SOUTH ASIAN WOMAN WINS LAW SCHOLARSHIP
(11 April 2007)

DETROIT, MI: Gurinder J. Singh, a 2007 J.D. candidate at Wayne State University Law School, was recently selected by the Association of Corporate Counsel-Michigan Chapter for its 2007 Scholarship Award for Wayne State University. The award is given annually to the law student whose outstanding academic record will best prepare them to advise and counsel corporations. Ms. Singh will be join the law firm of Miller Canfield in the fall.

She received her B.S.E. in Industrial and Operations Engineering in 2001 from the University of Michigan. At Wayne State University School of Law, she established the school’s first Business Law Society and recently placed 2nd in the Jessup International Moot Court Regional Competition. She also is a member of the Asian-Pacific American Law Student Organization and the Women’s Law Caucus. In addition, she is on the Executive Board of the Network of Indian-Professionals, Detroit Chapter and an active member of the South Asian Bar Association, Detroit Chapter.

She resides in Canton, Mich., where she is active in organizing Bhangra Fusion – an annual cultural dance competition, volunteering time at the Gurdwara Sahib-Hidden Falls, and helping tutor children. She is the daughter of Udham Singh and Surinder K. Singh.

The Association of Corporate Counsel, which includes local state and regional chapters, is a nationwide organization of lawyers who have dedicated their practices to corporate law. The Michigan Chapter established a Foundation for the purpose of awarding scholarships to law students who have demonstrated academic success in those classes related to business, corporations, tax and other similar courses.