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January 7, 2026Tully Rinckey Foundation Awards Military Scholarship to Albany Law School Student
The Tully Rinckey Foundation is pleased to announce it has awarded Albany Law School student Alexa Reilly a scholarship for the Fall 2025 semester.
The Tully Rinckey Foundation Military Scholarship supports current law school students who have served or are currently serving in the military or reserves. Following a competitive application process, recipients were chosen based on their military experience, how that experience impacted their choice to attend law school and pursue a legal career, and how that legal career will be utilized to benefit other service members. By investing in the education of future lawyers who are themselves dedicated to advocating for servicemembers, the Tully Rinckey Foundation aims to create a lasting impact on the lives of military personnel and veterans. Ms. Reilly is one of three awardees of the scholarship, along with an awardee from Syracuse University College of Law, and another from The University at Buffalo.
Mathew Tully, Founding Partner of Tully Rinckey PLLC and Chairman of the Tully Rinckey Foundation, is a military veteran himself. He understands the unique challenges servicemembers face when pursuing legal careers while also serving our Country. Since 2015, the Tully Rinckey Foundation has raised more than $1 million to support various veteran-focused events and organizations.
“My journey from military service to founding a law firm was made possible by mentors and opportunity,” said Mr. Tully. “We are thrilled to award these scholarships to these deserving law students who are balancing law school and military service, and who plan to use their legal careers to assist veterans and the military community.”
Ms. Reilly spent roughly two years as a Field Artillery Officer in the United States Army before she was medically discharged. During her medical discharge process, she says she discovered her passion for helping soldiers through similar journeys of their own. While in law school, she interned with the New York State Department of Veterans’ Services where her recommendation on a Veteran’s Restoration of Honor Act application resulted in the restoration of a Veteran’s state benefits.
“I am seeing the effect my efforts can have, and none of it would have happened without my military service,” said Reilly. “I have realized now that my service never ended; it just changed.”
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