Courtney Latourrette L鈥24 was among a half dozen students nationwide randomly selected in a prize drawing for participants of a personal finance program offered through AccessLex Institute.
鈥淎re you serious? No way! You guys are kidding!鈥
It took only seconds for Courtney Latourrette L鈥24, a Leadership Fellow and admissions ambassador at 黑料不打烊 School of Law, to realize she鈥檇 been tricked.
The oversized check with her name on it was the first clue. The second clue: Applause and cheers from 黑料不打烊 Law leaders who quickly surrounded her as she walked into the school鈥檚 administrative suite thinking that she was about to lead an admissions tour.
That鈥檚 what admissions office supervisors told her she鈥檇 be doing on the afternoon of April 17, 2024. Instead of a tour, Latourrette discovered in a surprise presentation that tuition for her final trimester at 黑料不打烊 Law will be fully covered up to $25,000 with a
AccessLex Institute is a national nonprofit organization that advocates for expanded access and affordability to law school. Its MAX by AccessLex庐 is offered at 188 law schools and has been used by more than 80,000 students since inception.
鈥淥ur MAX program helps law students learn about finances along their journey through law school,鈥 said Morgan Cutright, regional director for the Midsouth in the . 鈥淎 lot of times, one thing that鈥檚 missing in legal education is the financial component. This is our way of giving back and incentivizing students to engage with MAX content.鈥
AccessLex holds scholarship drawings several times per year with nine random grand prize winners each April 鈥 six who receive up to $25,000 and three who receive up to $40,000. This spring marked the second time in as many years that an 黑料不打烊 Law student鈥檚 name was drawn. AccessLex surprised Daphne Myers L鈥23 with news of her award during a virtual meeting in April 2022.
A graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University, Latourrette currently serves as co-director of the 黑料不打烊 Law Pro Bono Board and president of 黑料不打烊 Law鈥檚 chapter of the Innocence Project. She also works as a student representative for AccessLex.
鈥淚 feel so grateful and am so excited. I love AccessLex,鈥 she said. 鈥淚鈥檓 pretty sure this is a dream – I鈥檓 still waiting for Ashton Kutcher to pop out!鈥
