{"id":3739,"date":"2024-04-21T15:27:14","date_gmt":"2024-04-21T15:27:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/?p=3739"},"modified":"2024-05-03T15:29:13","modified_gmt":"2024-05-03T15:29:13","slug":"scholarship-helps-jelley-navigate-difficult-path-toward-a-law-degree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/?p=3739","title":{"rendered":"Scholarship helps Jelley navigate difficult path toward a law degree"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tristen Jelley, Jefferson County<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Jeff Wilson<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tristen Jelley\u2019s path from Mount Vernon Township High School to an SIU law degree wasn\u2019t a smooth one.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was involved in two different car accidents, at no fault of my own, within a period of 18 months. Both resulted in traumatic brain injuries,\u201d she said. \u201cUnfortunately, these are lifelong injuries that I can never fully recover from, but I have recovered better than expected.\u201d<\/p>\n

With assistance from scholarships, such as the Charles D. and Fairy B. Neal Scholarship, Jelley has been able to pursue his goal of becoming a personal injury attorney.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing a scholarship recipient allows me to focus on my studies and not have to worry about seeking employment to pay for my tuition and necessary expenses,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Upon graduation, she hopes to remain in Southern Illinois.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to help those in similar situations because I know what it is like to be in those same shoes at no fault of your own,\u201d she said. \u201cI am forever grateful that this goal of mine wasn\u2019t cut short and that I am one step closer to becoming an attorney every day.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Jeff Wilson Tristen Jelley\u2019s path from Mount Vernon Township High School to an SIU law degree wasn\u2019t a smooth one. \u201cI was involved in two different car accidents, at no fault of my own, within a period of 18 months. Both resulted in traumatic brain injuries,\u201d she said. \u201cUnfortunately, these are lifelong injuries that … Continue reading Scholarship helps Jelley navigate difficult path toward a law degree<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3739"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3741,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3739\/revisions\/3741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}