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The Honorable Cecil B. Patterson, Jr Scholarship Endowment was founded in 2017 in honor of Cecil B. Patterson Jr., the first Black judge appointed to the Maricopa County Superior Court and the first practicing Black lawyer in Arizona’s Attorney General’s Office and the state’s appeals court. He was a community leader and mentor with a passion for community engagement and he worked to combat inequalities in poverty, housing, youth programs and the criminal justice system. Patterson once stated his greatest reward comes from mentoring young lawyers to be the next generation of leaders. When you make a gift to this ASU Law fund, you educate, empower and strengthen the legal community and foster positive change in the world.