Laura W. Speed-Dalton

Education

• Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, in English & Women's Studies

  Honors: NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship, Tom Aliberti Award (varsity athlete recognized for distinguished accomplishments in academics and athletics and for exemplary character and loyalty to Emory athletics), College Swimming Coaches Associations of America All-Academic Team, Division III Collegiate All-American Swimmer, Voted Most Competitive Swimmer, Sigma Tau Delta (International English Honor Society), Dean's List (8 of 8 semesters).Honors Thesis: Title IX and Athletics, A Study of Division I Universities and Title IX Action.Activities:Varsity Swim Team, captain, Tri-Delta Sorority, Academic Development Chair.

• Emory University School of Law Juris Doctor | Law

  Honors: Recipient of the Kessler/Eidson Scholarship (given to an upper-class student who demonstrates excellency in advocacy), James C. Pratt Memorial Award (given to the most outstanding third-year student in the Emory Moot Court Society), Order of the Barristers, Order of Emory Advocates, James C. Pratt Best Brief Award (given to the upper-class student who writes the best brief in the fall appellate advocacy competition), 1998 Georgia Intrastate Moot Court Competition, Semi-finalist, Second-Best Brief.Activities:Director-in-Chief, Moot Court Society, Member, Moot Court Society Special Teams, Pupil of Lamar Inn of Court, Dean's Fellow for Legal Writing, Research, and Appellate Advocacy Program, Legal Association of Women Lawyers, Emory Trial Techniques Program