By Daily Press staff
Santa Monica resident Gregory Smolar, a second-year student at Pepperdine University School of Law, is one of eight law students who received a scholarship from the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel (ASCDC). Smolar was recently awarded the scholarship at the ASCDC’s 44th annual seminar at the Beverly Hilton.
Each of the eight students was awarded a $1,500 law scholarship. The recipients were selected based on specific criteria including grade point average in torts and civil procedure; demonstrated ability in oral argument, and financial need. The scholarship recipients come from prestigious law institutions throughout Southern California including University of Southern California, University of San Diego School of Law, UCLA School of Law, California Western School of Law, Loyola Law School, Southwestern University School of Law, Pepperdine University School of Law and Whittier Law School.
Smolar has recently been published in the New York Law Journal, is a member of the American Bar Association, Jewish Law Students Association, and is an editor for the Law, Contractual, and Regulatory Principle Work Group of the Generally Accepted Information Security Principles. He received his bachelor of business administration with distinction in finance and marketing from the University of Michigan. He also worked abroad in Sydney, Australia, through CCUSA.
Established in 1960, the Association of Southern California Defense Counsel was organized by a small group of Los Angeles insurance defense attorneys who felt it was essential for their professional interest to be equally represented. It now encompasses a group of approximately 2,000 men and women of all ages, races and religions, who practice from north of Santa Barbara to the Mexican border, and from the desert of the Inland Empire to the shores of Santa Monica. Volunteers get payback
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 26, 2005. Read the original PDF.