Law Student Life

Law School Graduate Awards

Animal Law Award

This award is given annually to one or more graduating students who have demonstrated leadership within the animal law program and who have earned the respect of peers and faculty for her/his/their commitment to advancing the field.

Madison Steffey

Irene Au-Young

Bernard F. O’Rourke Award

The O’Rourke Award is presented each year to a graduating student or students who have written the best original research paper or papers on an environmental or natural resources topic during law school.

Rachel Jennings

Lucas Williams

Evening Student Award

The Evening Student Award is conferred upon the graduating student who has the highest grade point average among those who have attended the evening program for four full years.

Cornelius Society

Members are selected by the faculty based on distinguished scholarship, leadership, and contribution to the law community.

Michael Adler	Sara Densmore	Diego Plaza
Silvia Badea	Jason Frank	Carley Pouland
Elizabeth Barankin	Nicholas Greenfield	Tania Predovic
Anders Byrnes	Chloe Johnson	Alyssa Sander
Jesse Caldwell	Cole Killion	Ethan Snyder
Mathias Chau	Cristina Kladis	Madison Steffey
Hannah Clements	Audrey Leonard	Anna Tadio
Anne Cox	Jie Lian	Theresa Turner
Audrey Davis	Bruce Myers	Reed West,
Rebeka Dawit	Carlisle Pearson	Amy Youngman

Environmental, Natural Resources, and Energy Law Leadership Award

This award is presented each year to a graduating student or students who, over the course of their studies at Lewis & Clark Law School, have made significant contributions to the school’s environmental, natural resources, and energy law program.

Amy Youngman	Sam Schnarch
Audrey Leonard	Jesse Caldwell
Hannah Clements

Williamson Public Interest Environmental Law Award

The Williamson Award is given by the Lewis & Clark Law School Environmental Alumni Association to recognize a graduate who has demonstrated commitment, vision, leadership, and creativity in the field of public interest environmental law and who plans to continue in this work after law school.

Hannah Clements

Summa Cum Laude

Honoring those graduates with a cumulative GPA of a 4.0 and above.

Meg Barankin	Jie Lian
Brittaney Bones	Declan McGarry
Hannah Clements	Sophie Shaddy-Farnsworth
Audrey Davis	Aly Sneider
Anna Fugate	Sophie von Bergen
Alison Kavanagh

Magna Cum Laude

Honoring those graduates with a cumulative GPA between 3.8-3.9.

Bridgett Buss	Cole Killion
Conor Butkus	Dustin Luettgen
Caroline Desmond	Shaun Pehl
Jason Frank	Carley Pouland
Nick Greenfield	Sean Tipton

Cum Laude

Honoring those graduates with a cumulative GPA between 3.5-3.7.

Vanessa Aaron	Tess Jacobsen	Jesse Miles	Katie Sharpless
Michael Adler	Rachel Jennings	Marc Mohan	Rachel Shinville
Robert Beaver	Rob Jones	James Molyneux-Elliot	James Smart
Ryan Bird	Maya Joslow	Colleen Munoz	Aaron Trukositz
Ollie Caron-Noble	Cristina Kladis	Steve Murphy	Michael Vafa
Kaitlynn Danlovich	Jordan Lennox	Elizabeth O’Connell	Felesha Valdez
Alex Delorenzo-Lawley	Audrey Leonard	Carlisle Pearson	Dustin Vergason
Samantha Erwin	Trinity Madrid	Lee Pierce	Annie White
Marc Gimbel	Cyd Maurer	Caroline Reed	Lucas Williams
Enya Hornbel	Shanna McCormack	Kyle Sharp	Peter Yaghmaie

Upper Division Awards

Mock Trial participant.

Justice Robert E. Jones Award

For distinction in the trial advocacy class, the Justice Robert E. Jones Award is presented each year to those students who have demonstrated outstanding achievement and promise in courtroom performance.

Law Review Excellence Award

The Law Review Excellence Award is awarded to a senior member of Environmental Law who has made a positive contribution to the Law Review as demonstrated by hard work, and superior writing or editing abilities.

Lawrence (Lee) Pierce

Community Service Honors AwardsStudent volunteers at NCVLI

The program recognizes law students who complete at least 30 hours of volunteer, non-for-credit and not-for compensation work during the year with a public interest or nonprofit organization or a government office.

Pro Bono Honors Award

Irene Au-Young	Emelie Frojen	Keegan Matosich	Sophie Shaddy-Farnsworth
Joel Avey	CJ Fuenzalida Nunez	Ian McCurley	Rachel Shinville
Anneke Banda	Kelsey Furman	Jesse Miles	Caitlin Skurky
Harrison Beck	Michelle Ganow-Jones	London Milnes	Michael Benjamin Smith
Lynette Belsky	James Garlant	Madeline Munson	Todd Smith
Colin Bradshaw	Jessica Gutierrez	Veronica Muriel-Carrioni	Veronica Smith
Olivia Buscho	Natalie Hollabaugh	Rodrigo Narbona	Aly Sneider
Mathias Chau	Brendan Hooks	Ashley Needham	Austin Starnes
Mallory Copeland	Dara Illowsky	Carrie Ng	Chelsea Stewart-Fusek
Anne Cox	Elena Itameri	Mika Obrecht	Elizabeth Stowe
Benjamin Cregger	Alison Kavanagh	Katherine O’Keefe	Anna Tadio
Adrienne Del Monte	Jordan Lee	Meghann Papsdorf	Eden Taylor
Cole Downey	Audrey Leonard	Caria (Sang Mee) Park	Theresa Turner
Lauren Faris	Jie Lian	Elizabeth Pennock	‘Ilima Umbhau
Rosalie Fatta	Heidi Logan	Lee Pierce	Genevieve Weber
Chris Fobes	Skylar Losik	Jason Robertsen	Grace White
Christopher Forrester	Sarah Malik	Sarah Rogers	Madeline Wilson
Emily Fox	Roxana Manesh	Micah Ross	Teryn Yazdani
Victoria Frankeny	Josh Masser	Emil Sadofsky

Community Service Honors Award

Soseh Axian	Kristen Holtvoigt	Alexandria McCaskill	Queen Rynders
Mara Bauermeister	Stefan Howerton	Josie Moberg	Alyssa Sander
Jessica Bowman	Elena Itameri	Hanah Morin	Simon Schiller
Elena Cajacob	Eddie Kelinsky	Victoria Muirhead	Trisha Sharma
Adrienne Del Monte	Mitchell Koellner	Haley Nicholson	Eliza Silverman
Sara Feld	Kassie Kometani	Keri Pflieger	Elie Steinberg
Hillary Fidler	Jordan Lee	Daniel Polkow	Matthew Swisher
Emelie Frojen	Alexandra Lewis	Jenna Richards	Orchid Tosh
Jessica Hetzel	Heidi Logan	Ryan Roberts	Justine Tran
Natalie Hollabaugh	Noah Maurer	Lina Rodriguez-Lancheros	Shelby Vaver

First-Year Awards

Class of 2022 at orientation.

First-Year Moot Court: Best Oral Advocates

Akriti Bhargava	Eddie Kelinsky	Meg Price
Nicky Blumm	Jennifer Knowles	Jenna Richards
Brian Bollt	Noah Maurer	Matthew Swisher
Mark Cebert	Alexandria McCaskill	Caroline Taylor
Iris Dowd	Allison Moeller	Madelyn Tillemans
Andrew Gard	Hanah Morin	Annamarie White
Marley Grenafege	Pegga Mosavi	Julia White
Rachael Grey	Haley Nicholson	Tory White
Rohan Hiatt	Bijal Patel