St. Thomas Law Student Awarded the Gwen S. Cherry Black Women Lawyers Association Scholarship

D'Bria Bradshaw

St. Thomas Law congratulates rising second-year law student D'Bria Bradshaw on being the recipient of the 2016 Gwen S. Cherry Black Women Lawyers Association Scholarship.

To be considered for the scholarship, applicants have to be in good academic standing, detail their extra curricular involvement on campus, and complete an essay on why diversity in the legal profession is important.

As a second-year law student, D.Bria will serve as Vice-Justice of Phi Alpha Delta, Vice- President of the Black Law Student Association (BLSA), Vice-President of the Sports & Entertainment and Sports Law Society (ESLS), and as a member of the Student Bar Association Honors Council.

"Being the scholarship recipient is very humbling since it is named in honor of the the first African American woman to practice law in Miami-Dade county," stated D'Bria. "Being awarded for my academic achievements as well as my campus and community involvement is a blessing."

D'Bria is no stranger to being involved in the community, while earning her undergraduate degree from UCF, she received the President's Volunteer Service Award each year between 2011 and 2014 from President Barack Obama. She also founded a non-profit, the D.E.B.S. Foundation, in 2013 just before starting her senior year. The D.E.B.S. Foundation was founded to provide financial assistance and mentoring to graduating high school seniors and current college students that are Defying Every Boundary Scholastically.  

She remains active in the community being a Miami Dolphins Special Teams Volunteer and will be working with the Jason Taylor Foundation during the summer of 2016. Her career goals are to be a sports agent and eventually the President of the United States.

The Gwen S. Cherry Black Women Lawyers Association was formed in 1985. It is named after community activist Gwendolyn Sawyer Cherry, who was also the first Black female legislator in the State of Florida. The association’s mission is to address the concerns of women lawyers, and to also address the legal, social, and economic needs of the Black community, and the community-at-large.

St. Thomas Law has long been nationally recognized for the diversity of its student body and the sense of community among our students. We share the mission of promoting and increasing opportunities for all our students through engaged learning, a focus on pro bono work, and community service.  We are a law school where values matter.