<p>Keisha Stokes, valedictorian at Jackson State University, hopes one day to be president of Jackson State or the first dean of a proposed Jackson State University Law School. She plans to continue her education at Harvard Law School....</p>
<p>Stokes, a native of Jackson, Miss., who majored in history education, is becoming a first-year law student at Harvard Law School. She said she would one day like to work for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.</p>
<p>Stokes distinguished herself as a Presidential and Honors College Scholar, and has made the President's List every semester. She holds membership in Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Alpha Theta, Alpha Lambda Delta and Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. She scored in the 85th percentile on the Law School Admissions Test and in the 95th percentile on the Praxis assessment tests used as part of the teaching licensing certification process.</p>
<p>Stokes chose Harvard over such universities as Georgetown, Yale and Texas Southern universities, where she was also accepted. It is a national program and allows better mobility than a regional law school like Ole Miss, she stated.</p>
<p>The future lawyer graduated summa cum laude as class valedictorian, compiling a perfect 4.0 grade point average. She managed to graduate a year early by completing two semesters during four summer school sessions.</p>
<p>Jackson State has well prepared me for the future. I just have to be secure in myself and do my best, she said...." </p>