2023 Convocation Awards

Academic Awards, Overall Achievement Awards, and Awards for Service to the Law School


Convocation awards are given to graduating JD and LLM students who have excelled in their overall scholarship or in community service while at the Law School. 

You may view more details about each award below:

ACADEMIC AWARDS
Category Award Award Description Recipient:
Academic Awards Martin Lipton University Graduation Prize To the student with the highest academic average based on five semesters. Jonathan Louis Goldberg
Academic Awards Law Review Alumni Association Award To the student with the second-highest academic average based on five semesters. Adam Michael Burton
Academic Awards Law Review Alumni Association Award To the student with the third-highest academic average based on five semesters. Nicole Mo
Academic Awards David H. Moses Memorial Prize To the member of the LLM class with the highest academic average.

To Be Announced Post-Convocation
2022 Post-Convocation Recipient: Robert Levin

SCHOLARSHIP & ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARDS (JD only)

Successful nominees for the overall achievement awards will typically have a GPA of 3.5 or above or demonstrate academic excellence by earning an A+ in one or more courses.

Category Award Award Description Recipients:
Overall Achievement Benjamin F. Butler Memorial Award For exemplary distinction in scholarship, character, and integrity. In addition to superior academic achievement, the recipient demonstrates exemplary character and integrity during their time at NYU School of Law.

Kevin M. Kuate Fodouop
Nicole Mo

Overall Achievement George P. Foulk Memorial Award For distinguished academic performance and extracurricular activities.  In addition to excellence in academic endeavors, the recipient demonstrates exceptional leadership in their extracurricular professional endeavors at NYU School of Law and/or in the legal community Chi Wah Yulanda Lui
Nika D. Sabasteanski
Overall Achievement Maurice Goodman Memorial Prize For outstanding academic achievement and scholarship. This recipient demonstrates their passion for the law through intense study of a subject area resulting in publication in a scholarly journal. The recipient exhibits the promise to become a thought leader within the legal community. Connor J. Fraser
Adam Littlestone-Luria
Overall Achievement Frank H. Sommer Memorial Award For exceptional distinction in scholarship and professional excellence. This award is for a student who has achieved exceptional academic distinction and demonstrated professional excellence through participation in community or extracurricular activities. Adam Michael Burton
Elizabeth R. Crimmins

VANDERBILT MEDALS AND DEAN JOHN SEXTON PRIZE (JD & LLM, Service to the Law School)

Vanderbilt Medals and the Dean John Sexton Prize are designed to recognize students who have made a significant contribution to our community. Specifically, Vanderbilt Medals are given to several students for "outstanding contributions to the School of Law" and the Dean John Sexton Prize to a "law student whose outstanding service to the Law School community exemplifies the values of Dean Sexton."

Category Award Award Description Recipients:
Community Service Vanderbilt Medals For outstanding contributions to the NYU School of Law. This award is for students especially active in the Law School or the greater legal community. These students distinguish themselves through leadership in student organizations, community organizations and/or public service initiatives. Like its namesake, former Dean Arthur Vanderbilt, these recipients demonstrate leadership and vision in their endeavors during their time at the Law School. Aya Beydoun
Laura Ross Brawley
Abdiel Caballero
Priyanshi Mitil Chokshi
Richard Gabriel Filasol
Jeryne I. Fish
Pooja Goel
Bailey Brett Jackson
Claire Lisker
Devin Joseph McCowan
August R. Meny
Katie Zavadski
Community Service Dean John Sexton Prize To a law student whose outstanding community service to the NYU School of Law exemplifies the values of Dean Sexton. This award is for the student who clearly demonstrates a love for the Law School. Like Dean Sexton, this student’s time at the Law School was spent building community and fostering relationships across varying groups of people. The recipient continues the tradition of warmth, collegiality and community within the Law School fostered by Dean Sexton.   Arielle L. Lipan
David Evan Schulman

 

SUBJECT AREA & SPECIALIZATION AWARDS (JD & LLM)

Subject area awards are conferred for outstanding achievement in various fields of law. These awards are based on scholarly or other excellence of the type described and can include superior quality work on a paper or note.

Category Award Award Description Recipient(s):
Administrative Administrative Law Prize To a student who has demonstrated excellence in the field of administrative law. Kevin M. Kuate Fodouop
Antitrust Betty Bock Prize in Competition Policy To a graduating student who has produced an outstanding paper in the field of antitrust law and policy, with preference given to a paper of excellence not only in theory and concept but also in the tradition of taking facts seriously. Christina N. LaRitz
Civil Procedure 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. Jonathan Louis Goldberg
Adam Littlestone-Luria
Clinic Christian Jarecki '98 Memorial Prize For outstanding work and commitment in a law clinic. Justin D. McCarroll
Clinic Ann Petluck Poses Memorial Prize Designated by the dean in recognition of outstanding work in a clinical course requiring student practice.

Marisa J. Ambrogne-O'Toole
Brennan D. Bartley
Samantha Baruch
Laura Burt
Eloisa Owen Cleveland
Lara Fishbane
Vibha Kannan
Chi Wah Yulanda Lui
Mariela A. Mannion
Mac McMechan
Jacob P. Metz-Lerman
Nicola L. Morrow
Ghislaine M. Pages
Rafael Joseph Sondon
Tina J. Szpicek
Catalina Villegas Montano
Catherine G. Willis
Celine S. Zhu

Comparative Howard Greenberger Award For outstanding achievement in the area of comparative law. Efren II Rullan Resurreccion
Daniel Collins Rosenberg
Competition, Innovation, and Information Frank T. Diersen Prize For distinction in the LLM Competition, Innovation and Information Law program. To Be Announced Post-Convocation
Constitutional Leonard M. Henkin Prize For an article or note on the equal rights portion of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Devin Joseph McCowan
Constitutional Robert B. McKay Prize in Constitutional Law** To a student who has demonstrated excellence in constitutional law throughout their years at the NYU School of Law. To Be Announced Post-Convocation
2022 Post-Convocation Recipient: Arijeet Sensharma
Contracts Daniel G. Collins Prize To a member of the graduating class who has demonstrated excellence in the area of contract law. Jack Samuel
Corporate Compliance and Enforcement Corporate Compliance and Enforcement Prize To a student who has demonstrated excellence in the areas of corporate compliance, corporate enforcement, or individual liability for corporate crime or regulatory violations. Nathaniel G. Cooney
Emma H. Grover
Katie Zavadski
Corporation George Colin Award
 
For distinction in the LLM Corporation Law program. Maria Matkou
Criminal Jim Goldfarb '72 Criminal Defense Award To the JD student who best embodies the spirit and values of Jim Goldfarb '72 through their commitment and work towards social justice through Criminal Defense. Miriam Thorne
Criminal Judge Abraham Lieberman Award For outstanding scholarship in the area of criminal law. Elizabeth A. Bays
Economics Law and Economics Prize To a student who has demonstrated excellence in the area of law and economics. Kevin M. Kuate Fodouop
Edwin Hu
Employment Schulte Roth and Zabel Prize For excellence in employment and employee benefits law. Max McCullough
Grace C. O'Brien
Jack Samuel
Entertainment Jack J. Katz Memorial Award To a student who has demonstrated excellence in the field of entertainment law. Aron Lichtschein
Michael S. Modak-Truran
2022 Post-Convocation Recipient: Peter J. Schwartz
Environmental Environmental Law Prize To a student who has demonstrated excellence in the field of environmental law. Michelle Marianne Fleurantin
Nika D. Sabasteanski
Environmental Environmental Law Prize For distinction in the LLM Environmental Law program.

To Be Announced Post-Convocation

Ethics Leonard J. Schreier Memorial Prize To a law student who has exhibited academic excellence in the area of ethics. To Be Announced Post-Convocation

Evidence
David Friedman Memorial Award For outstanding achievement in evidence. Vibha Kannan
2022 Post-Convocation Recipient: Brian C. Cross
Human Rights International Human Rights Award To a student with an outstanding academic record in the field of international human rights law. Belén Alejandra Aguinaga Aguinaga
 
IBRLA International Business Regulation, Litigation, and Arbitration Award For distinction in the IBRLA program. Bojana Bilankov
Zongyao Li
Intellectual Property Walter J. Derenberg For outstanding achievement in the area of intellectual property law. Daniel N. Cohen
Navya Dasari
International Jerome Lipper Award For distinction in the LLM International Legal Studies program. To Be Announced Post-Convocation
2022 Post-Convocation Recipients: Katarina M. Sydow
                                                         Sharngan Aravindakshan
International Jerome Lipper Prize For outstanding work in the field of international law. Daniel Collins Rosenberg
Jewish/Israeli Relations 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. Tal Fortgang
2022 Post-Convocation Recipient: Gary M. Dreyer
LACA Clinical Service Convocation Award Awarded to a graduating member of APALSA, BALSA, LaLSA, MELSA, or SALSA who is an outstanding member of a clinic, has proven their dedication to public service, and plans to pursue a career in public interest law. Chi Wah Yulanda Lui
Justin D. McCarroll
LACA Kim Barry '98 Memorial Convocation Prize Awarded to a graduating member of APALSA, BALSA, LaLSA, MELSA, or SALSA who has demonstrated a commitment to international and human rights work and exhibits academic excellence in the best tradition of Kim Barry. José Alexander Mason Pazmiño 
LACA Public Service Convocation Prize Awarded to a graduating member of APALSA, BALSA, LaLSA, MELSA, or SALSA who has proven their dedication to public service and who plans to pursue a career in public interest law. Celine S. Zhu
LACA Calisha Myers '15 Memorial Convocation Award

Awarded to a graduating JD member of the AnBryce Scholarship Program, Law Review, APALSA, BALSA, LaLSA, MELSA, SALSA, or Women of Color Collective (WoCC) who exemplifies the values and ideals by which Calisha lived her life at NYU Schoo Law School—leadership, humility, mentorship, and community service.

Kevin M. Kuate Fodouop
Law and Business Charles D. Klein '63 Law and Business Award For demonstrated excellence in combining the analysis of legal issues and business issues. Elizabeth R. Crimmins, JD
Maxime Laurent, LLM
Law and Business NYU Pollack Center for Law and Business SEED Award for Original Research For excellence in self-directed research utilizing the NYU Securities Enforcement Empirical Database. Emad Almazyad
Martun Stepanyan
Law and Social Enterprise White & Case Award in Law & Social Entrepreneurship
 

For academic excellence and demonstration of a strong commitment to the field of law and social entrepreneurship.

Isabella Lorduy
Eli Wallach
Law Education Aleta Estreicher Graduation Prize To the JD student who best displays the potential for effective, dedicated, humane law teaching in the spirit of Professor Aleta G. Estreicher (Bryn Mawr '70, Columbia Law School '81).  Clayton Glenn Halbert
Law Women/ WoCC Jeannie Forrest Women in Leadership Award To a graduating student member of Law Women or the Women of Color Collective who has demonstrated exceptional leadership and initiative during their time at NYU School of Law.

Arianna F. Scott

LLM George Colin Award For distinction in the Traditional LLM program.
 
To Be Announced Post-Convocation
Philosophy John Bruce Moore Award To a third-year JD student who has demonstrated excellence in the area of law and philosophy. Daniel Putnam
Public Service 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 NYU School of Law commitments.

Bailey Brett Jackson
Justin D. McCarroll
Tina J. Spzicek

Public Service Public Interest Prize for LLMs For an LLM student who has demonstrated a clear commitment to a public service-oriented cause or project outside of and separate from any NYU School of Law or admission requirement.

Belén Alejandra Aguinaga Aguinaga
Gustavo Chimure Jacomassi
Aloysia Huynh Sonnet

Race Relations Gary E. Moncrieffe Award To the most outstanding student in the area of racism and the law. To Be Announced Post-Convocation
Real Estate Morris R. Henkin Prize To a student who has demonstrated excellence in the area of real estate. Rafael Joseph Sondon
 
Rights of People with Disabilities Jessica Klurfeld Prize Awarded annually for an excellent student paper or clinical work concerning the rights of individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities.

Alice P. Murphy

Sports and Entertainment Larry Fleisher Memorial Foundation Prize For extraordinary achievement in the area of sports and entertainment law. Juan Pastor Merchante
Taxation
 
David F. Bradford Memorial Prize
 
To a student who has written the best paper in the field of taxation. To Be Announced Post-Convocation
Taxation Flora S. and Jacob L. Newman Award For distinction in the LLM International Tax program. Takato Masuda
Jonathan Jakob Wilhelm Seebach
 
Taxation Harry J. Rudick Memorial Award To a JD student who has demonstrated excellence in taxation throughout their years at NYU School of Law. Sean Largey
Taxation Harry J. Rudick Memorial Award For distinction in the LLM Tax Program. Xinyue (Riley) Ji
Jonathan C. Nickas
JOURNAL/MOOT COURT AWARDS
Journal Award Award Description Submit Nominations To:
Annual Survey of American Law Philip F. Cohen Award For the greatest contribution by a third-year editor to the Annual Survey of American Law during the past year. Talia Neta Lorch
Annual Survey of American Law Seymour A. Levy Memorial Award To a graduating student who has written the most outstanding note for the Annual Survey of American Law. Alexander Sim
Annual Survey of American Law Norma Z. Paige Prize For the greatest contribution by an articles editor to the Annual Survey of American Law during the past year. Emily A. Espinel
Environmental Law Journal Sive, Paget and Riesel Environmental Law Journal Award For outstanding contribution to the Environmental Law Journal by a third-year editor. Ryan McCrorey
Journal of International Law and Politics Journal of International Law and Politics Prize For the greatest contribution by a third-year editor to the Journal of International Law and Politics. Caroline M. Newman
Journal of International Law and Politics Journal of International Law and Politics Prize To a graduating student who has written the most outstanding note for the Journal of International Law and Politics. Daniel Collins Rosenberg
Journal of Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Journal of Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Prize For the greatest contribution by a third-year editor to the Journal of Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law. Adrian Chochorek
Journal of Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Journal of Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law Prize To a graduating student who has written the most outstanding note for the Journal of Intellectual Property and Entertainment Law. Ananya Pillutla
Journal of Law and Business Flora S. and Jacob L. Newman Prize For the greatest contribution by a third-year editor to the Journal of Law & Business during the past year. Caroline Bakewell
Journal of Law and Business Flora S. and Jacob L. Newman Prize To a graduating student who has written the most outstanding note for the Journal of Law & Business. No 2023 Recipient
Journal of Law and Business NYU Pollack Center for Law and Business Award for Journal Achievement To a graduating editor and member of the Board of Editors, who has contributed to the Journal of Law & Business in an outstanding manner during the third year. Eli J. Silverman
Journal of Law and Business NYU Pollack Center for Law and Business Award for Journal Distinction To a graduating editor, other than a senior editor, who has contributed to the Journal of Law & Business in an outstanding manner during the third year. Brian David Sims
Journal of Law and Liberty Flora S. and Jacob L. Newman Prize For the greatest contribution by a third-year editor to the Journal of Law & Liberty. Vince G. Puzak
Journal of Law and Liberty Flora S. and Jacob L. Newman Prize To the graduating student who has written the most outstanding note for the Journal of Law & Liberty. Tal Fortgang
Journal of Legislation and Public Policy Thomas Stoddard Award For the greatest contribution by a third-year editor to the Journal of Legislation and Public Policy. Laura Ross Brawley
Journal of Legislation and Public Policy Flora S. and Jacob L. Newman Prize To a graduating student who has written the most outstanding note for the Journal of Legislation and Public Policy. Alex Jonlin
Law Review 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. Michael Brandon Hengerer
Jack C. Hipkins
Law Review 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. Anne R. Goodman
Law Review Paul D. Kaufman Memorial Award To a graduating student who has written the most outstanding note for the Law Review. Nika D. Sabasteanski
Law Review Judge Rose L. and Herbert Rubin Law Review Prize To a graduating student who has written the most outstanding note for the Law Review in international, commercial, or public law. Kevin M. Kuate Fodouop
Jonathan Louis Goldberg
Moot Court Board Order of Barristers

The Order of Barristers is a national honorary organization devoted to the development of oral advocacy and brief-writing skills through law school appellate moot court programs.

Soleil X Ball Van Zee
Emma Claire Becker
Nathaniel J. Brodsky
Matthew E. Dorfman
Mariam Ehrari
Christina N. LaRitz
Angela Neeley
Bex Rothenberg-Montz
Matthew Mendoza Uvas
Catherine G. Willis

Moot Court Board Jessup Team Award For participation as the representatives of NYU School of Law in the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. Iniki E. Mitchell
Daniel Collins Rosenberg
Stefan Sultan
Moot Court Board National Moot Court Competition Award For participation as the representatives of NYU School of Law in a National Moot Court Competition. Soleil X Ball Van Zee
Conner Kozisek
Elizabeth Rose Lewis
Claire Lisker
Daniel Garrett Silbert
Matthew Mendoza Uvas
Moot Court Board Lawrence Green '77 Prize To a graduating student who has written the most outstanding moot court problem for the NYU Moot Court Casebook, and to the principal editor of that problem. Christopher Ian Taylor
Moot Court Board 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. Bex Rothenberg-Montz
Review of Law and Social Change Flora S. and Jacob L. Newman Prize For the greatest contribution by a third-year editor to the Review of Law & Social Change. Lauren E. Glasby
Review of Law and Social Change Flora S. and Jacob L. Newman Prize To the graduating student who has written the most outstanding note for the Review of Law & Social Change. Abigail K. Nyberg
Review of Law and Social Change Review of Law and Social Change Innovation and Creativity Award To a graduating student who broadens the horizons of the Review of Law & Social Change and advances the mission of the journal. Ghislaine M. Pages
Review of Law and Social Change Review of Law and Social Change Stewardship Award To a graduating student who has exhibited exemplary leadership with peers and colleagues on the Review of Law & Social Change in the service of producing the highest quality legal scholarship. Aha In Lee
**Winner of the Robert B. McKay Prize will also be awarded the Wickersham Prize

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