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Akron law firm announces award of college scholarship
Published: July 10, 2017
AKRON––The Akron law firm of Slater & Zurz LLP has awarded Revere High School graduate Hannah Grayem the first annual Slater & Zurz college scholarship.
Slater & Zurz LLP is a local law firm with a long history of ties to the northeast Ohio community. To increase the support and advancement of young adults, the law firm began offering a $1,000 annual scholarship program in 2016. To be eligible for the scholarship, a student must be a high school senior who will be attending a college or university located in Ohio.
The application process for the scholarship is conducted online via the law firm’s website.
Unlike many scholarships, the Slater & Zurz LLP scholarship is not tied directly to a student's GPA, ACT scores or class rank. Rather, it is awarded based on the preparation of an original YouTube video along with an accompanying written essay.
Students applying for the scholarship have two options for the topic of their YouTube video and written essay.
The first option requires the student to address an existing law in the state of Ohio that needs to be changed and then tell why the change is necessary.
The second option requires the student to create a new law that would benefit the community and then tell how that new law will impact the community and why that impact is important.
In the scholarship application process, students are encouraged to be creative, logical and persuasive in support of their topic with both their video submission anti written essay.
“Hannah did an excellent job in the preparation of her scholarship application”, said Jim Slater, managing partner of Slater & Zurz LLP. “She put a lot of time and effort into both her video and essay in support of why there should be a law requiring regularly scheduled road driving tests throughout a person’s adult life.”
Grayem was one of the 10 high school seniors who completed and submitted an application for this year’s scholarship. She will be attending The Ohio State University.
For more information about the Slater & Zurz LLP Annual Scholarship, please visit this link on the law firm’s website: www.slaterzurz.com/scholarship