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<h1>Olufunke Fagbami, a third-year law student, talks with Delaware Supreme Court Justice Randy J. Holland every day about cases pending before the court. As one of five <a href="ipl://146//W10=">Josiah Oliver Wolcott Fellows</a>, she attends oral arguments and discusses the cases with Holland, who is also a long-time member of Widener Law Delaware&rsquo;s adjunct faculty, as they develop.</h1>
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<p>Fagbami says Holland wants to know how oral arguments affected her thinking, and then he shares his impressions with her. As a law student, she has personal access to the legal mind of one of the nation&rsquo;s most respected jurists. It is access seasoned practicing attorneys would envy.<br /><br /> &ldquo;Sometimes I still have to pinch myself,&rdquo; she said.<br /><br /> Each year, five outstanding students are selected to work for a Supreme Court justice through the program. It puts them alongside the state&rsquo;s most distinguished jurists, where they work, build connections with the bench and bar, earn law school credit and receive financial compensation through a cash grant or tuition remission scholarship. It is a unique partnership between the law school and one of the nation&rsquo;s most prestigious courts.</p>
<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a real honor to work for the court because you hear all kinds of cases from the biggest cases that will shape the future of Delaware corporate law right down to landlord-tenant law and even death penalty cases,&rdquo; Fagbami said. &ldquo;To be part of it is amazing,&rdquo; she said.</p>
<p>Law student Andrew Berni was assigned to Delaware Chief Justice Leo E. Strine Jr. for his year as a Wolcott Fellow. He reads case briefs, writes memos for Strine to help him prepare for oral arguments and assists with work on opinions. Like Fagbami, he attends oral arguments.</p>
<p><img style="float: left; margin: 5px;" src="irl://380//" alt="Andrew Berni" width="33%" />&ldquo;It&rsquo;s probably the best thing I&rsquo;ve done here,&rdquo; Berni said, contemplating his time at Widener Law Delaware. &ldquo;I&rsquo;d recommend it to anyone.&rdquo;<br /><br /> Berni has accepted a job with Morris, Nichols, Arsht &amp; Tunnell LLP in Wilmington after graduation. He said he feels like he&rsquo;s already had a law clerk experience, thanks to the Wolcott fellowship.<br /><br /> Wolcott Fellows are chosen through a competitive application and interview process. Those selected 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 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&rsquo;s renowned Delaware Court of Chancery, where he served until his death at age 61.</p>