Spring 2024 Society of Scholars Scholarship Recipients Announced

We are proud to announce the Spring 2024 Society of Scholars Scholarship winners. Congratulations to the recipients and thank you to our P.A.D. partners and scholarship sponsors Kaplan Test Prep and AccessLex!

Pre-Law Winners:

Edward Daniels (Rutgers University Pre-Law Chapter)

Edward (Edan) Daniels is a senior at Rutgers University, majoring in Political Science and specialization in Critical Intelligence. In his time at Rutgers, he was an active member of Rutgers' P.A.D. pre-law chapter and was a member of a student-led Palestinian-Israeli Peace discussion group. Edan was also awarded the Intelligence Community Center for Academic Excellence (IC CAE) Fellowship and was a research fellow at the National Intelligence University in Washington, D.C. He is a member of the Society of Scholars and seeks to work with attorneys who are involved in Military Intelligence or analytical political science topics dealing with government surveillance and the individual rights to privacy. He will be attending Graduate School in the Fall of 2024. Edan is very excited is to accept a scholarship from the Society of Scholars in P.A.D. which he intends to use towards the research and publication of a journal article on the use of Artificial Intelligence and internet privacy law.

Alcide Pereda (University of Central Florida Pre-Law Chapter)

Alcide  Pereda is a senior at the University of Central Florida (UCF), where he is pursuing a BA in Political Science and Legal Studies with a minor in Crime, Deviance, and the Law. He has been an active member of several honor societies, including Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society (PTK) and Sigma Alpha Pi National Society of Leadership and Success (NSLS). Pereda has received several academic honors, including President's Honor Roll and UCF Knights of Distinction recognition. Showing a strong interest in the legal field, Pereda is actively taking part in the LSAC Plus Guided Program, which is providing him with important exposure and guidance in preparing for his future professional legal career. His current goal is to attend law school after completing his undergraduate degree, focusing specifically on criminal law and restorative justice.

Law Winners:

Kendall Coughlin (Casey Chapter)

Kendall Coughlin is a rising 3L at Ave Maria School of Law, in Naples, Florida. She is a graduate of Florida Gulf Coast University, with a double major in Economics and Finance. She was recently elected Justice of Phi Alpha Delta's Casey Chapter and previously served as Treasurer during her 1L year.  She also serves in leadership positions on both the school's Law Review and Moot Court Board and was a finalist in the St. Thomas More 1L Oral Advocacy Competition. She is honored to receive this scholarship, as it will help her to continue her legal education and further her career aspirations so she can make a difference in her community and the legal profession.

Kristin Hommel (Penn Chapter)

Kristin Hommel is a rising 3L at Penn State Law. Outside of her membership in P.A.D., Kristin serves as President of the Immigration Law Society, Managing Editor of Digital Content on the Journal of International Affairs, Editor-in-Chief of the Immigration Law Blog at Penn State Law, and Law School Delegate to the Graduate and Professional Student Association. Kristin’s dream is to practice immigration law and establish her own immigration law practice focused on providing empathetic representation. She is extremely grateful to P.A.D. for choosing her for the Phi Alpha Delta Society of Scholars Scholarship, assisting her in financing her last year of law school so that she may pursue her goals.