Wisconsin Ag Connection - Scholarship Offered for Law Students Aiming to Work with Co-ops

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Scholarship Offered for Law Students Aiming to Work with Co-ops
Wisconsin Ag Connection - 08/31/2015

College students who are planning to study law or pre-law with the intention of working on legal issues relating to cooperatives can now apply for a special scholarship program.

An endowment established two years ago to honor the memory of Charles Van Sickle will award its first scholarship in time to assist a deserving student enrolled for the 2015 spring semester. Offered by the Federated Youth Foundation, Inc., the $2,000 scholarship will be awarded in December to a pre-law or law student who plans to specialize in cooperative law.

A legendary lobbyist and legal counsel for Wisconsin cooperatives who was instrumental in a landmark revision of the state's co-op statuses, Van Slick died three years ago at the age of 92. He spent a half-century with the Madison law firm of Wheeler, Van Sickle and Anderson.

To be eligible, law or pre-law students must be Wisconsin residents who intend to specialize in co-op law and have earned a minimum grad point average of 3.5.

For more information or to apply for the scholarship, call 608-258-4408.

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