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The Office of Student Affairs at IU McKinney hosted the sixth annual Student Organization Awards on April 19 at the law school. The ceremony and reception took place in the atrium at Inlow Hall.

Collaboration of the Year honors went to the Black Law Students Association, the Hispanic Law Society, and the Asian Law Students Association for their work on the sixth annual Diversity Dinner. In the photo from left are Hispanic Law Society president Allan Griffey, Asian Law Society president Samyoul Kim, Black Law Students Association member Eric Hewlett, and Black Law Students Association president Eden Strange.

Service Project of the Year was awarded to the Second Chance Re-Entry Assistance Program for the Re-Entry Fair. In its second year, the Re-Entry Fair provides services for the formerly incarcerated; everything from job applications to voter registration. In the photo from left are Professor Lahny Silva, Associate Director of the Office of Professional Development Sean Southern, and Second Chance Re-Entry Assistance Program member Janeia Brounson.

Student Leader of the Year was presented to Ronald Gilbert, III. Gilbert is president of the Student Bar Association, where he has been an active participant since his first-year of law school. Gilbert is in the photo with Johnny Pryor.

Organization Advisor of the Year went to Associate Director of Professional Development and Pro Bono Jennifer Thuma. Thuma was recognized for her work with the legal division of the IU Student Outreach Clinic.

Student Organization of the Year was given to the Hispanic Law Society. HLS was recognized for its public statement on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, and organizing Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel's lecture at IU McKinney in Fall 2017, among its other activities at the law school and the community. In the photo from left are Professor Frank Sullivan, Jr., and Allan Griffey.