Foundation Scholars

Wake Forest University School of Law has been selected as a host institution by some of the most prestigious foundations in the United States and the world, including the:

Some Wake Forest University School of Law LL.M. alumni who were sponsored by these foundations are:

Ford Foundation

S’Thembiso "Tim" Tembe (South Africa, LL.M. 2005)
Mr. Tembe received two law degrees from the University of Zululand and also a diploma in Public Administration before coming to Wake Forest University as a Ford Foundation fellow. He is now working in Cape Town as a State Law Advisor with the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development.

Bing Chen (China, LL.M. 2004)
Mr. Chen earned a Bachelor of Law degree in International Law from East China University of Politics and Law in Shanghai. After completing the LL.M. program at Wake Forest University, he returned to his position as a judge in the Haikou Maritime Court of China.

Muskie Foundation

Lachina Dovodova (Turkmenistan, LL.M. 2002)
Ms. Dovodova received her B.A. in International Law from Turkmen State University in 2001. She is now an Associate Attorney at Fracassi, Mahdavi, Sissman & Rand, LLP, a civil law firm in Fairfax, Virginia.

Batsukh Enkhbat (Mongolia, LL.M. 1999)
Mr. Enkhbat received a law degree from Mongolian State University. After graduating from the Wake LL.M. Program, he returned to his native Mongolia and took a position as a Law Program Manager at the Soros Foundation. Mr. Enkhbat is currently working as an Administrative Director and Attorney at Mobicom Corporation in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

Tatiana Kuzyaeva (Tajikistan, LL.M. 2006)
Ms. Kuzyaeva is a Field Finance Director for a humanitarian non-governmental agency (NGO), Shelter for Life. She graduated from the Tax Legal Institute in Dushanbe, Tajikistan with a diploma in law and tax. She also earned certificates in accounting and economics.

Ketevan Kvartskhava (Georgia, LL.M. 1999)
Before coming to Wake Forest to earn a LL.M. degree, Ms. Kvartskhava received her law degree from Tbilisi State University. She is currently a Partner at BLC (Business and Legal Consulting), a law firm in Tbilisi, Georgia. In February, Ms. Kvartskhava was elected by the Georgian Bar Association to be a member of the Ethics Committee.

Mariya Orlyk (Ukraine, LL.M. 2006)
Ms. Orlyk is an Attorney in the Kyiv office of CMS Reich-Rohrwig Hainz in Ukraine. Before attending Wake Forest, she received her law degree from the Institute of International Relations of Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University and graduated with honors.

Palestinian Rule of Law

Muhanad Assaf (Palestine, LL.M. 2006)
When Mr. Assaf began his LL.M. studies, he was the Regional Manager of the Legal Department of Cairo-Amman Bank, where he returned after graduation. He received his M.A. degree in Law at Birzeit University “with distinction.”

Yousef Nasrallah (Palestine, LL.M. 2006)
Mr. Nasrallah received his B.A. in Public Law with an emphasis on international law and international relations from the University of Muhammad I in Morocco. He also holds a Masters degree in law from Birzeit University. Upon graduation from Wake Forest, Mr. Nasrallah returned to his position as the Chief Prosecutor of West Bank, Palestine.

Ameed Anani (Palestine, LL.M. 2007)
Mr. Anani is a current LL.M. student at Wake Forest University. He is the Deputy Director of the Legal Department of the Cairo Amman Bank in Palestine and is also the Legal Affairs Manager of Sinokrot Global Group. He received his B.A. and M.A. degrees in Law from Amman National University and Birzeit University, respectively.

Ron Brown Fellowship Program

Rezarte Vukatana (Albania, LL.M. 2004)
Ms. Vukatana is an attorney with Wolf Theiss. She received her law degree from the University of Tirana. She is engaged in drafting a securities legal framework for Albania and writing comparative law projects on the topic of developing securities and investment systems.