Salomon De Los Angeles ’05 earns scholarship to law school

Salomon De Los Angeles ’05 of Oak Park, Illinois, is a recipient of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund’s 2016-17 Law School Scholarship.

Since MALDEF’s founding, the civil rights organization has awarded scholarships to law students who will further MALDEF’s mission of advancing the civil rights of the Latino community in the United States.

De Los Angeles is the son of immigrants and the first in his family to earn an undergraduate degree. After nearly 11 years at the Alzheimer’s Association, he is realizing his dream of a legal education at DePaul University College of Law.

He plans to further serve the immigrant elderly community. During the past summer, he interned at the Center for Disability and Elder Law in Chicago.