Date: June 23, 2008
Contact: Kelly Griffith, Marketing Manager
Phone:
(612) 492-7514
Email: kgriffith@fredlaw.com
For Immediate Release
Fredrikson & Byron Announces Winners of Minority Scholarship
Minneapolis, MN June 23, 2008 – – Fredrikson & Byron announces Cora Holland-Koller and Forrest Tahdooahnippah as recipients of the 2008 Fredrikson & Byron Foundation Minority Scholarships. 2008 marks the sixteenth year of the firm’s minority scholarship program, and a scholarship is typically awarded each year to an exceptional first-year minority law school student. This year, the Fredrikson Foundation awarded $10,000 scholarships to two law students.
Cora Holland-Koller is a litigation paralegal at Fredrikson & Byron. She is currently enrolled at William Mitchell College of Law and expects to earn her J.D. in May of 2010. She earned her undergraduate degree - a B.A., magna cum laude, in Psychology with a Criminal Justice minor - from the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks in May 2002. In addition to winning the scholarship, Cora has been invited and has accepted an offer to join Fredrikson & Byron as a summer associate in 2009.
Forrest Tahdooahnippah is enrolled at the University of Minnesota Law School and also expects to earn his J.D. in May of 2010. Forrest earned his undergraduate degree - a B.A., with honors, in Public Policy - from Stanford University in 2007. In addition to winning the scholarship, Forrest has been invited to join Fredrikson & Byron as a summer associate in 2009.
The scholarship program is part of Fredrikson & Byron’s commitment to promoting diversity amongst incoming law professionals. The purpose of the program is to promote the legal training of minority law school students and to encourage them to join and excel in the private practice of law within larger corporate law firms in the Upper Midwest. The scholarship is awarded based on law school performance, professional references, work and other activities, writing samples, and personal interviews. First year law students are encouraged to visit www.fredlaw.com for more information and to apply.
Fredrikson & Byron is a 225-plus attorney law firm based in Minneapolis, with offices in Bismarck, Des Moines, London, Monterrey, Mexico, and Shanghai. The firm’s primary areas of practice include banking, corporate, employment, franchise, government relations, healthcare, intellectual property, international, litigation, real estate, securities, tax, and energy. We serve a broad range of clients, including multinational corporations, public companies, privately-held businesses, entrepreneurs, government agencies, and family businesses. Fredrikson & Byron’s attorneys also work with individuals on estate planning, family law, and immigration matters. We are the exclusive Minnesota law firm member of the World Services Group, a worldwide network of professional service providers. More information about the firm is available at www.fredlaw.com.