A group of students in Mitchell Hamline\u2019s Hybrid Program have thrown their support behind a scholarship to assist future students, even before they\u2019ve graduated.<\/p>\n
The scholarship is named for George Vaughn. Born the son of former slaves in Kentucky, Vaughn earned a J.D. by attending night classes at Walden University in Nashville, Tenn., before joining the Army during World War I.<\/p>\n
As an attorney, Vaughn went on to argue the landmark case Shelley v. Kraemer before the Supreme Court in 1948. Vaughn convinced the Court to strike down race-based housing agreements used by real estate associations to segregate neighborhoods.<\/p>\n
Claire Fuller, a Hybrid Program student who lives in Wilson, Wyo., said Vaughn\u2019s story inspired her and other students to start the scholarship. She is a member of the first cohort of the Hybrid Program, which started in January 2015 and is scheduled to graduate in 2019.<\/p>\n
Vaughn was able to earn his J.D. as a part-time student, something the Hybrid Program allows students do from anywhere in the country. Mitchell Hamline is the first and only ABA-approved law school in the country to offer the part-time, on-campus\/online J.D.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have been given an opportunity to attend a part-time law program unlike any other,\u201d Fuller said. \u201cThere is no limit on what we, and future hybrid students, will be able to do with this education.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fuller hopes the George Vaughn scholarship will keep those opportunities open to future students, perhaps even someone who could bring about great change like Vaughn himself.<\/p>\n
The founding group of scholarship supporters are Hybrid Program students, but Fuller says anyone can help support the scholarship by making a donation online <\/a>\u00a0and mentioning the George Vaughn Scholarship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A group of students in Mitchell Hamline\u2019s Hybrid Program have thrown their support behind a scholarship to assist future students, even before they\u2019ve graduated. The scholarship is named for George Vaughn. Born the son of former slaves in Kentucky, Vaughn earned a J.D. by attending night classes at Walden University in Nashville, Tenn., before joining … <\/p>\n