HUNTER KOLON ’20
Educational Background: Southern Methodist University: BA in Human Rights, Political Science (2020)
University of California, Berkeley School of Law: Juris Doctorate (2024)
SMU Accomplishments: Hunter traveled globally with the SMU Human Rights Program to Poland. Additionally, she completed an internship with SMU-in-Prague and conducted independent research in Bilbao, Spain through SIT Abroad: Policy, Law & Regional Autonomy in Europe. She served as the Vice President of SMU Mock Trial and Vice President of Alpha Chi Omega sorority. She was a U.S. Department of State Summer Intern, Consulate General of Mexico Public Policy Intern; and an Office of George W. Bush Semester Intern. A graduate of the University Honors Program, Hunter was a John G. Tower Scholar, a Hunt Leadership Scholar, a member of Phi Beta Kappa honor society, and was selected as SMU Outstanding Senior Woman, Class of 2020.
Postbaccalaureate Career: Pursuing her career in human rights advocacy, Hunter received the Berkeley Law Merit-Based Scholarship. She is Associate Editor of Berkeley Technology Law Journal and is involved with Women in Tech Law. She is currently working on a Digital Rights Project with the ACLU of Northern California.
Learn more about Hunter’s post-graduation journey through the following links:
- mission-comfort.org
- scholar.smu.edu/jour/vol6/iss1/4/
- blog.smu.edu/towercenter/2019/09/04/marian-tower-scholarship-allows-student-to-pursue-her-passion-in-spain/
Updated January 2022