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| Chanae Wood, 2L |
On Tuesday, April 4th, second-year St.Thomas Law student, Chanae Wood, was recognized by Miami-Dade County Commissioner Barbara Jordan for being the first black Editor-in-Chief of the St.Thomas Law Review.
Chanae was honored in a ceremony attended by other county commissioners as well as her family and supporters, including St.Thomas Law Professor Amy Ronner. The presentation took place at the Board of County Commissioners meeting at the Stephen P. Clark Government Center in Miami.
“It was an absolute honor to be recognized by Commissioner Barbara Jordan,” stated Chanae. “Commissioner Jordan has been a champion for the residents of District 1, which encompasses the city of Miami Gardens, where I was raised. Therefore, I was extremely excited to find out that she wanted to honor my accomplishment.”
“I’m honored to have been selected as the first Black Editor-in-Chief, especially considering that there is a lack of representation of people of color in the legal field,” she continued. “However, I’m even more honored that I was selected based on my merit and passion for the organization.”
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| Pictured (L-R) Commissioners Barbara J. Jordan, Esteban L. Bovo, Jr. (Chairman), Chanae Wood, Xavier L. Suarez, Professor Amy Ronner, and Miami-Dade County attorney Abigail Price Williams. |
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Chanae, who is also President of the St. Thomas Law chapter of the Black Law Students Association (BLSA), aspires to become a government law attorney, specializing in state government funding and appropriations. She secured a coveted summer internship with Greenspoon Marder, where she hopes to gain more insight on this area of law by working within the firm’s Government and Government Relations practice. She noted that the incidences of senseless violence, high incarceration rates, and lack of resources seen in marginalized communities of color influenced her decision to attend law school.
The St. Thomas Law Review is a student-run scholarly legal journal. The Law Review was founded in 1987 and published the inaugural issue in the fall of 1988. Membership in the St. Thomas Law Review is limited to second and third-year law students who are invited to join based on their academic success or performance during the write-on competition administered at the beginning of the summer term.
