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Five outstanding Widener University School of Law students began working at the Delaware Supreme Court recently as <a href="/Academics/ClinicalProgramsandProfessionalTraining/Externships/WolcottFellowships.aspx">Josiah Oliver Wolcott Fellows</a>. The prestigious program, now in its 26th year, provides unique opportunities for students at Widener Law Delaware.<br><br>Wolcott Fellows, who serve as law clerks in the state’s highest court, are chosen through a competitive application and interview process. Five students are selected to participate each year. They must present strong academic credentials, demonstrate outstanding research and writing skills, and have completed at least their second year of law school. <br><br>The 2014-15 group comprises:<blockquote><strong>Andrew Berni, assigned to Chief Justice Leo E. Strine Jr.<br>William Burton, assigned to Justice Karen L. Valihura<br>Olufunke Fagbami, assigned to Justice Randy J. Holland<br>Megan McGovern, assigned to Justice Karen L. Valihura<br>Michael Van Gorder, assigned to Justice Henry duPont Ridgely</strong></blockquote>The program is named for Wolcott, the Dover, Del.-born lawyer, politician and judge who died in 1938. He was elected Delaware attorney general in 1912, and then to the U.S. Senate four years later. He resigned from the Senate in 1921 to become Chancellor of Delaware’s renowned Delaware Court of Chancery, where he served until his death at age 61.<br><br>Wolcott fellows work about 20 hours per week during the school year and receive academic credit and either a cash grant or a tuition-remission scholarship grant, funded by the law school. For the students, however, some of the greatest rewards come through new connections.<br><br>“I’m looking forward to a mentoring relationship with my justice,” said Fagbami.<br><br>McGovern said she wants to practice law in Delaware, so the fellowship will provide her an especially valuable perspective.<br><br>“It’s seeing how everything works from the inside,” she said. McGovern is working for Valihura until a new justice is named later this year to replace retiring Justice Carolyn Berger. She will then become part of the new justice’s staff.<br><br>“We are extremely proud of these exceptional students,” Interim Dean <a href="/Academics/Faculty/ProfilesDe/DalyErin.aspx">Erin Daly</a> said. “They will learn a tremendous amount about the real-life work of justices and attorneys in Delaware. We are grateful to the Delaware Supreme Court for partnering with Widener Law Delaware and sustaining this extraordinary opportunity for these future lawyers.”