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Portrait of Rojia Afshar

Honor Society® member

Rojia Afshar

Legal intern at The Office of the Attorney General

  • University of Connecticut
  • Law
  • Class of 2014
  • Hartford, Connecticut

Member since August 2014

Education

  • University of Connecticut School of Law

    LL.M.

    2012 – 2014

  • Payam-E Noor University, Tehran/Iran

    B.A. in Law

    2008 – 2012

Honors and awards

  • 2014 Clark-Janis International Scholar Prize

    This prize is awarded to a foreign student enrolled at the University of Connecticut Law School, with preference given to a student in the U.S. Legal Studies LL.M. program, for superior academic achievement.

Goals and interests

Outside the classroom

Martial Artist–competition level: TaijiQuan, TaijiJian, Bagua, certified brown belt Kick boxer; certified advanced open water scuba diver; swimmer; horse rider.

Experience

  • Legal intern

    The Office of the Attorney General

    Jan 2014 – Jul 2014

  • Program assistant

    University of Connecticut

    Jul 2013

  • Research assistant

    University of Connecticut School of Law

    Oct 2012 – May 2013

Languages

  • Persian Advanced
  • English (US) Fluent
  • Italian Intermediate