Brenda Cook ’25 Receives Thurgood Marshall Award at Law School Commencement
Brenda Cook ’25 was honored with the Thurgood Marshall Award during William & Mary Law School’s commencement ceremony at Kaplan Arena on Saturday, May 17.
The award is given each year to a member of the graduating class who exhibits the ideals of distinguished public service exemplified by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993).
Cook graduated from James Madison University with a degree in justice studies. As a law student she served as vice president of the Black Law Students Association, a member of the National Trial Team, a student worker for the Office of Student Affairs, a Student Admissions Ambassador, and Associate Diversity Chair for the Student Bar Association.
She was also a judicial extern for the U.S. District Courts in Norfolk, clerked for Marks & Harrison in Richmond, and was a summer legal intern for the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices in Washington, D.C.
As if she wasn’t busy enough as a student, Cook spent what little spare time she had working with children in the Williamsburg-James City County School District.
Cook will be joining the Virginia Beach Commonwealth Attorney’s Office after graduation.