Student Awards
The following is a list of awards given out during Commencement:
academic awards
University Graduation Prize (J.D. students)
To the student with the highest academic average based on five semesters
Law Review Alumni Association Award (J.D. students)
To the student with the second-highest academic average based on five semesters
Law Review Alumni Association Award (J.D. students)
To the student with the third-highest academic average based on five semesters
David H. Moses Memorial Prize (LL.M. students)
To the member of the LL.M. class with the highest academic average
Awards for Scholarship, Academic Excellence, and Related Achievements (j.d. students)
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 (j.d. and ll.m. students)
Vanderbilt Medals
For outstanding contributions to the School of Law J.D. and LL.M. students
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 (j.d. and ll.m. students)
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 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
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
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
Daniel G. Collins Prize
To the member of the graduating class who has demonstrated excellence in the area of contract law
Environmental Law Prize
To the student who has demonstrated excellence in the field of environmental law
Chuna David and Rose Estriecher Memorial Prize
To a law student who has shown the greatest promise in the study of issues confronting the Jewish/Israeli peoples
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
Leonard M. Henkin Prize
An annual prize to be awarded for an article or note on the equal rights portion of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
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
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
John Perry Prize
For the student who exemplifies all the civil liberties/civil rights values that John believed in and held dear to his heart
Ann Petluck Poses Memorial Prize
Designated by the Dean in recognition of outstanding work in a clinical course requiring student practice
Public Interest Law Prize
For demonstrated commitment to practice in a public interest setting
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
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
Leonard J. Schreier Memorial Prize
To a law student who has exhibited academic excellence in the area of ethics
specialization awards (LL.M. students)
George Colin Award
For distinction in the LL.M. Corporation Law 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 Tax Program
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 2009-10 Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition
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
Awarded for participation as the representatives of the New York University School of Law in the 2009-10 National Moot Court Competition
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 & Public Policy during the past year