TO BE ANNOUNCED MAY 2013
Congratulations to the Class of 2013 and our distinguished award winners!
Academic Honors
University Graduation Prize |
To the student with the highest academic average based on five semesters | |
Law Review Alumni Association Award |
To the student with the second-highest academic average based on five semesters | |
Law Review Alumni Association Award |
To the student with the third-highest academic average based on five semesters | |
David H. Moses Memorial Prize |
To the member of the LL.M. class with the highest academic average |
Awards for Scholarship, Academic Excellence, and Related Achievements
Frank H. Sommer Memorial Award |
For outstanding scholarship, character, and professional activities | |
Benjamin F. Butler Memorial Award |
For unusual distinction in scholarship, character, and professional activities | |
Maurice Goodman Memorial Prize |
For outstanding scholarship and character | |
George P. Foulk Memorial Award |
For outstanding sincerity and distinguished scholarship |
Awards for Service to the Law School
Vanderbilt Medals |
For outstanding contributions to the School of Law |
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Dean John Sexton Prize |
To a law student whose outstanding service to the Law School community exemplifies the values of John Sexton, former dean of the Law School and current president of New York University |
Subject Area Awards
Administrative Law Prize |
To the student who has demonstrated excellence in the field of administrative law | |
Eric Dean Bender Prize |
For a third-year student who has demonstrated a working commitment to a public service-oriented cause or project outside of and separate from the Law School commitments | |
Black, Latino, Asian Pacific American Law Alumni Association (BLAPA) Award for Clinical Service |
To a member of apalsa, balsa, lalsa, melsa, mulsa, or salsa for outstanding work in a clinical course, dedication to public service, and commitment to a career in public interest law | |
Black, Latino, Asian Pacific American Law Alumni Association (BLAPA) Public Service Graduation Prize |
Awarded to a member of apalsa, balsa, lalsa, melsa, mulsa or salsa for dedication to public service and commitment to a career in public interest law | |
Black, Latino, Asian Pacific American Law Alumni Association (BLAPA) Kim Barry '98 Memorial Graduation Prize |
Awarded to a member of apalsa, balsa, lalsa, melsa, mulsa or salsa who has demonstrated a commitment to international and human rights work and exhibits academic excellence in the best tradition of Kim Barry | |
Betty Bock Prize in Competition Policy |
To recognize a student who has excelled in the area of antitrust and competition law | |
David F. Bradford Memorial Prize |
To the student who has written the best paper in the field of taxation | |
Daniel G. Collins Prize |
To a member of the graduating class who has demonstrated excellence in the area of contract law | |
Walter J. Derenberg Prize |
For the student who achieves the highest academic grade in the area of copyright law | |
Environmental Law Prize |
To the student who has demonstrated excellence in the field of environmental law | |
Chuna David and Rose Estreicher Memorial Prize |
To a law student who has shown the greatest promise in the study of issues confronting the Jewish/Israeli peoples | |
Larry Fleisher Memorial Foundation Prize |
For extraordinary achievement in the area of sports and entertainment law | |
Hy Frankel Award in Law and Social Welfare |
For demonstrated commitment to practice in a public interest setting |
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David Friedman Memorial Award |
For outstanding achievement in evidence | |
Seymour Goldstein Memorial Prize |
For academic excellence in the area of labor relations | |
Howard Greenberger Award |
For outstanding achievement in the area of comparative law | |
Morris R. Henkin Prize |
To a student who has demonstrated excellence in the area of real estate | |
The International Human Rights Award |
To a student with an outstanding academic record in the field of international human rights law | |
Christian Jarecki Memorial Prize |
For outstanding work and commitment in a law clinic | |
Sol D. Kapelsohn Prize |
Designated by the dean for highest excellence in writing in the field of labor law | |
Jack J. Katz Memorial Award |
To the student who has demonstrated highest excellence in the field of entertainment law | |
Law and Economics Prize |
To a student who has demonstrated excellence in the area of law and economics | |
Judge Abraham Lieberman Award |
For outstanding scholarship in the area of criminal law | |
Jerome Lipper Prize |
For outstanding work in the field of international law | |
Robert B. McKay Prize in Constitutional Law |
To recognize a student who has demonstrated excellence in constitutional law throughout his or her years at the NYU School of Law | |
Gary E. Moncrieffe Award |
To the outstanding student in the area of racism and the law | |
John Bruce Moore Award |
To a student who has demonstrated excellence in the area of law and philosophy | |
Ann Petluck Poses Memorial Prize |
Designated by the dean in recognition of outstanding work in a clinical course requiring student practice | |
Harry J. Rudick Memorial Award |
To a J.D. student who has demonstrated excellence in taxation throughout his or her years at the NYU School of Law | |
Leonard J. Schreier Memorial Prize |
To a law student who has exhibited academic excellence in the area of ethics | |
Weinfeld Prize for Scholarship in Procedure and Courts |
Designated by the dean for distinguished scholarship in the area of federal courts, civil procedure, and practice, evidence and/or trial practice |
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LL.M. Specialization Awards
George Colin Award |
For distinction in the LL.M. Corporation Law program | |
George Colin Award |
For distinction in the Traditional LL.M. program | |
Frank T. Diersen Prize |
For distinction in the LL.M. Competition, Innovation, and Information Law program | |
IBRLA Award (International Business Regulation, Litigation, and Arbitration) |
For distinction in the LL.M. IBRLA program | |
Jerome Lipper Award |
For distinction in the LL.M. International Legal Studies program | |
Flora S. and Jacob L. Newman Award |
For distinction in the LL.M. International Tax program | |
Harry J. Rudick Memorial Award |
For distinction in the LL.M. Tax program |
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NYU @ NUS Singapore Program Awards
Global Business Law Prize |
For distinction in the LL.M. in Global Business Law |
Journal/Moot Court Awards
Mark Brisman '92 Moot Court Prize |
For a member of the graduating class who has made the most significant contribution to the Moot Court Board | |
Edmond Cahn Law Review Award |
To a third-year editor other than a senior editor who has contributed to the Law Review in an outstanding fashion during the third year | |
Philip Cohen Award |
For the greatest contribution by a third-year editor to the Annual Survey of American Law during the past year | |
Morton Geller Award |
To a third-year editor other than a senior editor who has contributed to the Law Review in an outstanding fashion during the third year | |
Jessup Team Award |
For participation as the representatives of the New York University School of Law in the 2011-12 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition | |
Journal of Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Prizes |
For the greatest contribution by a third-year editor to the Journal of Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law | |
| To the graduating student who has written the most outstanding note for the Journal of Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law | ||
Journal of International Law and Politics Prizes |
For the greatest contribution by a third-year editor to the Journal of International Law and Politics | |
| To the graduating student who has written the most outstanding note for the Journal of International Law and Politics | ||
Paul D. Kaufman Memorial Award |
To the graduating student who has written the most outstanding note for the Law Review | |
Seymour A. Levy Memorial Award |
To the graduating student who has written the most outstanding note for the Annual Survey of American Law | |
National Moot Court Competition Award |
For participation as the representatives of New York University School of Law in the 2011-2012 National Moot Court Competition |
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Flora S. and Jacob L. Newman Prizes |
For the greatest contribution by a third-year editor to the Journal of Law & Business during the past year | |
| To the graduating student who has written the most outstanding note for the Journal of Law & Business | ||
Flora S. and Jacob L. Newman Prize |
For the greatest contribution by a third-year editor to the Journal of Law & Liberty during the past year | |
Flora S. and Jacob L. Newman Prize |
To the graduating student who has written the most outstanding note for the Journal of Legislation and Public Policy | |
Flora S. and Jacob L. Newman Prizes |
For the greatest contribution by a third-year editor to the Review of Law & Social Change | |
| To the graduating student who has written the most outstanding note for the Review of Law & Social Change | ||
Norma Z. Paige Prize |
For the greatest contribution by an articles editor to the Annual Survey of American Law during the past year | |
Judge Rose L. & Herbert Rubin Law Review Prize |
To the graduating student who has written the most outstanding note for the Law Review in international, commercial or public law | |
The Sive, Paget & Riesel Environmental Law Journal Awards |
For outstanding contribution to the Environmental Law Journal by a third-year editor | |
| For the most outstanding note by an Environmental Law Journal member | ||
Thomas Stoddard Award |
For the greatest contribution by a third-year editor to the Journal of Legislation and Public Policy during the past year |
