2022 Awards and Honors

Class of 2022 Excellence in Public Service

• Jordan Hughes
• Ashley Meeder

Class of 2022 Most Outstanding Contribution

• Heather Chang
• Katherine Chen

William B. Lockhart Award for Excellence in Scholarship, Leadership and Service

• Rebecca Wilton

Minnesota Law Equity & Diversity Award

• Andrés Alejo
• Yemaya Hanna

American Law Institute-Continuing Legal Education
2022 Scholarship & Leadership Award

• Katherine McCoy

Lee Bearmon Award in Legal Ethics & Professional Responsibility

• Ingrid Hofeldt

Steven M. Block Prize

• Daniel P. Suitor

Dorothy A. Lareau Award Winners
(3Ls who won the best section brief as a 1L in 2020)

• Section A: Miriam Solomon
• Section B: Alenah Luthens
• Section C: Jordan Francis
• Section D: Anne Bolgert
• Section E: Julia Quattrocchi Brady

Federal Bar Association Foundation’s Judge Edward J. Devitt Award

• Brandie Burris

Human Rights Center Outstanding Contribution Award

• Fabiola Gretzinger
• Kathryn Smith

Sidney J. Kaplan Legal Scholarship Fund

• Keenan Roarty

Target Corporation Diversity in Law Scholar

• Andrés Alejo

Mondale Hall Engagement Award

• Brigid Mary Kelly
• Patrick Riley Murray
• Hannah Stephan
• Kelly Zech

National Association of Women Lawyers Award

• Sarani Rangarajan Millican

Charles Nauen and Pati Jo Pofahl
Environmental and Energy Law Student Award

• Jordan Hughes

University of Minnesota President’s Student Leadership and Service Award

• Heather Chang (2021)
• Katherine Chen (2022)

Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA)
Outstanding Student Award

• Yemaya Hanna

Kent Wennerstrom Award

• Cameron Fox

Minnesota Law Journal of Law & Inequality

• Outstanding Editor Award
  • Brigid Mary Kelly 
• Spirit of Law & Inequality Journal Award 
  • Sharon Beck
  • Anne Bolgert
  • Jon Erik Haines
  • Haashir Lakhani
  • Rachel Pokrzywinski
  • Hannah Stephan 

Minnesota Journal of International Law

• Outstanding Editor Award
  • Mike Green

Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology

• Outstanding Editor Award
  • Emily Newman
  • Daniel Walsh
• Spirit Award
  • Jesse Smith
  • Ellen Soskin
  • Samuel C. Sylvan
  • Schuyler Troy

Minnesota Law Review

• Volume 35 & 36 Memorial Award: Excellence in Writing
  • Marra Mancina Clay
  • Miriam Solomon
  • Daniel P. Suitor
• Stinson LLP Writing Award
  • Eura Chang
  • Jordan Francis
  • Daniel Hugh Raddenbach 

Harold Will Cox Award, Best Oralist,
Maynard Pirsig Honors Tournament (2021)

• Hannah Fereshtehkhou

Clary Cup, Best Oralist (2020)

• Christopher Cerny

Dorothy O. Lareau Award, Best Brief,
Maynard Pirsig Honors Tournament (2021)

• Paige Haller

The Law School Public Service Program (LSPSP) promotes an ethic of public service in Minnesota law students and increases the availability of legal services to clients with limited access to justice. A collaborative effort of the Minnesota Justice Foundation (MJF), the Minnesota law schools, the Minnesota State Bar Association (MSBA), and legal service providers throughout Minnesota, LSPSP encourages all Minnesota law students to complete 50 hours of law-related volunteer service during their law school careers. With thanks to MJF for matching students to placements that best fit their interests and goals, we are pleased to congratulate those members of the University of Minnesota’s Class of 2022 who enthusiastically have met the Law School Public Service Program challenge.

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