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Posted by: Laura Labenberg on Apr 22, 2025

The Diversity Leadership Institute (DLI) Class of 2025 held its graduation at the TBA's 2025 Annual Convention in Franklin. Class members were Samantha McCrory and Mary Martha Willson of Belmont University College of Law; Rebekah Ballard, Shana Singleton and Sharon Strahan of Lincoln Memorial University Duncan School of Law; Divine Dent of the University of Memphis Cecil C Humphreys School of Law; Ilse Chavez Bloss of Nashville School of Law; and Shery Girgis and Fady Megaly of Vanderbilt Law School. In addition to attending the convention, they attended the TBA Young Lawyers Division winter meeting and volunteered at the Tennessee State High School Mock Trial competition as their service project. DLI is a six-month leadership and mentoring program for Tennessee law students in their second, third or fourth years of study. Learn more about the program on the YLD website.

From left: Shery Girgis, Fady Megaly, Shana Singleton, Ilse Bloss, Sharon Strahan, Samantha McCrory, Divine Dent and Mary Martha Willson (not pictured: Rebekah Ballard)

From left: Shana Singleton, Mary Martha Willson, Fady Megaly, Shery Girgis, Ilse Bloss, Divine Dent, Samantha McCrory and Sharon Strahan