Law Scholarship Recipients

Name: Sidra Mahfooz

Recipient Year: 2017

Major: Law

Description: Sidra is currently completed her J.D. at NYU School of Law. She received her B.A., summa cum laude, in political science and psychology from Stony Brook University. Before law school, she received a government scholarship to study Arabic for a year in Amman, Jordan, where she also worked with refugees and migrant workers. In law school, Sidra served as a senior editor for the Journal of International Law & Politics. She also worked as a research assistant for Professor Satterthwaite, and as a clinic student at the Brennan Center and GJC. She was an active member of IRAP and Co-chair of the NYU MLSA.

School Name: NYU

Sponsor: Muslim Bar Association of New York (MuBANY) Scholarship

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sidra-mahfooz-435388b3/