Tulane Student Earns 2002 Pro Bono Publico Award

Emily Maw, a third-year student at Tulane University School of Law, was awarded the 2002 Pro Bono Publico Award by PSLawNet (a network of 120 law schools and nearly 10,000 legal public service organizations), reports Student Lawyer Magazine.

As a law student, Maw says she has spent "every other moment" of her life helping anti-death penalty organizations investigate cases, write briefs, counsel death row inmates and their families, advocate for legislative change, and help teach others how to defend capital cases.

"Emily is a singularly astounding human being," says Janet Hoeffel, one of Maw's professors at Tulane. "She has risked almost everything to engage in anti-death penalty work here in the United States. She has torn herself away from her family and loved ones, lives below the poverty line, and immerses herself in the swamps and backwaters of the South in search of clues that may save a man from dying at the hands of the state."

Maw, a native of the United Kingdom, plans to work in the United States after graduation, but eventually plans to return home. Congratulations!

Posted by AJR at May 2, 2003 03:47 PM