Pictured left to right : 2nd Circuit : Benjamin Weissler , 7th Circuit : Kelby Roth , 8th Circuit : Renhua “ Alex ” Xuan , 6th Circuit : Khalil A . Bryant , 8th Circuit : Jonathan Francisco Garcia , 5th Circuit : Abigail Emery
out among a class of exceptionally talented students ” and consistently demonstrated hard work and detailed attention to his studies and academic success . During his bankruptcy course , Khalil examined aspects of the Brooks Brothers chapter 11 case and wrote a well-reasoned paper for which he received a high grade . Khalil is president of the Black Students Law Association and is a Dean ’ s Scholar . He is also a member of the Vanderbilt University Steering Committee on Racial Inequalities and Injustices . Khalil served as mentor during the inaugural year of Vanderbilt ’ s 1Levate Leadership Program and remains a leader of that mentoring initiative . Khalil has a passion for politics and became a political organizer in Philadelphia while doing his undergraduate work at Princeton University . After graduating , Khalil will be joining Haynes & Boone ’ s Corporate Transactions Group . Khalil ’ s hobby is his interest in crypto currency which he writes about often in a blog .
From the 7th Circuit : Kelby Roth who is a 3L at Chicago-Kent School of Law . Kelby is the President of the Bankruptcy , Insolvency and Restructuring Association . She is also a member of the Chicago-Kent Law Review where she serves as the Website and Social Media Coordinator . Her note for the law review focused on third party releases and will be published in the 2023 edition of the Law Review . Kelby is the Vice President of the Chicago-Kent Moot Court Honor Society and led the school ’ s delegation at the Duberstein Bankruptcy Moot Court competition . She also received the CALI award ( highest grade ) during the Spring semester in 2021 . Kelby won the First Prize in the Willis R . Tribler writing competition in 2021 and is a Kent legal scholar for continued on page 20
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