UW College of Law Names Brimmer Scholars

The University of Wyoming College of Law has selected Justin Dausman and Abby Mauldin as recipients of 2026-27 Brimmer Scholarships.

The Brimmer Scholarships are the College of Law’s premier scholarships. They are awarded to students after their first two years of law school for their final year of law school. The scholarships honor the late Clarence Brimmer, a long-serving judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming.

“We are grateful for Judge Brimmer’s example of excellence and proud that our students will carry on this legacy,” says College of Law Dean Julie Hill. “Judge Brimmer’s approach to the legal career demonstrated excellence, and he encouraged excellence in his colleagues. The Brimmer Scholarships honor students who have demonstrated a commitment to excellence.”

Dausman, of Lovell, is committed to developing and using his legal skills to serve others. He already has served many clients, real and simulated, as a student attorney and legal assistant in the College of Law’s Family and Child Legal Advocacy Clinic and as a competitor in the Jessup International Moot Court Competition, the American Bar Association Negotiation Competition and the Hon. Robert Rose Jr. Voir Dire Competition. Next academic year, he will serve as an article editor of the Wyoming Law Review.

Before law school, Dausman received a B.A. in elementary education and special education from UW.

Mauldin, of Hiawassee, Ga., also will serve as an article editor of the Wyoming Law Review next academic year. She already has substantial public service experience working as an extern for the Laramie city attorney and Judge Misha Westby of Wyoming’s 2nd Judicial District. This summer, she will expand that public service experience as an intern with Judge Gregory Phillips of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit; in the fall, she will work in the College of Law’s Prosecution Assistance Program.

Before law school, Mauldin received a B.A. in psychology from Piedmont University.

The scholarship selection committee chose the scholarship winners from a pool of six finalists. The rigorous selection process includes an essay application and in-person interviews. The other finalists were Emma Bond, of Evans, Colo.; Alecxander Christensen, of Cowley; J.D. Corson, of Garrett; and Neil Markert, of Cody.

Fremont County District Judge Jason Conder, a former law clerk of Brimmer, was a member of this year’s selection committee. He describes it as “an honor and a privilege” to meet the scholarship finalists and celebrate Brimmer.

The selection committee also included Andy Brimmer, a New York businessman; Philip Brimmer, U.S. district judge for the District of Colorado; Barry Crago, a Buffalo attorney and former Brimmer law clerk; and Lily Sharpe, a Laramie attorney and former Brimmer law clerk.