The Summer Corps Standout Program was started in 2009 to recognize members for their innovative approach to meeting the needs of an underserved or marginalized person or community.

 2009 Summer Corps Standout Award winners received:

• An article promoting their service and host organization on our public interest blog and website; and
• Qualified as finalists to receive the Equal Justice Works Exemplary Public Service Award for a Student or Student Group.

Scott Burrill (University of Iowa College of Law ’10) was one of ten Summer Corps Standout Award winners, and his work was publicized on the Equal Justice Works blog. He became the first current serving Summer Corps member to win the Exemplary Public Service Award for a Student.

• Watch Scott accept the 2009 Exemplary Public Service Award for a Law Student.

The 2009 Summer Corps Standouts

• Assisting Foster Youth - Jennifer Garber, Seattle University of Law
• Right to Counsel - Shari Scalone, Benjamin Cardozo School of Law
• Saving Mississippi - Stephen Scriber, Duke University School of Law
• Fighting Discrimination - Len Aslanian, University of Miami School of Law
• Foreclosure relief in the SouthCoast - Heather O’Connor, Roger Williams University School of Law
• Standout Awards! - Jeff McDonald, Loyola University of Law, Chicago
• Keeping Clients in their Homes - Jeff Schniedeman, Boston University School of Law  
• What's Wrong with Excessive Bail? - Scott Burrill, University of Iowa College of Law
• Securing Immigrants Benefits - Tracy Tripp, Drexel University Earle Mack School of Law
• Improving Public Defense - Michael Schaffer, University of Michigan Law School

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