Quinnipiac University School of Law received $500,000 commitment to form scholarship fund.
In March, Quinnipiac University’s School of Law Dean Jennifer Brown announced the creation of the Goff Law Group Endowed Law Scholarship, made possible by alumna Brooke Golf.
“[This] scholarship will benefit women students in the School of Law with demonstrated financial need, with preference given to LGBTQ+ students and allies,” Brown said.
Anyone can apply for the scholarship, which will be awarded to two applicants per year. Every application will be closely reviewed by both Goff and the Registrar.
“Quinnipiac is the school that always believed in me,” Goff said. “I wanted to give back to not only the school but to give back to young women that were like me.”
A 2022 survey conducted by the National Association for Law Placement found only about 4,000 lawyers who identified as members of the LGBTQ+ communities out of more than 1.3 million active lawyers across the country.
Goff couldn’t answer when exactly the scholarships will be open for applications due to endowment funding rules, but her hope is to start as soon as possible.
The Goff Law Group is the largest female owned and operated personal injury law firm in the state of Connecticut — with a 99% success rate — that operates out of seven different locations. At only 37 years old, Goff is the CEO with almost 50 staff members behind her.
In recognition of Goff’s generosity and leadership, Brown also announced that the School of Law is renaming the Ceremonial Courtroom the Brooke A. Goff Courtroom.
“I am honored to have my name displayed for many young women to see that the sky is the limit,” Goff wrote in a LinkedIn post. “To all of the future students that sit in that courtroom — remember, no one can take opportunity away from you besides yourself. Anything is possible- you just need to want it more than the person next to you.”
