About the Program
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| The Thomas More Scholarship community gathers for potluck dinners throughout the year. |
Thomas More Scholars work with Program faculty directors to create goals to assist each Scholar to realize his or her public service career aspirations.
Scholars work towards these goals individually and collaboratively within a supportive community of similarly dedicated Scholars and faculty directors designed to foster leadership and legal skills as well as academic excellence.
All Scholars must complete a significant amount of pro bono public service legal work for which they receive no academic credit or compensation. The focus of this work will be determined by the goals of each Scholar.
Also depending on the Scholar’s goals, Scholars may be expected to participate in academic activities, such as joining the Gonzaga Law Review or various appellate advocacy teams that represent Gonzaga in national and international competitions.
Scholars may also be expected to participate in non-academic extracurricular activities. Scholars, for example, frequently play important roles in the Gonzaga Student Bar Association, the Gonzaga Public Interest Law Project, the Women’s Law Caucus, and other student-organized groups.
Community Dinners
Thomas More Scholars, their spouses, partners, and children, join together on a regular basis throughout the academic year for informal evening potluck dinners where they can exchange ideas and experiences.
These dinners serve to build lasting relationships among professors and the Scholars that will continue into the professional lives of our graduates.
Gonzaga Law faculty host and attend these dinners and outside guests are often invited to share with the Scholars their vision of the world.
