The State Bar of New Mexico’s Senior Lawyers Division Presents Scholarships to Three Third-Year Law Students
January 8, 2025
The State Bar of New Mexico’s Senior Lawyers Division held the Eleventh Annual Attorney Memorial Scholarship Presentation and Reception on November 12, 2024. The Senior Lawyers Division honored members of New Mexico’s legal community who have passed over the last year and presented three scholarships to UNM School of Law third-year students. This year’s Attorney Memorial Scholarships were awarded to Hakim Bellamy, Daniel Hurren, and Stefanie Jock.
Jock expressed her gratitude for the recognition, sharing, “I am so grateful to be recognized by the Senior Lawyers Division of the State Bar of New Mexico and to be a recipient of the Attorney Memorial Scholarship award this year.”
The Senior Lawyers Division has been awarding scholarships to UNM School of Law students for several years. Each scholarship, valued at $5,000, is awarded in memory of attorneys who have passed away. Recipients are chosen based on their academic performance, career aspirations, and essay submissions. “The State Bar of New Mexico includes so many talented and experienced attorneys and the Senior Lawyers Division includes the most experienced of those attorneys, so to have my essay selected by this highly-respected group is such an honor. I am also thrilled to receive this award alongside Daniel Hurren and Hakim Bellamy, both of whom possess tremendous talent in legal writing and an impressive work ethic,” said Jock.
Bellamy also shared his appreciation for the honor. “In addition to the surprise that comes with being recognized for one’s scholarship with a scholarship, I am even more grateful to the Senior Lawyers Division for the opportunity to be mentioned (as both colleague-to-be and legatee) in the company of the attorneys memorialized by this award. In these past few years of law school, I have been fond of saying that ‘the conversations I want to be having about the world are happening on this campus,’ and I look forward to having more of these critically jurisprudential conversations with the members of this bar.”
The Attorney Memorial Scholarship is a notable recognition, and this year’s recipients are committed to continuing their work with the same dedication and passion exemplified by the attorneys memorialized by the Senior Lawyers Division. “Thank you to everyone involved in the scholarship process, and a special thank you to my family and friends for providing encouragement and support,” said Jock.
