In brief: news and accolades from the law school community
Faculty and Staff
Mario Barnes co-authored .
Bill Bailey, director of Trial Advocacy and professor, received Philip A. Trautman Small Section Professor of the Year Award. He also authored “Lessons From Pop Culture: What The School of Rock Can Teach The School of Law” in the Journal of Legal Education.
Melissa Berry, assistant dean for Student & Career Services, was elected to the Executive Committee of the Student Services Section of AALS. Berry also presented at 2018 National Association of Law Student Affairs Professionals (NALSAP) Conference, Association of Academic Support Professionals (AASE) Sixth Annual Conference, Legal Master’s Programs for Non-Lawyers Second Annual Conference, Women Making Waves Conference: Building Success Through Resilience and the Association of American Law Schools, 2018 Annual Conference.
Karen Boxx, professor, was named to the .
Steve Calandrillo, Jeffrey & Susan Brotman Professor, authored “High Standards: The Wave of Marijuana Legalization Sweeping America Ignores the Hidden Risks of Edibles,” forthcoming in the Ohio St. Law Journal with recent graduate Katelyn Fuller. He also received a Philip A. Trautman Professor of the Year Award.
Ryan Calo’s essay “Artificial Intelligence Policy: A Primer and Roadmap” was selected for the 8th Annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers and presented at a ceremony at the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, D.C. Calo is the Lane Powell & D. Wayne Gittinger Endowed Professor.
Eric Eberhard, affiliate professor, received the for Excellence in Federal Indian Law.
Jennifer Fan, director of the Entrepreneurial Law Clinic and assistant professor, was selected to participate in the UW Leadership Excellence program.
Peggy Jarrett, head of Collection Development, has received the 2018 Robert L. Oakley Advocacy Award from the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL).
Richard Jost, director of the Ƶ Librarianship Program, received the 2018 Renee D. Chapman Memorial Award for Outstanding Contributions in Technical Services Law Librarianship from the Technical Services Special Interest Section Awards Committee.
Elana Matt joined Ƶ Student and Career Services as the new Director of Professional Development.
Sandra Morriss, career coach and academic adviser, won the SBA Employee of the Year Award.
Huy Nguyen was named the new director of the William H. Gates Public Service Law program.
Anita Ramasastry, Dean Emeritus Roland L. Hjorth Professor of Law, was cited in Justice Sotomayor’s dissent in the Supreme Court case Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC.
Kathryn Watts, Jack R. MacDonald Endowed Chair and professor, was elected to serve as a public member of the Administrative Conference of the US (ACUS). She also received a Philip A. Trautman Professor of the Year Award.
Peter Winn was cited by Justice Thomas in his dissent in the Supreme Court case Carpenter v. United States.
Students
Connie Cheng, rising 2L, was awarded the Seed IP Law Group Founders Scholarship.
Rachael Clark, rising 2L, was named a Practice Pro Diversity Scholar.
Danny Waxwing was named a 2018 Equal Justice Works Fellow.
Michelle Hur and Ryan Gompertz, recent JD graduates, were awarded the Clinical Legal Education Association’s (CLEA’s) Outstanding Student Award for the 2017-18 academic year.
Commencement 2018 Honors and Awards
Juris Doctor
Dean’s Medalists
- Ben Crozier
- Madeline Lamo
Eugene Wright Scholars
- Katherine Shattuck Gabriel (2017)
- Alexander Arkfeld (2018)
School of Law Gonfalonier
- Leslie X. Wu
Hugh Miracle Opening Statement Winners
- Nitika Arora
- Theodore Shaw
Jack MacDonald Merit Award
- Miles Bludorn
- Kendel L. Froese
- Crystal Pardue
John C. Coughenour Best Oral Advocate Award
- Theodore Shaw
Spirit of Alena Suazo Award
- Minjung (Michelle) Hur
William L. Dwyer Jury Project Award
- Ben Crozier
- Madeline Lamo
WSMJC Justice Charles Z. Smith Award
- Nico Quintana
Order of the Barristers
- Sarah Aitchison
- Nitika Arora
- CaroLea Casas
- Jacob Dini
- Nathan Frei
- Gabrielle Hanna
- Eric Kohan
- Rosa Ostrom
- Theodore Shaw
- Stephan Yhann
Pro Bono Student of the Year
- Ari Robbins
Honorable Mention
- Sarah Aitchison
Pro Bono Honors Recipients
- Kelsey Armstrong-Hann
- Courtney Blackburn
- César José Hernández Bonezzi
- Alexandra Burton
- Omar Cojulun
- Anna Faoro
- Kendel L. Froese
- Jenna Gustafson
- Alison Harper
- Adam Haynie
- Alexis Howell
- Miki Hoy
- Minjung (Michelle) Hur
- Annika Kaufman Perkins
- Devin Kesner
- Charles King
- Julia Michel
- Michael Mohan
- Muriel Moore
- Katrina Outland
- Derek Peterson
- Jessica Puckett
- Nico Quintana
- Michael Rebagliati
- Susana Ruiz
- Kyle Schroeder
- Katherine Shattuck Gabriel
- Christina Weidner
- Danny Waxwing
Justice Charles Z. Smith Public Service Award
- Alison Harper
- Theodore Shaw
SBA Award for Student Service
- Mary Opler
- Christina Weidner
Graduate Program
PhD Program Outstanding Dissertation Award
- Haroun Rahimi
Asian and Comparative Law LLM Academic Excellence Award
- Melissa Chyun Yea Tseng
General Law LLM Academic Excellence Award
- Ariane Lefrançois
Leadership Award
- Eric Zhengchao Liu
Global Business Law LLM Academic Excellence Award
- Evelyn Guesser Ascenço
- Paula Pera Czollak
- Misae Fukanuma
Health Law LLM Academic Excellence Award
- Julie K. Smith
- Jaclyn Greenberg
Intellectual Property Law and Policy LLM Academic Excellence Award
- Kristin Whinfrey
- Alexis Liistro
- Lin Li
Spirit of Excellence Award
- Xiaohan Lei
Sustainable International Development LLM Academic Excellence Award
- Margaret Cowen Schmidt
- Pagamsuren Lkhagvasuren
Roy Prosterman Leadership Award
- Sara K. Parker
- Adaobi Egboka
Taxation LLM Academic Excellence Award
- Kaitlyn Kelly
Master of Jurisprudence Academic Excellence Award
- Yuliya Cheung
Spirit of Excellence Award
- Zachary Hudgins
Pro Bono Honors Recipient
- Eric Zhengchao Liu
Class notes
Andreas Kaltsounis ’99 joined BakerHostetler’s Privacy and Data Protection practice.
David Brandon ’12 was recognized as Attorney of the Year by Lewis & Clark Law School’s Small Business Legal Clinic.
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