2025 Academic Awards
Congratulations graduates! View the 2025 award recipients below.
Awards for Excellence in Clinical Practice
Manuel & Ana María Benítez Award for Clinical Excellence in Immigration Law
Presented to a member of the graduating Juris Doctor class who demonstrated extraordinary ability in his or her work in the Immigration Clinic and who possesses the qualities of the namesakes, both immigrants, including initiative, creativity, zeal, loyalty, and integrity.
Lily Brickman
Community Legal Clinics Volunteer Service Award
Presented to a member of the graduating Juris Doctor class who excelled in volunteering his or her time and energy to promote the goals and ideals of law in the public interest by contributing to the efforts of the Jacob Burns Community Legal Clinics.
Nina Bundy
Ori Fedida
Deborah Jaffee
The Clinical Legal Education Association Outstanding Student Award
Presented to a member of the graduating Juris Doctor class who excelled in a clinical course of law.
Kelly Hennessy
Richard C. Lewis, Jr. Memorial Award
Presented to a member of the graduating Juris Doctor class who exhibited extraordinary dedication to his or her work in the Jacob Burns Community Legal Clinics and unusual compassion and humanity toward clients and colleagues.
Anissa Tanksley
Carla Moss
Susan Jones Memorial Social Entrepreneur and Community Empowerment Award
Given to a member of the graduating Juris Doctor class who exemplifies Professor Jones' values of community empowerment, financial literacy, and social entrepreneurism.
Lauren Sturm
Awards for Distinguished Accomplishment
Justice Thurgood Marshall Civil Liberties Award
Presented to the members of the graduating Juris Doctor or Master of Laws class who demonstrated outstanding performance in and dedication to the field of civil rights and civil liberties.
Gideon Epstein
Jasmine Williams
Michael Dillon Cooley Memorial Award
Presented to the members of the graduating Juris Doctor class who shared most generously of his or her time, compassion, and vitality to aid the intellectual and spiritual growth of fellow students.
Jasmine WIlliams
National Association of Women Lawyers Outstanding Law Graduate Award
Presented to a member of the graduating Juris Doctor or Master of Laws class who contributed to the advancement of women, promoted concerns of women in the legal profession, achieved academic success, and earned the respect of the law school faculty and administration.
Sarah Gates Picchini
Robert E. Thibault & Richard B. Schenck Award for Service to the Military
Presented to a member of the graduating Juris Doctor or Master of Laws class who has undertaken extraordinary efforts to honor, assist, or otherwise support veterans and current members of the United States Armed Forces.
Luke Schlobohm
Allie Vaughn
Judge Roger W. Titus Award
Presented to a member of the graduating Juris Doctor class who seeks or obtains a federal district court clerkship and who embodies the qualities of academic excellence, personality, and humility that Judge Titus sought in his law clerks.
Elijah Pardo
The Ledakis and Weston George Washington Law Review Award
Given to a member of Law Review for excellence in authorship of a note.
Shloke Nair
Thelma Weaver Memorial Award
Presented to a foreign student in the graduating Master of Laws class who has contributed most to the intellectual and professional life of the law school, its students, and its faculty.
Enya Stephan
Awards for Excellence in a General Field of Study
Ogden W. Fields Labor Law Award
Presented to a member of the graduating Juris Doctor class who has demonstrated the highest overall proficiency in labor law.
Hannah Katz
Lawrence E. Seibel Memorial Award in Labor and Employment Law
Presented to a member of the graduating Juris Doctor class who has demonstrated excellence in the labor and employment law field.
Christina Hitchcock
Richard L. Teberg Award
Presented to a member of the graduating Juris Doctor class who demonstrated the highest overall proficiency in the area of securities law.
Michael Schulien
Henry R. Berger Award
Presented to a member of the graduating Juris Doctor class who has demonstrated excellence in the area of tort law.
Joseph Arkfeld
Chris Bartok Memorial Award in Patent Law
Presented to a member of the graduating Juris Doctor class who has exhibited excellence in the area of patent law.
Brian Smallshaw
Finnegan Prizes in Intellectual Property Law
Presented to a member of the graduating Juris Doctor or Master of Laws class who wrote the best publishable article on an aspect of intellectual property law.
Natalie Smith (1st)
Nicholas Earl Barker (2nd)
Brian Smallshaw (3rd - Tie)
Lexi Murman (3rd - Tie)
Peter D. Rosenberg Prize in Patent and Intellectual Property Law
Presented to a member of the graduating Juris Doctor class who has exhibited excellence in the study of patent and intellectual property law.
Lorna Strachan
Charles and Kathryn Miller Environmental Law Award
Presented to the members of the graduating Juris Doctor or Master of Laws class who demonstrated excellence in the field of environmental law.
Sidney Lee
Jamie Grodsky Prize for Environmental Law
Presented to the members of the graduating Juris Doctor or Master of Laws class for the best papers written in the previous year in the field of environmental law.
Coleman Wheeler
Joel B. Rosenthal Commercial Law Award
Presented to a member of the graduating Juris Doctor class who demonstrated excellence in the area of commercial law.
Lenni Elias
Howard J. Rudge Creative Solutions Award
Presented to the members of the graduating Juris Doctor or Master of Laws class for the best papers proposing a creative solution to a serious societal problem in the United States.
Yolanda Heman-Ackah
Patricia A. Tobin Government Procurement Law Award
Presented to a member of the graduating Juris Doctor or Master of Laws class who demonstrated excellence in the area of government procurement law.
Bryan Dewan
Jennie Hassler Walburn Award
Presented to the members of the graduating Juris Doctor class who demonstrated excellence in the area of civil procedure.
Erin McGuire
Imogen Williford Constitutional Law Award
Presented to a member of the graduating Juris Doctor class who demonstrated excellence in the area of constitutional law.
Daniel Cooper
Awards for Excellence in Oral Advocacy
Jacob Burns Award
Presented to the members of the graduating Juris Doctor class who were the winning team in the Van Vleck Moot Court Competition.
Claire Housley
(2024-2025)
Emma Stinson
(2024 - 2025)
Cohen and Cohen Mock Trial Award
Given to the members of the graduating Juris Doctor class who were the winning team of the Cohen & Cohen Mock Trial Competition.
Chase O'Brien
(2024)
Emma Wardour
(2024)
Judge Albert H. Grenadier Award
Given to the members of the graduating class who represented the law school at the National Moot Court Competition and the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.
Caitlin Hyers
(2024-2025)
Jasmyn Montano
(2024-2025)
Hagar Sivan
(2024-2025)
Joanne Wicki
(2024-2025)
Saksham Sabarwal
(2023-2024)
Spanogle International Commercial Arbitration Competition Award
Presented to the members of the graduating Juris Doctor class who represented the law school in the Willem Vis International Arbitration Competition.
Eric Anthony
(2024-2025)
Nawal Seedat
(2024-2025)
Raisa Shah
(2024-2025)
Melis Ulusel
(2024-2025)
Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck Award
Presented to the members of the graduating Juris Doctor class who were the winning team in the on-campus Rothwell Intellectual Property Moot Court Competition.
William Shorter
(2024)
M. Ethan Lucarelli Moot Court Award
Given to the member of the graduating class who demonstrated overall excellence in moot court competitions.
William Schubert
Awards for Overall Academic Excellence
Kappa Beta Pi Full-Time Award
Presented to the female members of the graduating Juris Doctor class in the full-time courses of study who attained the highest cumulative averages in the first year.
Lexi Orgill
Kappa Beta Pi Part-Time Award
Presented to the female members of the graduating Juris Doctor class in the part-time courses of study who attained the highest cumulative averages in the first year.
Eliza Puritz
Phi Delta Delta Award
Presented to the female member of the graduating Juris Doctor class who attained the highest average in the first semester of study for the degree.
Abigail Stein
John Ordronaux 1L Award
Presented to a member of the graduating Juris Doctor class who attained the highest cumulative averages in the first year, full-time course of study.
Lexi Orgill
John Ordronaux 2L Award
Presented to a member of the graduating Juris Doctor class who attained the highest cumulative averages in the second year, full-time course of study.
Sean Hullihan
Charles Glover Award
Presented to a member of the graduating Juris Doctor class who attained the highest cumulative average in the third year, full-time course of study.
Nicole Economou
Willard Waddington Gatchell Award
Presented to the three members of the graduating Juris Doctor class who attained the highest cumulative averages in the entire course of the degree.
Nicole Economou
Charles Arnett
Sean Hullihan
Anne Wells Branscomb Award
Presented to a member of the graduation Juris Doctor class who attained the highest cumulative average in the part-time division for the entire course of the degree.
Charles Arnett
John Bell Larner Award
Presented to a member of the graduation Juris Doctor class who attained the highest cumulative average for the entire course of the degree.
Nicole Economou