Emerson Dorsey was selected as the 2012 recipient of the Alumnus of the Year Award by the Black Law Students Association (BLSA) of the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law.
Mr. Dorsey received his Juris Doctorate in 1979 from the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, and served as President of the University of Maryland BLSA Chapter during 1978-1979. He also served on the Board of Directors of the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law Alumni Association from 1999-2010.
BLSA, founded in 1967, is a national organization with chapters at virtually every law school in the country. The University of Maryland chapter, one of the first and one of the largest, actively recruits black and other minority law students, assists them with their studies while in law school, and prepares them for the bar and, ultimately, the practice of law.