Gonzalez, Kaelyn Thurmond, Lesly De La Torre, Linda Vong, Lisette Cervantes, Lizette Pena, Lorena Rodriguez, Louis Martinez, Martha Montoya-Herrera, Miguel Curiel, Minh Phan, Miriam Sievers, Pilar Villarreal-Pazarin, Sose Frankyan, Tania Lopez

Solano Community College: Gabriella Biscocho, Greg Ritzinger, Naija Fuller, Nicole McKinney, Peter Nino, Samantha Wikins, Giselle Acevedo, Iana Craig

Southwestern College: Marnon Josue Navarro Leon

Ventura College:  America Juan Mercado, Carlos Plascenia, Heather Luhn, Hunter Driscoll, Jessika Viveros, Nathan Woodward, Nga Le, Shauna Cooke, Steven G. Lopez, Young Delaney

Victor Valley College: Bianca Zaragoza, Maria Ortega, Ryan Facio

For our Faculty Champions, please remember to submit names of your graduating Pathway Scholars each year, so we can send individual student certificates to be presented during your annual graduation ceremonies. Please email us at info@calawpathways.org. 

2022 Education Pipeline Award Nominations Now Open

The Education Pipeline Award was established in 2008 by the State Bar of California to recognize outstanding efforts of law-related educational programs that train and support students to become interested in the judicial system and careers in the law. As of 2019, this award has been presented by California LAW. 

EDUCATION PIPELINE AWARD CRITERIA
• All California educational programs in kindergarten through high schools, community colleges,
undergraduate entities, law schools, the courts, and other entities focusing on the educational
pipeline into the legal profession are eligible.
• Programs must demonstrate successful efforts to increase student awareness about the judicial
system and knowledge about the legal profession and careers in the law.

INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN NOMINATION MATERIALS:
• Program description including details about the size and scope of the program.
• Backgrounds of students (age range, whether they have family members in the legal profession,
why the students chose to enroll in the program, socio-economic status of the students).
• Whether the program serves a rural or urban area.
FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED
• The length of time that the program has been in existence.
• The duration and frequency of student interaction with the program (daily, weekly, quarterly,
throughout the school year, during the summer).
• Whether the program is extracurricular or part of an academic program.
• Innovations or creative strategies that are part of the program.
• Documentation of increased student awareness about the justice system.
• Measures of increased student knowledge about the legal program.
• Demonstration of an increase in the students’ legal skill set.
• Any increase in applications to the program.
• The rate of retention of students in the program.
• Activities that expose the students to real legal practitioners and workplaces.
• Any materials provided to students and parents.

Submit an original copy of the completed nomination form and supporting materials (entire nomination packet limited to 25 pages, single-sided, 8 1⁄2 X 11 inches) that strictly conform to the instructions. The nomination must be e-mailed to info@calawpathways.org by OCTOBER 29, 2021. Incomplete nominations will not be accepted and will be returned to the nominator for completion and submission by the OCTOBER 29th deadline. The award will be presented during the in person 2022 Annual Pathway to Law Summit, at USC Gould School of Law on February 18-19, 2022.

Best regards,

California LAW Pathways