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2017 – 42nd Annual Scholarship Fundraiser & Awards Luncheon
Building Legacies through Advocacy, Activism, and the Arts
Saturday June 3, 2017 at Hotel Casa Del Mar, Santa Monica, CA

• Ifeoma Enenmoh
• Ashley D. Williams
• Ashlee Hamilton
• Princess Manasseh
• Venessa Simpson
• Adria Harris
• Jessica Reid
• Rebecca Berry
• Jory Burks

2014 – 39th Annual Scholarship Fundraiser & Awards Luncheon
Breaking Barriers & Blazing Trails
Saturday, May 31, 2014 at Hotel Casa Del Mar, Santa Monica, CA

• Uche Anene, Trinity Law School
• Jonathan Evans, Southwestern Law School
• Heather Horn, University of Mississippi Law School
• Desirae Hutchison, University of California, Irvine School of Law
• Tiffane King, University of California, Irvine School of Law
• Ranika Morales, University of California, Irvine School of Law
• Davetta Selma, Southwestern Law School
• Marcus Williams, Southwestern Law School

2013 – 38th Annual Scholarship & Awards Luncheon
Honoring the Dream and its Legacy
June 1, 2013 at the Bel Air Bay Club, Pacific Palisades, CA

• Taylor Fennell, Howard University School of Law
• Warren Henderson, Jr., Pepperdine University School of Law
• Desirae Hutchison, University of California, Irvine School of Law
• Chantal McCoy, University of San Diego School of Law
• Christine Wood, Southwestern Law School

2012 – 37th Annual Scholarship & Awards Luncheon
The Law and Beyond
May 19, 2012 at the Sheraton Delfina Hotel, Santa Monica, CA

• Ki’Jhana Friday, Cornell Law School
• Tara Elizabeth Kearns, UCLA School of Law
• Kimberlina N. McKinney, UCLA School of Law
• Azure’De M. Wilkins, UC Irvine School of Law
• Brittney Williams, UCLA School of Law

2011 – 36th Annual Scholarship & Awards Luncheon
Laying the Foundation for Greatness: The Sky is the Limit
Saturday, May 21, 2011 at the London West Hollywood

• Christine Green
• Akua Layla Searcy
• Rosezetta Upshaw

2009 – 34th Annual Fundraiser
Celebrating the Literary Arts
Saturday May 2, 2009 at the Luxe Hotel

• Seneca Berniard
• Marlayne Ingram
• Connie Louis
• Emelda Ndubuizu

2008 – 33rd Annual Fundraiser
Filling the Pipeline: Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders
Saturday – May 3, 2008 at the Marriott Marina del Rey

• Golden State Foods Scholarship Recipient Maria E. Jones (Hastings College of Law)
• Veronica Glaze (Pepperdine University School of Law)
• Marie Maurice (Southwestern Law School)
• Tyra Hughley (USC Law School)
• Nana Chibukhchian (Hastings College of Law)

2007 – 32nd Annual Fundraiser
Community Couture: Designing our Future, Remembering Our Past
Saturday – May 5, 2007 at the Marriott Marina del Rey

• Siannah Collado (Southwestern Law School)
• Tyra Hughley (USC Law Center)
• Mr. Jaaye Person-Lynn (Howard University School of Law)
• Lauren Randolph (Pepperdine University School of Law)

2006 – 31st Annual Scholarship Fundraiser
Footprints to the Future … The Power of One” (Remembering Rachel D. Young, Esq.)
Saturday, May 20, 2006 at Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel

• Lyndsey Kuykendall (Howard University School of Law)
• Kristi D.A. Matthews (UCLA School of Law)
• Stephanie Mothershed (Whittier Law School)
• Lauren Randolph (Pepperdine University School of Law)
• Maya Rupert (Boalt Hall School of Law)
• Swiyyah White (Hastings College of Law)

2005 – 30th Annual Scholarship Fundaiser
Reflections from the Past: A Mirror to the Future
Saturday, May 21, 2005 at Casa Del Mar Hotel, Santa Monica, California

• Tiosha Nichole Murray (Whittier Law School)
• Antoinette Robinson (Whittier Law School)
• Baxter Scholarship – W. Cheryl Robinson (Ventura College of Law)
• Asia D. Sanders (Whittier Law School)
• Cecelia Valentine (UCLA School of Law)

2004 – 29th Annual Scholarship Fundraiser
All That You Touch, You Change
Thursday, June 24, 2004 at the Omni Hotel, Downtown Los Angeles

• LaShon Harris, Baxter Healthcare Corporation scholarship
• Delores Randolph Bauer Scholarship Memorial Recipient – Joshlyn Higgings
• Delores Randolph Bauer Scholarship Memorial Recipient – Genevieve L. Jones-Wright
• Delores Randolph Bauer Scholarship Memorial Recipient – Michael B. Wilson

2003 – 28th Annual Scholarship Fundraiser
Community Commitment – Realized
Saturday, May 17, 2003 at the Hotel Fairmont Miramar, Santa Monica

• Delores Randolph Bauer Memorial Scholarship – Ugochi Anaebere
• Delores Randolph Bauer Memorial Scholarship – Zshonette Reed
• Delores Randolph Bauer Memorial Scholarship – Michelle Deleye
• Delores Randolph Bauer Memorial Scholarship – Aja Diamond
• Lillie M. Stith Memorial Scholarship – Sophia Harris

2001 – 26th Annual Scholarship Fundraiser
Back to Secure Our Future
Saturday, May 12, 2001 at the Fairmont Miramar Hotel, Santa Monica, California

• Joy Roberts (USC Law Center)
• Isis Mancil (Howard University School of Law)
• Renee L. Williams (USC Law School)
• Carmen Snuggs (Loyola Law School)

2000 – 25th Anniversary Scholarship Fundraiser
Honoring Our Past Celebrating Our Future — ‘Still I Rise’…
Saturday, May 6, 2000 at the Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills, California

• Chekwube Chike Amobi (University of West L.A. School of Law) – $2,400.00
• Daphne Pierre Bishop ((UCLA School of Law) – $2,400.00
• Eric T. Burton (UCLA School of Law) – $2,400.00
• Bianca A. Poindexter (Loyola Law School) – $2,400.00
• Carmen Denise Snuggs (Loyola Law School) – $2,400.00
• The Sheryl Meshack Memorial Scholarship – Della Thompson – Bell (Southwestern University School of Law) – $1,325.00

1999 – 24th Annual Scholarship Fundraiser
The Spirit of Change
Saturday, April 24, 1999 at the Petersen Automotive Museum, Museum Row, Los Angeles, CA

• Sherri Cunnigham (University of West L.A. School of Law)
• Eric Tyrone Burton (UCLA School of Law)
• Lorna Lowe (USC Law Center)
• Duane Kevin Beasley (UCLA School of Law)
• Lolita Pierce (UCLA School of Law)

1998 – 23rd Annual Scholarship Fundraiser
Envision 2001
Saturday, May 16, 1998 at the Los Angeles Sheraton Downtown

• Nakia Woodson (Whittier Law School)
• Gary Austin (Loyola Law School)
• Charles E. Thomas (Boalt Hall School of Law)
• Lolita E. Pierce (UCLA School of Law)
• Celsa L. Snead (UCLA School of Law)

1997 – 22nd Annual Scholarship Fundraiser
A Salute to Women Beyond The Millennium
Saturday, May 17, 1997 at Loews Hotel Santa Monica

• Torey J. Favarote (Loyola Law School)
• John E. McKinney (UCLA School of Law)
• Catrice A. Monson (UCLA School of Law)
• Shiyama A. Rickford (UCLA School of Law)
• Charles E. Thomas (Boalt Hall School of Law)

1996 – 21st Annual Scholarship Fundriaser
BWL Salutes African-American Scholars
Saturday, May 18, 1996

• Kelly Antoinette Bey (Cornell Law School)
• Pam Buckner (Santa Clara School of Law)
• Mia Thompson (Loyola Law School)
• Charlene Lynnette Usher (Hasting College of the Law)

1992 – 17th Annual Scholarship Fundraiser
An Evening in Celebration of the African-American Arts
May 16, 1992 at the Olympic Collection, West Los Angeles

• Melanie J. Bingham (UCLA School of Law)
• Linda G. Hamilton (USC Law Center)
• Alison Harris (USC Law Center)
• Amber A. Logan (Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law)
• Mel Negussie (USC Law Center)