Maier Salameh
YOUNG ALUMNI PROFILE | MAIER SALAMEH (JD ’20) Maier Salameh is a recent Memphis Law graduate and a past president of the International Law Society. She grew up in Collierville, TN and went to Rhodes College for her undergraduate degree, but with the majority of her family still residing in Palestine, she has spent much of her life traveling to see them and absorbing the lessons that international travel has to offer. As a Palestinian-American Muslim woman, she has a unique perspective on life in the U.S., as well as what she can contribute to society as a future attorney.
She’s passionate about helping law students gain perspective on the world and what it means to work together across racial, religious and ideological platforms. Her unique viewpoint has allowed her to excel in law school, and her various internships, both with nonprofit immigration law firms in Seattle and Memphis, are helping put her on a path to practicing law internationally.
Maier has been involved in an important part of Memphis Law’s history, as women at Memphis Law are taking on a larger roll than ever before. Recent incoming classes have been majority female, many of our student organizations are led by women, and women currently hold all top-level law school leadership positions. “I was very honored just to be included with all the other strong, independent women at Memphis Law. Higher education used to be exclusively for men, so the fact that women are not only attending school here but taking leadership positions and are the ones shaping the future of Memphis Law is pretty phenomenal. It goes to show that the only restrictions that are put on people who are ‘different’ are restrictions that people in the status quo are pushing. I hope this leads to even more diversity within the school, and this diversity leads to more inclusivity.”
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