The University of Wisconsin Law School’s Honors and Awards Ceremony on
The following awards were presented, listed in alphabetical order by name of award:
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Award
For dedication to Family Law and exhibiting the qualities that the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers wishes to promote in the practice of Family Law
Amber Hahn
American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Leonard Loeb Award
For excellence in the study of Family Law and dedication to community service
Rachel Abhold
Andre Saltoun Prize
For scholarship and service to the Wisconsin Law Review
Andy Declercq
Noel Spencer
Rebecca Kennedy Hamrin
Wendy Richards
Association For Women Lawyers Scholarship
For academic excellence and outstanding service to the Law School and general community
Kelly Anderson
Rachel Abhold
Barbara B. Crabb Award
For promoting the ideals of honesty, fairness, and equality
Elisabeth Stockbridge
Bercovici Prize
For excellence in the study of jurisprudence and legal philosophy
Bobak Razavi
Bernard Berk Memorial Award
For outstanding contributions to the economically disadvantaged
Megan Beaman
Bruce F. Beilfuss Memorial Award
For outstanding service to the Law School
Charles Doughty
Christopher Smithka
Elizabeth Soltis
Gretchen Cleveland
Jon Beidelschies
Paul Manrique
Sara Vanden Brook
Catherine Manning Memorial Award
For outstanding contributions to the Legal Assistance to Institutionalized Persons Program
Katie Holtz
Children's Justice Project Fellowship Award
For outstanding contributions and commitments to children's law
Jenny Zimmermann
Sara Kelton
Daniel H. Grady Award
To the top ranking student in the graduating class
Eric J. Weiss
Davis Constitutional Law Award
For excellence in the study of constitutional law
Joseph Franklin Kirgues
Gordon B. Baldwin Scholarship Award
For excellence in the study of criminal justice
Sarah Erlinder
Gwynette E. Smalley Law Review Prize
For scholarship and service to the Wisconsin Law Review
Eric Weiss
Gretchen Cleveland
Joseph Davies Award
For outstanding service to the Wisconsin Law Review by a second year student
Brad Kopetsky
Julie Strasser Scholarship
For demonstrated concern for the needy and work to benefit society
Sarah Erlinder
Katherine Held Memorial Award
For outstanding contribution to the Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender and Society
Emily Long
Travis Weller
Leon Feingold Memorial Award
For outstanding contributions to the economically disadvantaged
Christina Fok
Mary Kelly Quackenbush Memorial Award
For the outstanding student article in the Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender and Society
Maureen Atwell
Mathys Memorial Appellate Advocacy Award
To outstanding oralists in Moot Court competition
Brandon Flugaur
Luke Kohtala
Benjamin Prinsen
Mathys Memorial Award For Appellate Advocacy: Service to the Moot Court Board
For outstanding service to the Moot Court Board
Eric J. Weiss
Katherine Roberts
Melvin J. Friedman Memorial Scholarship
For exemplary work in the Wisconsin Innocence Project
Andrew Becher
Mental Health Legal Advocacy Network 2008 Student Service Award
In recognition of students who increased awareness about mental health issues and their intersection with law
Charlie Doughty
Elenora Connors
Elisabeth Stockbridge
Maria Selsor
Pro Bono Partnership Award
In recognition of service to the Law School and to the community through efforts to establish a recognized Pro Bono program that will increase civil legal services to those otherwise unable to access the justice system
Alison Volk
Bryn Heimann
Emily Gold
Gretchen Cleveland
Paul Burant
Sara Vanden Brook
Public Interest Scholar Award
In recognition of students who demonstrated academic excellence, consistent service, and dedication to a public interest career
Sarah Erlinder
Ray and Ethel Brown Award
For character, leadership, and service by first or second year students
Paul Burant
Vic Yanz
Salmon Dalberg Award
To an outstanding member of the graduating class
Barbara McCarty Conley
Sonnet Schmidt Edmonds Award
For excellence in energy law
Rachel Lauesen
State Bar of Wisconsin Environmental Essay Award
For the best student essay on environmental law
William Bettenberg
Wisconsin Association of Workers’ Compensation Scholarship
For character, leadership, and service by first or second year students
Andrea Sumpter
Renee Medved
Wisconsin Law Review Alumni Association Award
For Contribution to the Wisconsin Law Review
Britta Lindberg
Laura Schwartz
Wisconsin Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company Award
To the top ranking student in Professional Responsibilities
Scott Jess
Wisconsin Public Interest Law Foundation's Jackie Macaulay Award
For demonstrating exceptional commitment to Public Interest Law
Megan Beaman
Dean’s Academic Achievement Award
Rebecca L. Abelson
Rachel E. Abhold
Jacob J. Abrams
Michael Edward Ahrens
William Nathaniel Barron
Sara Kay Beachy
Brett Paal Belden
Katherine Lynn Bender
Ambrea J. Bigley
Kathryn Boland Botham
Katherine Kos Bruce
Dylan John Cyrus Buffum
Graham Mark Catlin
Kenneth Bo-Chih Chang
Barbara McCarty Conley
Peter Conrad
Kyle Stephen Conway
Adam Erich CrawFord
Jessica P. Culotti
Claire Patrice Dalle Molle
Gabor Danko
Andy Neill DeClercq
Sarah K. Deutsch
Michael Edward Duchek
Robert H. Ellis
Erin R. Fay
Collin Paul Fisher
Sarah Lynn Fowles
Kyle Loren Garl
John David Gentry
Kurt Thomas Gerlach
Haben Goitom
Eric Goldman
Rachel Anne Graham
Ryan Paul Haas
Joseph John Hable
Jonathan W. Hackbarth
Mia Pring Haessly
Rebecca Kennedy Hamrin
Leanne Louise Holcomb
Kathryn Anne Holtz
Craig Guiles Hubbell
Eric Norman Huston
Annie Jay
Mark T. Johnson
Adam A. Kiel
Joseph Franklin Kirgues
Fern Freedlander Knepp
Julia Kornilova
Richelle Ann Ladwig
Catherine S. Lindemann
Adam James Loomans
Michael H. Margolis
Douglas John Marsch
Brenda Rae Mayrack
Elisabeth Yandell McNeil
Deborah Carol Meiners
Aaron Arthur Mitchell
Caitlin E. Moore
David J. Moore
Michael Ryan O’Callaghan
Chijioke Ekenedilichukwu OfFor
Jonathan D. Parker
Krista R. Pleviak
Holly C. Pomraning
Sarrie Lynn Pozolinski
James M. Reeves
Wendy Rhianne Richards
Julia B. Ruff
Lucas Neal Roe
Jessica Kristine Ring
William J. Roberts
Monica SantaMarie Somohano
Mark Darren Schuman
Nicholas Jon Schwalbach
Laura Rose Schwartz
Sheila P. Simhan
Kathryn Lily Sims
Kimberly K. Smith
Katherine D. Sorensen
Noel Whitemarsh Spencer
Benjamin Paul Sykes
William James Symes
Christopher R. Thompson
Andrea Marie Toldt
Justin Wallace
Eric John Weiss
Travis J. Weller
Aaron David Werner
Amy Elizabeth Wesner
Chad J. Zimmerman
Valerie A. Zisman
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