Columbia Law Student From Guilford Awarded Prestigious Honor

GUILFORD, CT — Matt Truedson, who graduated from Guilford High School in 2014, and from UConn in 2018, went on the Columbia Law School, and is excepted to receive his J.D. in 2022, was named a James Kent scholar for the 2020-2021 academic year.

Kent Scholar honors are awarded at the end of each year in recognition of "outstanding academic achievement" which is defined as having earned at least 15 graded law credits and a 3.8 grade point average in law class credits, described as "roughly equivalent to magna cum laude honors."

The James Kent Scholar honors designation was established in 1923, named for James Kent, the first Professor of Law on the Columbia faculty. Kent Scholar honors are significantly more difficult to achieve than Stone Scholar honors, and achieving them during the first year of law school is "considered a significant achievement."