Law Center Student Receives $10,000 Rising Star scholarship

Shepard Broad Law Center student Carli Pierson won this year’s $10,000 Rising Star scholarship presented by the Broward County Women Lawyers’ Association and the NSU Law Center. Pierson was recognized for her dedication to “promoting women as leaders.” She is deeply involved in the area of microfinance and has traveled to Haiti several times with the Haitian Microfinance Institution, Fonkoze.

Dean Athornia Steele, Carli Pierson, Professor and Associate Dean Catherine Arcabascio

Her plan after law school is to open a microfinance office in South Florida to assist local women in financial need to become economically self-sufficient. She was on the Dean’s List in fall 2009, 2010, and also serves as a research and teaching assistant. She is also a member of the NSU Public Interest Law Society, and the Inter-American Center for Human Rights.

Pierson is one of the founding members of “Beyond the Game,” an organization that works with low income student athletes to educate them about their legal rights, important life choices and future career decisions. She has also been a volunteer for Civil Rights Restoration Clinic; Haitian Temporary Protected Status Clinic; Florida Immigrant Advocacy Clinic; and Bureau Des Avocats Internationaux.