At Convocation 2026, NYU Law students received congratulations from the donors who helped make their education possible.
KENNETH AND KATHRYN CHENAULT SCHOLAR Princess Jayla Thi Dyer was hooded by NYU Law Trustee Kathryn Chenault ’80.TREVOR MORRISON SCHOLARS Sophia Griffith-Gorgati and Alessandra Quattrocchi were hooded by Dean Emeritus Trevor Morrison, Eric M. and Laurie B. Roth Professor of Law.HONORABLE ANTHONY P. SAVARESE SCHOLAR Theodore Kupfer was hooded by LAA President Ayana Free Hardy ’07.LATINX SCHOLAR Asha Ramachandran with Assistant Dean for Public Service Lisa Hoyes ’99.STUART Z. KATZ SCHOLAR Baaba Abaka-Yankson was hooded by Stuart Katz ’68.LISA MARIE BOYKIN SCHOLARS Adjoa Walker and Janée Dennis were hooded by NYU Law Trustee Lisa Marie Boykin ’95.MARIE AND PAUL NAPOLI SCHOLAR Ian Anderson was hooded by Marie Napoli LLM ’01.ADINA SAVIN SCHOLAR Cordelia Bell was hooded by Adina Savin ’74.JOHN SEXTON SCHOLARS Back row: Jonah Harwood, Yakov Greenberg, AoYang Guan, and Sydney Curtis. Front row: Yichen Liang, Katherine Guyot, Hannah Langsam, John Sexton, Aidan Farmer, and Jessica Ford. The graduates were hooded by John Sexton, NYU president emeritus, NYU Law dean emeritus, and Benjamin F. Butler Professor of Law.DERRICK BELL SCHOLARS FOR PUBLIC SERVICE (LACA) Rita Wang, Emily Luong, Toella Pliakas, and Priya Prasad were hooded by Dr. Janet Dewart Bell.BETH KATZOFF AND TREVOR MORRISON SCHOLA WITHIN THE ANBRYCE PROGRAM Isaiah Fisher was hooded by Beth Katzoff and Dean Emeritus Trevor Morrison, Eric M. and Laurie B. Roth Professor of Law.ROOT-TILDEN-KERN SCHOLARS Back row: Professor Daniel Harawa; Sunil Tohan (Filomen M. D’Agostino Scholar in Civil Rights, Civil Liberties and/or Criminal Justice); Charlotte Biren (Sullivan & Cromwell Public Interest Scholar); Ryen Diaz (WilmerHale Scholar); Ernesto Casillas (Starr Foundation Scholar); Benjamin Perelmuter; Brianna Sturkey (Furman Academic Scholar); Larissa Archondo (Lindemann Family Public Service Scholar); and Andy Williams ’02, director, Lawyering Program. Front row: Grace Western (Filomen M. D’Agostino Scholar in Women and Children’s Rights); Danielle Miles-Langaigne (Filomen M. D’Agostino Scholar in Women and Children’s Rights); Mahalia Mathelier (Filomen M. D’Agostino Scholar in Civil Rights, Civil Liberties and/or Criminal Justice); Eleni Reynolds; Lisa Hoyes ’99, assistant dean for public service; Sarika Ram; Emily Luong (Dr. Milton and Fradie Kramer Scholar); Alberta Born-Weiss (Filomen M. D’Agostino Scholar in Women and Children’s Rights); and Aarya Chidambaram (Sinsheimer Public Service Scholar).HAUSER GLOBAL SCHOLARS Back row: Nadia Kuzniar; Jose Moreno; Yarden Shohat; Christopher McCardle; Jinzhao Yu; and Kevin Davis, Beller Family Professor of Business Law. Front row: Chima Uzochukwu-Obi, Roya Malikzade, Sandra Peniche Franco, and Fátima Benavides Maza.JACOBSON PROGRAM IN LAW & BUSINESS SCHOLARS Back row: Stephanie Vega, Nicole Jaiyesimi, Jordan Hanyi Yu, Sarah Mihm, Julian Bangash, Jason Katz, and Nikita Bogdanov. Front row: Liam Kim; Michelle Lu; Florencia Marotta-Wurgler ’01, Boxer Family Professor of Law; Chuqiao Liu; and Baaba Abaka-Yankson.GARY E. SNYDER SCHOLARS Hillary Waterstreet and Alejandro Villalobos were hooded by Gary Snyder LLM ’73.FAYE ALBERT ABSHER SCHOLARS Mia Pangasnan-Ruddock and Kade Bouwer were hooded by NYU Law Trustee David Katz ’88 and Cecilia Absher.ANBRYCE SCHOLARS Back row: Herber Banda-Cruz (William Randolph Hearst Foundation Scholar), Isaiah Fisher (Beth Katzoff and Trevor Morrison Scholar), Andrew Vuong, Vanessa Attah (Jacob Marley Foundation Scholar in memory of Christopher Quackenbush ’82), and Ashiley Lee (Clifford Chance Scholar). Front row: Princess Jayla Thi Dyer (Kenneth and Kathryn Chenault Scholar), Yashica Kataria, Ashley Christy Alphonse, NYU Law Trustee Anthony Welters ’77, Beatrice Welters, Jessica Lange, Tyler Rodriguez, and Gayoung Choi (Charles Klein Scholar).
