<p><img style="float: right;" src="irl://2661//" alt="Maria Kotsiras" width="35%" />Maria Kotsiras, a second-year student at Widener University Delaware Law School, was selected recently for the Honorable Thomas L. Ambro Fellowship for 2020. This prestigious fellowship is awarded each year to a law student applicant chosen from law schools nationwide. The award pays a $6000 stipend to the student recipient, funded by the Delaware Bankruptcy Inn of Court, for an eight-week summer internship with the judges of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
<p>The recipient is accountable to the Chief Judge (or his chambers designee) for assignments, scheduling and hours. The selection criteria include that the student is intelligent, honest and hard-working, and has an interest in practicing commercial or bankruptcy law in Delaware. Maria will be presented with the Ambro Fellowship Award at a formal ceremony in Philadelphia in June.</p>
<p>Maria is a dean&rsquo;s honors student at Delaware Law, a member of the <em>Delaware Journal of Corporate Law</em>, and a First State Merit Scholar. She is a&nbsp;<em>cum laude</em>&nbsp;graduate of St. Joseph&rsquo;s University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she majored in political science. She presently works at Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman &amp; Goggin, P.C., as a law clerk where she researches and analyzes case and statutory law to draft legal memoranda.</p>