Of the 25 law schools represented in the 2023-2024 Diverse Attorney Pipeline Program (DAPP), Fordham Law has the largest number of scholars selected for this year’s national cohort. The intensive year-long program is designed to prepare the next generation of diverse attorneys to enter and remain in the pipeline while giving them the tools, network, and community of supporters they need to succeed.
Lulu Alryati ’26, Safiat Bakare Korodo ’26, Jahneka Cassells ’26, Anika Choudhury ’26, and Jennifer Tiburcio ’26 were selected from Fordham Law. Each student was chosen based on their outstanding academic merit, impressive professional and personal background, and demonstrated commitment to promoting diversity and inclusion in the legal profession, according to DAPP.
“This intensive program affords our students the opportunity to take advantage of academic, professional, and networking offerings as well as dedicated mentorship and potential summer employment,” said Bryna Beckler-Knoll, director of career planning and diversity in the Law School’s Career Planning Center. “Congratulations to Lulu, Safiat, Jahneka, Anika, and Jenn on this wonderful achievement. I am confident that they will excel and make the most of the opportunity to be part of this prestigious program.”
This year also marks the highest number yet for Fordham Law participants since the program launched nationally in 2020.
Alryati is a member of the Black Students Law Association, Muslim Students Law Association, Fordham International Law Association, National Lawyers Guild, Fordham First Generation Students (F1GS), and International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) at Fordham. She is also a Realizing Excellence and Access in the Law (REAL) Scholar and a part of the Dean’s Student Advisory Council on Diversity. Alryati’s career goal is to combine her efforts as a current registered nurse and become an attorney focused on international litigation.
Bakare Korodo is a member of the Black Law Students Association and hopes to become a litigator one day.
Cassells is an Evershed Sutherland Legal Scholar and a Pipeline to Practice Fellow. On campus, she is a general member of the Black Students Law Association. Cassells hopes to become a securities litigation and white collar defense attorney.
Choudhury is a Realizing Excellence and Access in the Law (REAL) Scholar, a Fordham Center on Law and Information Policy (CLIP) Decennial Fellow, and member of the Dean’s Student Advisory Council on Diversity as well as a 1L rep for Fordham First Generation Students (F1GS), Fordham Non-Traditional Law Student Association, and South Asian Law Students Association. She previously served as a judicial intern through the Sonia & Celina Sotomayor Judicial Internship Program. Choudhury hopes to become a judge one day.
Tiburcio is a 1L rep of both the Fordham Business Law Association and the Latin American Law Students Association. She is also a member of the Realizing Excellence and Access in the Law (REAL) Scholars program.