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The Heather Johnson Finch Memorial
Endowed Scholarship SOURCE: Salt Lake Tribune 10/20/10 |
Heather Johnson Finch was the consummate professional and model to what every paralegal should strive to be. She devoted more than 20 years to the paralegal profession. Her life was given to hard work and service to the legal community through countless hours of volunteering, and in 2009 she received the Distinguished Paralegal of the Year Award, Utah’s highest award for paralegals. She was serving as the chair of the Paralegal Division of the Utah State Bar at the time of her death. An avid hiker who aimed to summit the highest peak in every state, Heather died in an airplane accident in Nepal August 24, 2010, on her way to the base of Mount Everest.
To honor Heather’s life and accomplishments, the Paralegal Division of the Utah State Bar created the Heather Johnson Finch Memorial Endowed Scholarship in 2010—the first ever endowed scholarship for students pursuing undergraduate degrees in paralegal studies at Utah Valley University. At present, UVU is no longer offering the Paralegal Studies program. Therefore, in July 2020, plans were finalized to transfer the Heather Johnson Finch Memorial Endowed Scholarship to Salt Lake Community College. The program at SLCC is the only paralegal education program in Utah that has been approved by the American Bar Association. Applications for the first SLCC scholarship will be accepted August 1, 2020 through September 2020.
Heather’s legacy and dedication to the paralegal profession will live on through this scholarship opportunity. Dedicated, aspiring, service-oriented students majoring in paralegal studies at SLCC will be able to benefit from pursuing the best paralegal education available, and the legal community will benefit when these students graduate and enter the workforce. Please join with the Paralegal Division of the Utah State Bar in honoring the life of one of the finest paralegals in Utah by generously donating to this scholarship.
To honor Heather’s life and accomplishments, the Paralegal Division of the Utah State Bar created the Heather Johnson Finch Memorial Endowed Scholarship in 2010—the first ever endowed scholarship for students pursuing undergraduate degrees in paralegal studies at Utah Valley University. At present, UVU is no longer offering the Paralegal Studies program. Therefore, in July 2020, plans were finalized to transfer the Heather Johnson Finch Memorial Endowed Scholarship to Salt Lake Community College. The program at SLCC is the only paralegal education program in Utah that has been approved by the American Bar Association. Applications for the first SLCC scholarship will be accepted August 1, 2020 through September 2020.
Heather’s legacy and dedication to the paralegal profession will live on through this scholarship opportunity. Dedicated, aspiring, service-oriented students majoring in paralegal studies at SLCC will be able to benefit from pursuing the best paralegal education available, and the legal community will benefit when these students graduate and enter the workforce. Please join with the Paralegal Division of the Utah State Bar in honoring the life of one of the finest paralegals in Utah by generously donating to this scholarship.
