University of Kansas School of Law honors Orangevale graduate Leilani Leighton

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LAWRENCE, KS (05/25/2012)(readMedia)-- LAWRENCE - The University of Kansas School of Law honored more than 140 graduates at a hooding ceremony May 12. During the ceremony, seven students received awards for distinguishing themselves in scholarship, leadership and service to the law school and the community, including Leilani Leighton, of Orangevale, Calif.

Leighton received the Janean Meigs Memorial Award, given to the student who has demonstrated a caring spirit in service to the students of the law school or the community at large. Leighton served as president and philanthropic chair of the International Law Society. She was the 2011-12 editor-in-chief of the Kansas Law Free Press, the law school's student-run, online newspaper, and she served as an articles editor for the Kansas Journal of Law and Public Policy. Leighton is the daughter of Greg and Georgene Ferris and a graduate of Casa Roble High School and California State University, Sacramento.

Funds for the awards and scholarships are managed by KU Endowment, the independent, nonprofit foundation serving as the official fundraising and fund-management organization for KU. Founded in 1891, KU Endowment was the first foundation of its kind at a U.S. public university.