Empathetic. Driven. Supportive. Engaged.
Those are just a few of the many adjectives nominators used to describe Nashuba Hudson, the recipient of the 2024 Student Leadership in Fostering Community and Inclusiveness Award. Hudson, a 3L from Chicago, was presented the award today (Aug. 16) as part of the concluding events of this year’s 1L Orientation.
Established in 2018, the award, which comes with a $2,000 scholarship, celebrates a student who “goes above and beyond to foster our diverse, inclusive, supportive, and welcoming community.” Recipients are honored for their work in the previous year.
Hudson is the first Black woman to hold the editor-in-chief position of the Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies and is past-president of the award-winning Black Law Students Association. She is a fellow for the Office of Admissions, helping recruit future Indiana Law Students, a member of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Advisory Board, and active with the Latinx Law Student Association and Outreach for Legal Literacy Association. Hudson is a member of the Protective Order Project, Life Experience Then School, Public Interest Law Foundation, and was a 2023-24 Marshal for Phi Alpha Delta.
“Since teacher her in her 1L year, I’ve seen her involvement with our student body building networks of empathy and supporting our community through all kinds of initiatives and small acts of kindness,” said one of her professors.
“Among my peers, she is the go-to person if I experience something I don’t know how to handle,” said one of her fellow students. “I trust her with my whole heart and she always provides me with practical advice. In addition, her efforts really make an impact in the community. BLSA won a national award under her leadership, and she is the first Black woman at Maurer ever to serve as the editor-in-chief for the IJGLS. She is an inspiration to many students, including me.”
The award was presented by Student Bar Association President Samantha Jean.