The Atlanta Lawyer August/September 2019 | Page 20

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1 - L-R: Carla Franklin (South Atlanta ’19/Gideon’s Promise)
was with Nekia Hackworth Jones (Nelson Mullins Riley &
Scarborough) was selected to receive the first ever Founders’
GRIT award for embodying impressive grit, dedication and
grace.
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- For the first time in the program’s history, the same
three interns were selected for the John Jenkins Award for
Excellence in the Summer Law Internship Program and were
the Top 3 finishers in the Terrence Croft Essay Competition.
L-R: Vanessa Okojie (Eagle’s Landing ‘19/U.S. Bankruptcy
Court), Gabrielle Delille (Hiram ‘20/ Judge Cynthia
Adams), and Aishah Balogun (Brookwood ‘19/King &
Spalding).
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- Two-time intern Kyle Hill (Westlake ’19/Nelson
Mullins), was unanimously selected to speak at the Intern
Appreciation Breakfast.
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4 - Former intern Isabella Minter spoke at the Intern
Appreciation Breakfast on “What the Internship Program
Has Meant to Me.” Isabella interned in 2013 at the United
States Bankruptcy Court and in 2014 at Chick-fil-A
Foundation/Department of Homeland Security. Minter
graduated in May 2019 from the United States Military
Academy in West Point, New York and was commissioned
as 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Army.