Introducing a new Ms. JD Fellow.

Stetson University College of Law third-year student Brielle Tucker recently was named a Ms. JD Fellow — making her only the second student from Stetson to earn that national distinction.

Ms. JD is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to the success of aspiring and early-career women lawyers. It was founded at Stanford Law School in 2006 by a group of female law students and today serves as a nexus between the profession and the pipeline of diverse attorneys, providing a forum for dialogue and networking among women lawyers and law students with campus chapters nationwide.

This year, Ms. JD awarded fellowships to nine law students from across the United States, selected for their academic performance, leadership and dedication to advancing the status of women in the profession.

Tucker, a member of both Stetson’s nationally ranked Moot Court and Trial Team, was named a regional finalist at the 2018 National Appellate Advocacy Competition. She is a Stetson Ambassador who has served as a representative on the Student Bar Association and as sub-regional director of the Southern Region Black Law Students Association. At present, Tucker is a summer associate at Bush Ross, P.A. in Tampa. She has clerked for Smith, Kling & Thompson, P.A., in Tampa and served as a judicial intern for U.S. District Judge Charlene E. Honeywell.

Tucker is an alumna of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, which helps to advance the education of exceptionally promising students who have financial need, and she graduated cum laude from the University of Tampa. As an undergraduate student, Tucker volunteered at Metropolitan Ministries and the local Boys and Girls Club, and tutored students at an afterschool enrichment camp. She became interested in the law while competing regionally as an undergraduate through the American Collegiate Moot Court Association. She then joined the Bruce R. Jacob Criminal Appellate American Inn of Court.

Tucker is originally from Washington, D.C., where she was as a congressional intern during high school at The Madeira School.

Going forward, Tucker hopes to continue making a difference.

“I hope to foster a sense of support among women within the legal profession,” Tucker said, simply.

-Brandi Palmer