Judge Phyllis A. Kravitch Scholarship

Judge Phyllis A. Kravitch Scholarship - 

The purpose of the Fund is to provide scholarship support for a student(s) in the School with preference given to those who demonstrate characteristics consistent with Judge Phyllis A. Kravitch's legacy, including, but not limited to, grit, preparation, compassion, and a trailblazing spirit.

By many accounts Phyllis A. Kravitch was a trailblazer. She entered the practice of law in 1944 when female attorneys were few and far between. She built her reputation at her father's law firm, becoming the first woman Savannah Bar Association president in the mid1970s, the first woman elected as a Georgia Superior Court judge in 1976 and the third woman to serve our nation as a U.S. Circuit Court judge in 1979. Her service on the U.S. Courts of Appeals lasted almost four decades.