*News
Release* Date: June
2, 2009
Middlesex
County Prosecutor’s Office
Scholarships available for careers in criminal law
The County Prosecutors Association of New Jersey today
announced that four scholarships are available to law school students seeking
careers as prosecuting attorneys, and to police officers hoping to attend
college to advance their careers in law enforcement.
The
scholarships, each amounting to a one-year grant of $2,500, will be paid
directly to the recipients, who will be selected by a Board of Trustees, which
administers the County Prosecutors Association of New Jersey Scholarship
Foundation.
Applications
must be postmarked by June 23, 2009. Personal interviews of finalists will be
conducted. Applicants will be notified of the trustees’ decision in August
2009.
To
be eligible for the Oscar W. Rittenhouse Memorial Scholarship, an applicant
must be accepted for admission to a law school and must have an interest in pursuing
a career as a prosecutor.
Applicants
seeking the Andrew K. Ruotolo Jr. Memorial Scholarship must be accepted for
admission to a law school or graduate school. Applicants must exhibit an
interest, and commitment to, enhancing the rights and well-being of children
through child advocacy programs.
Each
student applying for the Harris Y. Cotton Memorial Scholarship must be accepted
for admission to a law school. The applicant should have an interest in
pursuing a career as a prosecutor with an emphasis in domestic violence or hate
crime prosecutions.
To
be eligible for the John H. Stamler Memorial Scholarship, an applicant must be
a sworn law enforcement officer seeking educational advancement on a college or
graduate level to improve his or her effectiveness as a law enforcement
officer.
In
addition, all applicants must be residents of
Anyone
interested in receiving an application for any of the scholarships should
contact Twila Clifford, secretary to Warren County Prosecutor Thomas Ferguson,
at (908) 475-6287.