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LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, PA — At the brink of her senior year at Lincoln University, Political Science major Corey Stewart used every networking and social event to market her skills and disseminate her resume. It was in Washington D.C. that Stewart successfully placed her resume in the right hands.
“I went to Washington D.C. for the Thurgood Marshall College Fund’s Civic Responsibility Conference,” the Philadelphia native said. “At this conference we were advocating for the 2011 Federal Agenda of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. However, I did a little advocating for myself as I passed out my resume to every Congressional office that I visited.”
Subsequently, Stewart received an email from Pennsylvania Senator Robert Casey’s office instructing her to apply for the A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. internship. Her phone interview sealed the deal. She was selected as the 2010 intern out of roughly 180 applicants.
The A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. internship is open to students enrolled in law school, or planning to enroll in law school, who are residents of Pennsylvania. Each summer, Senator Casey selects one applicant to serve as a paid intern for six weeks in the Washington, DC office. The internship will provide the opportunity to participate in the legislative process while working to further the cause of equal justice.
Stewart will begin her internship at the end of May and conclude in July. She will fulfill administrative and legislative duties, as well as attend hearings, briefings and conduct research.
She has applied to Temple University Beasley School of Law, University of Pittsburg School of Law, Rutgers School of Law, University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law, and North Carolina Central University School of Law for the Fall of 2010.
A. Leon Higginbotham began his career as a law clerk to Justice Curtis Bok of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania and soon became the youngest and first African American District Attorney in the city of Philadelphia. In 1954, he became a founding partner of the first African American law firm in Philadelphia, Norris, Schmidt, Green Harris, & Higginbotham. Upon retirement, Higginbotham became the Public Service Jurisprudence Professor at Harvard University and served as a consultant to President of South Africa Nelson Mandela.