Columbia, Maryland Employment Law Firm Announces First-Ever Winner of Workplace Rights Scholarship

Twice a year, Freedman Law offers current and aspiring law students the opportunity to win $1,000 toward their educational pursuits. We are happy to share that, as of April 2025, the firm has selected the newest recipient of the Workplace Rights Scholarship. Attorney Lindsay Freedman and his staff of legal professionals have proudly named Christen Smith, the first-ever winner of this highly competitive scholarship program.

Christen is finishing up her undergraduate education at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where she is obtaining a degree in Hospitality Management. In the fall, she will start law school at William S. Boyd School of Law. As a teenager working a restaurant job, Christen dealt with being treated poorly by coworkers, and this experience led her to want to make a difference for others. After taking a course on Hospitality Law, Christen was inspired to pursue a career in employment law with the hopes of protecting workers from poor treatment in the future.

The Workplace Rights Scholarship was established by Mr. Freedman in September 2024 as an effort to continue his law firm’s mission to advocate for civil rights and the rights of employees. The scholarship is offered once per academic semester. Applicants must have a minimum 3.5 grade point average, and they are required to submit an essay or video submission discussing how they plan to use their education to promote workers’ rights and/or civil rights.

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