There are two scholarships available which will be awarded at the D. Augustus Straker Bar Association's 2000 Trallblazers Dinner and Dance on Saturday, June 3, 2000. The program is also a fitting way for us to honor the memory of D. Augustus Straker, who in 1890 became the first African American attorney to argue a case before the Michigan Supreme Court. To qualify for the Straker Scholarship, applications must be enrolled in a certified law school program within the state of Michigan. It was founded as a proactive organization of African American attorneys with the mission of promoting legal practice opportunities for minorities and women and to facilitate equal justice for all citizens in Oakland county, Michigan.
Membership includes a racially diverse coalition of lawyers, judges, and other legal professionals.
The D. Augustus Straker Bar Foundation is a nonprofit corporation established for charitable and jurisprudential purposes and to provide a source of educational scholarships.