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Lisa Lewis
April 2005
Lisa Lewis is a
third year law student who
has been volunteering with the VLP
Advocates
since her first semester of law school in 2002.
She has participated in both the
Domestic
Relations Clinic and the Child Support Project
several
times. Lisa’s near constant participation
with the VLP Advocates
throughout her law
school career
has been inspiring and epitomizes
the remarkable
desire of the law students at the
College of Law to
serve the less fortunate in our community.
Lisa has always
been extensively involved in any community of which she is a
part.
While an undergraduate at Northern Arizona University, Lisa not only
performed with the NAU Main Stage Theatre Productions, but also
published
articles in NAU’s campus newspaper (“The Relevance of
Theatre to a Liberal Arts
Education”) and foreign language magazine
(“Un Niño Eterno”). After graduating
with a
microbiology/pre-med degree from NAU in 1998, Lisa decided to attend
law school. Once she began the College of Law, Lisa immediately
became
immersed in a multitude of organizations. In addition to the
VLP Advocates, Lisa
serves as an editor on the Arizona Law Review
and participates on the National
Moot Court Team, the Law Women’s
Association, the Student Bar Association,
and the Association of
Trial Lawyers of America. In her spare time, Lisa is a
freelance
photographer whose work can be found on several CD covers, jacket
photos, and promotional materials for local musicians.
As Lisa is
graduating in May, the legal profession will soon benefit from her
membership in its ranks. Of her volunteer experience with the VLP
Advocates,
she notes:
The Volunteer Lawyers Program has given me the opportunity to see
first
hand how I can make a difference in people’s lives. I believe that
as lawyers
and law students, we have a responsibility to the community to
provide
better access to legal services, help people to understand the complicated
process they are going through, and work to improve the perception people
have of the law. VLP has easily been the most rewarding experience I’ve
had
in law school and the people I’ve met through VLP are the type of
people we
should all aspire to be, those who use their abilities to affect
change and
improve lives.
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Past Outstanding Volunteer
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