Academic Awards Test

Awards for Distinguished Accomplishment

Presented to a member of the graduating Juris Doctor or Master of Laws class who best represents a combination of scholarship and leadership.

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.

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.

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.

Presented to the members of the graduating Juris Doctor or Master of Laws class who have undertaken extraordinary efforts to honor, assist, or otherwise support veterans and current members of the United States Armed Forces.

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.

Presented to a foreign student in the graduating Master of Laws class who contributed most to the intellectual and professional life of the law school, its students, and its faculty.

Awards for Overall Academic Excellence

Presented to the female members of the graduating Juris Doctor class in the full- and part-time courses of study who attained the highest cumulative averages in the first year.

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.

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 and in the second year, full-time course of study.

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.

Presented to the three members of the graduating Juris Doctor class who attained the highest cumulative averages in the entire course of the degree.

Presented to a member of the graduating Juris Doctor class who attained the highest cumulative average in the part-time division for the entire course of the degree.

to a member of the graduating Juris Doctor class who attained the highest cumulative average for the entire course of the degree.

Awards for Excellence in a General Field of Study

Presented to a member of the graduating Juris Doctor class who demonstrated excellence in the field of debtor and creditor law.

Presented to a member of the graduating Juris Doctor class who demonstrated excellence in the area of tort law.

Presented to a member of the graduating Juris Doctor or Master of Laws class for the best paper written in the previous year in the field of environmental law.

Presented to the members of the graduating Juris Doctor or Master of Laws class who demonstrated excellence in the field of environmental law.

Presented to a member of the graduating Juris Doctor class who demonstrated excellence in the areas of professional responsibility, ethics, and jurisprudence.

Presented to a member of the graduating Juris Doctor class who demonstrated excellence in the area of commercial law.

Presented to a member of the graduating Juris Doctor or Master of Laws class for the best paper proposing a creative solution to a serious societal problem in the United States.

Presented to a member of the graduating Juris Doctor class who demonstrated the highest overall proficiency in the area of securities law.

Presented to a member of the graduating Juris Doctor or Master of Laws class who demonstrated excellence in the area of government procurement law.

Presented to the members of the graduating Juris Doctor class who demonstrated excellence in the area of civil procedure.

Presented to a member of the graduating Juris Doctor class who demonstrated excellence in the area of constitutional law.

Awards for Excellence in Intellectual Property Law

Presented to a member of the graduating Juris Doctor class who exhibited excellence in the study of patent 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.

Presented to a member of the graduating Juris Doctor class who exhibited excellence in the study of patent and intellectual property law.

Awards for Excellence in Labor and Employment Law

Presented to a member of the graduating Juris Doctor class who demonstrated the highest overall proficiency in the area of labor law.

to the members of the graduating Juris Doctor class who demonstrated excellence in the areas of labor and employment law.

Awards for Excellence in Oral Advocacy

Presented to the members of the graduating Juris Doctor class who demonstrated excellence in the courses of Pre-Trial and Trial Advocacy.

Presented to the members of the graduating Juris Doctor class who were the winning team of the Van Vleck Moot Court Competition.

Presented to the members of the graduating Juris Doctor or Master of Laws class who represented the law school in the Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition.

Presented to the members of the graduating Juris Doctor class who were the winning team in the on-campus Giles S. Rich Memorial Moot Court Competition.

Presented to the members of the graduating Juris Doctor class who represented the law school in the Willem Vis International Arbitration Competition.

Awards for Excellence in Clinical Practice

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 personal qualities of the namesakes, both immigrants, including initiative, creativity, zeal, loyalty, and integrity.

Presented to a member of the graduating Juris Doctor class who excelled in a clinical course of law.

Presented to a member of the graduating Juris Doctor class for outstanding achievement in the criminal division of the Law Students in Court Program.

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.

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.