2009 Law Student Honors & Awards

Congratulations to the law students listed here who received academic awards during the Winter, Summer, and Fall 2008 semesters. These students were formally recognized at the Law School's annual Honors Convocation, which was held on Friday, May 8, 2009.

Henry M. Bates Memorial Scholarship
Stefan H. Atkinson
Adrienne E. Fowler
Benedict J. Schweigert

Jane L. Mixer Memorial Awards
Amy L. Cocuzza
Zoe P. Levine
Coty W. Meibeyer

Irving Stenn, Jr. Award
Stacy L. Braverman
Mary E. Hanna-Weir
Siddharth Nag

Daniel H. Grady Prize
Hyland Hunt

Class of 1908 Memorial Scholarship
Kelsey N. Arnold

Maurice Weigle Scholarship Award
Leah M. Litman

Abram W. Sempliner Memorial Award
Leah M. Litman

Sarah Honigman Memorial Award
William T. Wall

Edwin D. Dickinson Award
Louisa K. Marion

Jason L. Honigman Award
Cheryl S. Bratt
Daniel P. Rathbun

Louis Honigman Memorial Award
Sunil V. Shenoi

Clara Belfield & Henry Bates Overseas Fellowship
Priya Baskaran
Megan G. Crane
Lindsay P. Denault
Dana L. Kaersvang
Adam B. Litle
Jordan T. Long
Patrick A. Luff
Megan L. Sowards
Tiffany V. Wang
David C. Weiss
Jennifer R. Wyeth
Sumeera Younis

ABA-BNA Labor Law Award
Thomas M. Ritzert

S. Anthony Benton Memorial Award
Jennifer E. Glasser

William W. Bishop, Jr. Award
Katharine A. Wagner

The Henry M. Campbell Moot Court Competition
First Place
Usman Ahmed
Frances S. Lewis

Second Place
Isabel M. Daniels
Daniel P. Hipskind

Alden J. "Butch" Carpenter Memorial Scholarship Award
Winner
Ashley M. Brownlee

Runners-Up
Corlandos R. Scott
Taurean K. Brown

Howard B. Coblentz Prize
Maria L. Domanskis
Amie L. Medley

Roger A. Cunningham Memorial Property Prize
Leah M. Litman

Allan Lewis Kaufmann Award
Benedict J. Schweigert, for his paper " 'Now For a Clean Sweep!': Smiley v. Holm, Partisan Gerrymandering, and At-Large Congressional Elections"

Helen L. DeRoy Memorial Award
Colin P. Watson, for his paper "Limiting a Constitutional Tort Without Probable Cause: First Amendment Retaliatory Arrest After Hartman"

The Kouba Prize
European Integration Winner
Theodore P. Kill, for his paper "One For All or All For One? Member State Responsibility under Treaties Concluded Under the EC's Sole External Competence"

European Integration Runner-Up
Daniel R. Cohen, for his paper "Sanctions at a Cost: A Critique of Yusuf and Kadi "

International Peace and Security Winner
Hyland Hunt, for her paper "The Legitimacy of Counterterrorist Strikes in Somalia under International Law"

International Peace and Security Runner-Up
Rae C. Adams, for her paper "The Military Commissions Act of 2006: Violation or Development of International Law?"

Raymond K. and John R. Dykema Scholarship Award
Michigan Law Review
Dean W. Baxtresser
Lia N. Ernst
David C. Gorlin
Jacqueline D. Harrington
Frances S. Lewis
Anna E. Moschet
David M. Poell
Kathrina J. Szymborski
Sarah E. Tremont

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform
Sarah A. Bennett
Margia K. Corner

Raymond K. Dykema Scholarship Award
Thomas K. Wiesner II

Emmett E. Eagan Award
Eric M. Jones

Robert S. Feldman Labor Law Award
Amy L. Cocuzza

Fiske Award
Dana L. Kaersvang
Matthew S. Owen
Rachel R. Richards

Ralph M. Freeman Scholarship
Coty W. Meibeyer

Carl Gussin Memorial Prize
Richard M. Marsh, Jr.

Rockwell T. Gust Advocacy Award
John F. Anzelc
Ruth B. Stevenson

International Academy of Trial Lawyers Award
Zoe P. Levine

Richard Katcher Senior Tax Prize
Elizabeth C. Crouse
Kelsey N. Arnold

Jeffrey S. Lehman Legal Practice Award
Gillian L. Warmflash

Dores McCree Award
Priya Baskaran

Michigan Award
Nicole E. Dunn
Alexander S. Edelson
Frances Y. Kim
Kathryn E. Ladewski
Sean L. McGrane
Michael A. McIntosh
John K. Parsi
Megan L. Rodgers
Eli N. Savit
Nathan D. Somogie
Kate F. Stamell

Saul L. Nadler Memorial Award
Nathaniel J. Kritzer

National Association of Women Lawyers Award
Whitney A. Barkley

Jack C. Radcliffe, Jr. Award
Stefan A. Atkinson
Daniel A. Grossman
Samara K. Schwartz

The Rakow Scholarship
Bret T. Diskin

Jenny Runkles Memorial Award
Lisa W. Bauman
Samara K. Schwartz

Scholarly Writing Awards
Scott M. Ahman, for his paper "Content Restrictions in State Film Incentive Programs: Can The First Amendment Stop It?"

Benjamin R. Bradford, for his paper "Societe Generale: A Failure of Corporate Governance"

Elizabeth A. Martinez, for her paper "The Madness of Re-definition in Hamlet"

Sana Muttalib, for her paper "Sex Equality Doctrine in American and Islamic Law"

Rebecca Oyama, for her paper "Punished Communities: Discrimination Against Persons with Criminal Convictions in Federal Housing Law"

Nathan D. Somogie, for his paper "Failure of a 'Basic Assumption': The Emerging Standard for Excuse Under MAE Provisions"

Joseph Y. Wang, for his paper "The Fantastic Impossibility of Uncensored History"

Catherine E. Wooten, for her paper "Socio-Economic Rights, Their Implementation in South Africa and the Example of Maternity Benefits for the Self-Employed"

Craig Spangenberg Oral Advocacy Award
Laura J. Cunningham

E. Blythe Stason Award
Alan A. Martinson, for the article "La Faollette's Folly: A Critique of Party Associated Rights in Presidential Nomination Politics"

Eric Stein Award
David C. Weiss, for the article "The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, SEC Disgorgement of Profits, and the Evolving International Bribery Regime: Weighing Proportionality, Retribution, and Deterrence"

Juan Luis Tienda Memorial Scholarship Award
Winner
Andrea F. Hernandez

Runner-Up
Daniel Ellman

Women Lawyers' Association of Michigan Foundation
General Motors Scholar
Lauren M. Nakamura

Kimberly M. Cahill Scholar
Kathryn E. Ladewski

WLAM Foundation Scholars
Katherine H. Nielson
Veronica R. Percia

Women Lawyers of Michigan Julia D. Darlow Award
Elizabeth S. Ralph

Hessel E. Yntema Award
Rae C. Adams

Certificate of Merit Winners
Winter, Summer, and Fall 2008