The Center for the Study of Race
and Race Relations (CSRRR) is pleased to announce the recipient
of the 2004-2005 Evan Yegelwel Fellowship. Law student (1L)
Megan Salliant will receive $2,000 to support
research on crime motivated by hate, prejudice, or stereotyping.
Megan graduated from Indiana University in 2001 with a degree
in Policy Studies before serving for a year as an Americorps
VISTA in Denver and Atlanta. As a VISTA, Megan helped students
in schools in low-income communities with issues relating
to literacy and college preparedness. Megan has also worked
as an investigator with the Montgomery County Public Defender’s
office in Rockville, Maryland. Megan would like to pursue
a career in either civil rights or criminal law.
The Yegelwel Fellowship is made possible
by a generous gift from UF Law alumnus (1980) Evan Yegelwel.
Mr. Yegelwel is a partner in the Jacksonville, Florida law
firm of Brown, Terrell, Hogan, Ellis, McClamma, and Yegelwel.
