Graduates of 2025 Honored with Awards

Celebration was definitely in the air Saturday, May 17, as Lewis & Clark Law School held its commencement ceremony for 2025 graduates.

In addition to those who earned latin honors for high grade levels, dozens of graduates earned awards for excelling in their specialty area of law or their contributions to fellow students and the law school. Learn more about each award.

Animal Law Leadership Award

• Mei Brunson
• Suzannah Lipscomb Smith

Clinical Legal Education Association Outstanding Advocate Award

• Arlette Lozano Gonzales

Community Service Honors Award

• Weston Aron
• Kathrine F. Coonjohn*
• Megan A. Flaherty
• April Lynn Foreman
• Natalie B. Lerner
• Mallory Laine Lizana
• Nadzeya Pahodzina
• Paige Lintina Maria Tuquero Punzalan
• Ananya V. Raghavan
• Suzannah Lipscomb Smith

* Received award twice.

Cornelius Honor Society

• Brian Pangindian Aguilar
• Ricardo A. Armendariz
• Weston Aron
• Margaret Rose Baker
• Rachel J. Ballard
• Stuart C. Barker
• Victoria Alyssa Brandao
• Mei Brunson
• Martin Capuchino
• James Drenan Cole
• Ian M. Connolly
• Kathrine F. Coonjohn
• Moriah N. Daniels
• Devonne Briana Chin Dotts
• Candace Howell Finn
• Bailey Alexandra Grinter
• Ashlee L. Henry
• Miranda Renee Herreid
• Anna Hong
• Michael Forrest Johnson
• Axel Rolland Jurgens
• Lane Kadish
• Natalie B. Lerner
• Kristina Jill McVay
• Serene Joan Adele Mistkawi
• Loren Ellis Naldoza
• Carter Jane Pond
• Paige Lintina Maria Tuquero Punzalan
• Ananya V. Raghavan
• Mackenzie R. Rawlings
• Riley A. Sanders
• Patrick W. Schrader
• Suzannah Lipscomb Smith
• Katherine Elizabeth Thompson
• Amy Marie Webster
• Hayden Arthur Wyatt

Davis Wright Tremaine International Law Writing Award

• Natalie B. Lerner

Environmental, Natural Resources, and Energy Law Leadership Award

• Moriah N. Daniels

Evening Student Award

• Loren Ellis Naldoza

Jeff Jones “Nicely Done!” Award

• Brian Pangindian Aguilar
• Margaret Rose Baker
• Kathrine F. Coonjohn

Justice Robert E. Jones Award for Distinction in Trial Advocacy

• Weston Aron

Bernard F. O’Rourke Award

• Laura Kentnesse

Pro Bono Honors Program

• Chloe Adams
• Michael Brent Allen
• Weston Aron
• Chase Barnes
• Benjamin Beckman
• Cory Browning
• Mei Brunson
• Ian M. Connolly
• Kathrine F. Coonjohn*
• Moriah N. Daniels
• Ella Devine*
• Devonne Briana Chin Dotts
• Megan A. Flaherty
• April Lynn Foreman
• John Heisler
• Anna Hong
• Erica Dionne Iannitti
• Hannah Nicole Kersse
• Aaron T. Kline
• Felix R. Knoebel
• Natalie B. Lerner
• Juliette Yu-Long Liu
• Mallory Laine Lizana
• Arlette Lozano Gonzales
• Austin Christopher Magleby
• Ryan Kell Michael
• Serene Joan Adele Mistkawi
• Morgan T. Oberman*
• Nadzeya Pahodzina
• Abigail Preston
• Sarah Elizabeth Rae
• Stevie Riley
• Rachel Lyn Rosenfield
• Katelyn Marie Sundstrom
• Emilie Anne Washer

* Received award twice.

Student Bar Association Community-Building Award

• Brian Pangindian Aguilar
• Ricardo A. Armendariz
• Weston Aron
• Jennifer Catherine Louise Bass
• Liliana Casillas Gomez
• Holly Carone
• Patrick Michael Chang
• Kathrine F. Coonjohn
• Ashlee L. Henry
• Anna Hong
• Axel Rolland Jurgens
• Antonia Marcella Langowski
• Juliette Yu-Long Liu
• Kristina Jill McVay
• Valeria Picazo Zamarripa
• Paige Lintina Maria Tuquero Punzalan
• Ananya V. Raghavan
• Julia Sicard
• Amy Marie Webster

Williamson Public Interest Environmental Law Award

• Margaret Rose Baker