Name: Lena M Ghrama

Recipient Type: Scholarship Recipient

Recipient Year: 2024

School Name: CUNY School of Law

Major: Law

Description: Lena is a rising 3L at CUNY School of Law with an interest in the intersection of criminal and immigration law, and protecting the civil liberties of Muslims and communities of color. Lena previously worked at CAIR NY serving Muslims in NYC. She is currently a student attorney at the CLEAR clinic at CUNY Law where she represents and counsels clients who are predominantly Muslim- that are targeted by federal government agencies under the guise of national security. This past summer, she was a legal intern at the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project, and this fall- will be clerking at CAIR's national office.

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