4/29/04—Boston College Law School is pleased to announce that second-year law student Marilyn J. James is one of nine students who will be honored by the Massachusetts Black Judges Conference in recognition of her excellent academic achievement. The seventeenth annual Book Awards Ceremony will take place in the Stuart House of Boston College Law School on Friday, April 30, 2004 at 3:00 p.m.

Since 1987, the Massachusetts Black Judges Conference has awarded stipends to outstanding second-year law students to provide them with assistance in covering the costs of their law books. The Massachusetts Black Judges Conference supports and encourages African-American judges in Massachusetts, and provides leadership for the exploration and discussion of diversity issues that affect the courts.

Candidates for the Book Awards are recommended by the deans of Massachusetts law schools. A committee of members of the Massachusetts Black Judges Conference selects the award recipients based upon scholarship, leadership qualities, potential trial skills, and financial need.

The other student award winners are Shalanda Helen Baker of Northeastern University School of Law; Angela Gomes of Boston University School of Law; Ayanti E. Grant of Southern New England School of Law; Felicia E. Higginbottom of Massachusetts School of Law; Esi Marjorie Lewis of Suffolk University Law School; Walter Mosley of Harvard Law School; Wayne R. Rock of New England School of Law; and Maisha Shaw of Western New England School of Law.