Georgetown Law Center establishes Shandor Scholarship for Ukrainian students

WASHINGTON - Georgetown University Law Center announced the establishment of the Ivan Shandor Memorial Ukrainian American Bar Association Endowed Scholarship Fund on November 14. The scholarship was made possible through the generous donations of Lidia Shandor of Lake Forest, Ill., and the Ukrainian American Bar Association.

The Shandor Scholarship was established to honor the late Ivan Shandor, a 1973 graduate of the Univesity's Law Center. The scholarship is awarded with preference to law students enrolled in the masters of laws degree program at Georgetown who meet the following criteria: candidates are residents of, or have resided in Ukraine; are fluent in the Ukrainian language; and demonstrate a desire to promote democracy and uphold the rule of law in Ukraine.

The Ivan Shandor Memorial Scholarship was awarded for the first time in academic year 2003-2004 to Lilia Ostapenko, a native of and a master of laws student at Georgetown.

Ms. Ostapenko graduated from the State University Law School in Lviv in 1997. She has worked at the Lviv Center for Human Rights and with the Committee on Legal Policy and Court Reform of the Ukrainian Parliament and has participated in several independent projects examining various facets of Ukrainian society, including the Ukrainian Parliament and the educational system.

To make a contribution or to obtain more information regarding the Ivan Shandor Memorial Ukrainian American Bar Association Endowed Scholarship Fund, please contact Kara Tershel, Georgetown University Law Center, Office of Development, at (202) 662-9506.

Copyright © The Ukrainian Weekly, November 30, 2003, No. 48, Vol. LXXI

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