Pictured from left: Andrew Marovitz, chair of the CBF Marovitz Scholarship selection committee; Amanda Insalaco, recipient of the 2016 Marovitz Scholarship; and Shaye Loughlin, executive director of DePaul's Center for Public Interest Law.From a young age, DePaul first-year law student
Amanda Insalaco
has aspired to a career in public service. As the first in her family
to attend college, she graduated with honors and determined she wanted
to pursue that dream as a public service lawyer. On October 17, she became one big
step closer to realizing that dream after she received the 2016 Chicago
Bar Foundation (CBF)
Abraham Lincoln Marovitz Public Interest Law Scholarship.
The CBF Marovitz Public Interest Law Scholarship has been awarded
annually since 2004 to an incoming first-year law student attending one
of the nine Illinois law schools. The scholarship was made possible
through the generous financial contribution of the late Judge Abraham
Lincoln Marovitz. Throughout his distinguished life and career, Judge
Marovitz was a firm believer that financial need should not be a bar to
dedicated young students who want to pursue careers in public service.
For nearly a century, Judge Marovitz consistently demonstrated his
commitment to young people from disadvantaged backgrounds through a
variety of charitable activities. Prior to his death in 2001, Judge
Marovitz ensured that this legacy would continue by establishing funding
for a number of charitable initiatives, including the CBF Abraham
Lincoln Marovitz Public Interest Law Scholarship.
The CBF’s scholarship award to Insalaco includes $40,000 in
financial assistance payable over her law school career, which will help
ease the financial burden of law school and enable her to pursue a
career in public service.
Andrew Marovitz presents an award in recognition of the 2016 CBF Marovitz Public Interest Law Scholarship to DePaul first-year student Amanda Insalaco.“Amanda is a great choice and she will be a real credit to the
Marovitz Scholarship and the CBF,” said Andrew Marovitz, chair of the
CBF Marovitz scholarship selection committee. “The selection committee
was impressed by all of her public service work and her academic
achievements. Her strong commitment to dedicate her legal career to
making our justice system work better for everyone made her stand out
from a competitive and talented pool of applicants. We look forward to
seeing all that she accomplishes in her legal career.”
Upon receiving the scholarship, Insalaco said, “The Marovitz
Scholarship will enable me to better focus on law school without the
distraction and stress that often accompany years of financial hardship
due to student loans. I am confident that I’m now much better positioned
to pursue a legal aid career in Chicago to help the most vulnerable
people in our community.”
Story and photos courtesy of the Chicago Bar Foundation.