Luke Ragland, a Dolores High School Graduate, graduated on May 11 at the top of his class from the University of Colorado Law School in Boulder, Colo.
Ragland was chosen as a University Pacesetter at CSU. This is a homecoming award given each year to 4 students out of the entire university for academic excellence and leadership.
Ragland accomplished many goals during his college career, including being chosen by the Political Science faculty at CSU as the outstanding Political Science Student his junior year.
He was the key player in defeating a $34 million dollar tuition increase initiated by CSU at the state legislature. He worked in the influential White House Office of Political Affairs as a White House Intern and wrote political briefs read by the President and other high-level executive officials.
During law school he received several scholarships, including the Schultz Wildcatter Scholarship, which covered full tuition for his third year.
He was selected to become a member of the Colorado Law Review, and elected as articles editor by his peers. Ragland was ranked in the top 22 percent of his class in law school.
Ragland will be married in August, and will start work for a commercial litigation firm in Denver in September.
