Recipients of the scholarship are “eligible to receive up to $46,000 to help repay outstanding legal education debt,” the Will County Bar Association website said. In return, the scholarship recipients will be expected to practice law in Will County.

 

Guzman, a political science major at University of St. Francis, is currently studying law at Northern Illinois College of Law. He is hoping to concentrate on criminal law and/or immigration law and said he is looking forward to practicing in Will county, perhaps as a public defender or in the state’s attorney’s office

 

“It’s nice to give back to the community you grew up in,” Guzman said.

 

This scholarship program is a collaboration among the Will County Bar Association, the Black Bar Association of Will County, Latino Bar Association of Will County, Will County Women’s Bar Association and Spesia & Taylor Attorneys at Law. A scholarship committee selected four finalists, the release said.

 

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