Degree Candidate Recognition Ceremony
Sunday, May Twelfth, Two Thousand Twenty-Four
Emory University School of Law The Twelfth of May Two Thousand Twenty-Four
Table
Degree Candidates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Honors, Awards, and Prizes 8 Alma Mater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Diploma Ceremony
of Contents
Faculty Marshal
Professor Fred Smith
Order of Procession
Student Marshal
Faculty Marshal
Dean of Emory University School of Law
Emory Law Advisory Board Chair
Emory Law Alumni Board President
Most Outstanding Professor
Charles Howard Candler Professor of Law
Music
Invocation
Welcome
Awards Presentation
Recognition of Graduates
Student Marshal
Sydney Annette McCabe •• Bearer of the Emory Law Gonfalon
Order of Exercises
Patrick Osborne, Drummer
Robert Sloane, Piper
Margo A . Bagley
Vice Dean and Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law
Mary Anne Bobinski
Dean and Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law
Provost's Distinguished Teaching Award for Excellence in Graduate and Professional Education
Adjunct Teaching Award
Most Outstanding Third-Year Student Award
Most Outstanding Professor Award
Dean Mary Anne Bobinski
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Recognition of Graduates
Graduates will receive one of the following degrees, in no particular order:
Doctor of Juridical Science
Juris Doctor
Doctor of Law and Master of Business Administration
Doctor of Law and Master of Public Health
Doctor of Law and Certificate in Transactional Law and Skills
Doctor of Law and TI:GER Program Certificate in Intellectual Property
Master of Laws
Juris Master
Alumni Association Welcome
Closing Remarks and Recessional
Alma Mater
Ian Levin 92L
Emory Law Advisory Board President
Mary Anne Bobinski
Dean and Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Law
George B . Shepherd Professor of Law
Presentation to the president, by Dean Mary Anne Bobinski, of candidates for the degree of juris master, master of laws, doctor of juridical science, and doctor of law; conferral of the degrees by the president
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Juris Master
Eugenia Naa Shormeh
Addie-Noye
Maggie Bargouti **
Edwin Borbon **
Dianne McClintock Callahan
Lina Christian
Marc Deshaies
Ryan Downs **
Master of Laws
Immaculate Adams
Laura Cecilia
Albarran Romero **
Pamela Bispo Da Silva **
Laura Castillo Sepulveda
Degree Candidates
Kyra La Sha Dunson *
Ericka Monique Dupclay
Kesha Durante
Shantae Elliott
Amber Galford
Latoya Tamika Harris
Markeita Hope
Morieka Valencia Johnson
Patt Jones Sox **
Michael Kaluzny *
Felicia D . Kenan *
Brie Lockhart
Lynn Magee
Kajal Patel
Carondelet A Price
Patrice Alicia Rabathaly *
Jusufu Sirleaf
Christian Theis Salamanca
Sam Day **
Joseph Evans
Chama Ibrahim **
Jama Ibrahim
Amber Jones
Doctor of Juridical Science
Youyang Lin **
Brian Marienga
Luise Oppermann
Alona Salzman Luwisch **
Wa Tshimbombu **
Akshaya Venkatakrishnan
Jianxin Yang
Xiaoyue Yu
Mohammed Kamran Zahid
Hajira Zia
Major Coleman Ariel Jack Liberman ** Ashish Makhija ** Adefemi Yekinni **
Doctor of Law and Master of Business Administration
Sharon Chen ••**
Doctor of Law and Master of Public Health
Kendall Schutzer •** Nick Smith •**
* Graduated August 2023 ** Graduated in December 2023 • Honors •• High Honors
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Degree Candidates
Doctor of Law and Certificate in Transactional Law and Skills
Christian Adams •
Chinelo Adi
Victor Andrade •
Drew Elizabeth Beaty
Sam Berry ••
Bien Billedo •
Olivia Claire Browne
Diego Bueno
Madelyn Cameron ••
Alexandra Carmon
Lu Cheng
Natalie Costero
Katherine Cruz •
Paige Daniel
Olivia Dibb
Kyle Anthony Dlugopolski •
Lilliam M . Drenth •
John Ellison •
Venus Sara Esfandiari
Liam Evans
Jerome Felton •
Justin Kane Fischer •
Samantha Franco •
Alyssa Frost
Celia Golod ••
Jacqueline Christine Graves •
Caleb Hain ••
Hayden H Hall •
Razzain Haque •
Sydney Harley
Isabella Primrose Hartman
Emily Lorraine Harvey ••
Kristen Hobbs •
Lauren Alexis Hopkins •
Eric Colby Kaden •
Jenny Kim
Mhakai Miles Edward King
Camille Konopka •
Ryan Daniel Levin
Joshua Lozier
Anna Lu •
Sydney Annette McCabe ••
Gareth McHugh ••
Ted McManus
Nicolas Meade
Astrid Monroig
Lauryn Morris •
Astoneia Octavia Moss
Zachary Musser ••
Alexander Thomas Nani
Dalton Nycz
Aniket Pai ••
John Pairitz
Hannah Pastore
Raquel Penalver Bartolome
Michelle Jennifer Podolnyy
Jordan Pool ••
Doctor of Law and TI:GER™ Program Certificate in Intellectual Property
Sofia Aldas •
Drew Elizabeth Beaty
Michael Carter •
Jonathan D . Craig-Mendes
Margaret Graham Dowling
Lenval Duffus
Liam Evans
Anshu Garg •
Karina Glushchak •
Jacqueline Christine Graves •
Duresa Hinika II
Hannah Hurley •
Eleanora Kamerow
Christopher John Katrakis •
Jiah Kim
Alaiya Kollie
Sarah Jane Lo
Xander Melnick
Gianna MercandettiWorthington •
Jerome Miller
Dalton Nycz
Sanjana V. Pai •
Vishal Vipul Patel •
Raquel Penalver Bartolome
Alexia Planos
Sonal Rastogi
Akarshna Premanand
Luisa Ramirez Huertas
Robert Schmidt •
Sam Jacobs Schmuel
Ethan Schnaper
Leah Erin Shelton •
Jamie Sipp
Aaron Slann
Reed Wilson Taylor •
Madison Jewel Thibeaux
Jackie Weiss •
Reese Wilking ••
Dashiell Wulterin
Xiaolu Xu •
Jialu Zou •
* Graduated August 2023
Graduated in December 2023
Honors
Honors
Eva Rian
Robert Schmidt •
Rachel Ashley Straub • Luke Jin-Woo Teresi • Haochuan Wang • Josefina Waquin ••
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•• High
Degree Candidates
Doctor of Law
Caroline Abramovici
Alyssa Achiron
Christian Adams •
Chinelo Adi
Nosayaba Aimuyo
Sofia Aldas •
David Alden
Alexa Alexander •
Julia Alonzo
Alexander Amin
Victor Andrade •
Emily Arencibia
Z Arima •
Ashley Noure Audisho
Noah Bailey
Caroline Baltay •
William Barksdale ••
Sage Maria Barnard
Jack Barry
Emily Baselt •
Sophia Bavaro •
Jenna Elizabeth Beasley •
Drew Elizabeth Beaty
Danielle Iona Chrishnan Bell
Martin Berg
Sam Berry ••
Joshua Bichovsky ••
Bien Billedo •
Eric Birnbaum
Noah Boyar •
Gretchen Leigh Boyles
Justin Branch •
Peter Brigham •
Jacob Bristol ••
Thomas Brockland Jr
Olivia Claire Browne
Diego Bueno
Jessica E . Bunnell
Anne Rowan Burley •
Brian Burns
Kaylee Morgan Burroughs ••
Bo Byers •
Madelyn Cameron ••
Alexandra Carmon
Edward William Carr •
Mitchell Carr
Michael Carter •
Karian Nicole Chard •
Sharon Chen ••**
Lu Cheng
Minwook Choi
Sarah Coleman Christopher
Lexie Cohen
Max Cohen ••
Maddy Collett
Cory Conley •
Nicole Constante
Natalie Costero
Constance Couch •
Jonathan D Craig-Mendes
Niamh Creedon-Carey •
Hayden Elizabeth Cresson •
Robert Crommelin •
Brianna Cruz
Katherine Cruz •
Paige Daniel
Deboshree Das •
Evan Davis •
Jacob DeFazio •
Shayla Delamar
Olivia Dibb
Adam Dixon •
Kyle Anthony Dlugopolski •
Cameron Dosch •
Margaret Graham Dowling •
Lilliam M . Drenth •
Lenval Duffus
Lauren Elise Meche Dupuis
John Ellison •
Samih Mohamad Ali
Eloubeidi •
Henry Emerson
Muhammad Erchid
Venus Sara Esfandiari
Brandon Evans •
Liam Evans
Alex Exler
Jerome Felton •
Quinn McCue Fetterly
Justin Kane Fischer •
Laney Foeller •
Samantha Franco •
Max Friedman
Alyssa Frost
Tsebaot Gabremariam
Carter Gaines
Anshu Garg •
Alexander Garmestani
Karina Glushchak •
Celia Golod ••
Jacqueline Christine Graves •
Xela Gray
Ka’myia Gunn •
Caleb Hain ••
Hayden H Hall •
Razzain Haque •
Sydney Harley
Isabella Primrose Hartman
Emily Lorraine Harvey ••
Simon J Heinrich
Rachel Hendrix •
Julia Henry
Monica Lynn Hess •
Tyler Hill
Duresa Hinika II
Kristen Hobbs •
Jared Cawley Hoffman •
Lauren Alexis Hopkins •
Rachel Sirisha Horvit •
Joy Elise Gabrielle Howard
Jason Huh
Jacob Hujsa
Katelyn Renee Hunt ••
Gabrielle Hunter •
Hannah Hurley •
Nikki Nicole Hurtado
Daniel Iradukunda
Hari V. Iyer (posthumous)
Namrata Jacob
Keillor Johnston •
Flannery Franch Josey
Charlotte Rose Kacprowicz
Eric Colby Kaden •
Eleanora Kamerow
Christopher John Katrakis •
Aubrie Kent •
Caitlin Kicklighter •
Chris Kim •
Jenny Kim
Jiah Kim
Mhakai Miles Edward King
Jack Kirkpatrick
Pete Kirkwood
Alex Klein
Clayton Klein
Matthew Kluge •
Taiye Taiye Kolawole
Alaiya Kollie
Camille Konopka •
Payton Laskaskie
Aaren Lasky **
Morgan Lawson •
Kayla Lee •
Cameron Leeson
Emily Leiter •
Ryan Daniel Levin
Xi Li
Sydney Brooke Liberman
Brett Lingle ••
Sarah Jane Lo
Michael Longfellow •
Joseph Longo
Cameron Love •
Olivia Lovelace •
Joshua Lozier
Anna Lu •
Phoebe Lyons ••
Melanie Magwood
Jordan Mahan
Nora Maloney
Emma Mansberg •
Meghan Kristina Marks •
Cassidy Kaye Marriott
Clayton Bunker Marsh
Talithia Martin
Marshall Martin IV •
Hadden Martinez •
Ian Marx
Jay Maxa
Sydney Annette McCabe ••
* Graduated August 2023 ** Graduated in December 2023 • Honors •• High Honors
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Degree Candidates
Doctor of Law
Morgan Nichole McGee •
Erin McGrath •
Lauren McHenry
Gareth McHugh ••
Ted McManus
Nicolas Meade
Fabiana Mehrgut
Xander Melnick
Gianna MercandettiWorthington •
Johnson Mihaly •
Jerome Miller
Brent Modak • Astrid Monroig
Maysen E Moorehead
Lauryn Morris •
Brianna Moscowitz
Astoneia Octavia Moss
Danny Muhanna •
Zachary Musser ••
Alexander Thomas Nani
Molly Newcomb •
Dalton Nycz
Jessica Lauren Oehler
Hannah Osman •
Aniket Pai ••
Sanjana V Pai •
John Pairitz
Kelly Palamar •
Angelica Lynn Paquette •
Alex Passe •
Hannah Pastore
Mahiva Patel
Vishal Vipul Patel •
Raquel Penalver Bartolome
Camille Pendley Hau •
Beth Petras •
Haley Phillips •
Alexia Planos
Michelle Jennifer Podolnyy
Jordan Pool ••
Akarshna Premanand
Luisa Ramirez Huertas
Sonal Rastogi
Michael Reed-Price •
Henry Reynolds ••
Eva Ann Rian •
Rachel Rosenberg •
Daniel Rothenberg ••
Abby Elizabeth Rubin
Ariana Rubio •
Marlee Sacks •
Sara Sacks
Emma Lois Sammons •
Branigan Satterfield •**
Robert Schmidt •
Health Law Concentration:
Robert Crommelin •
Ka’myia Gunn •
Rachel Sirisha Horvit •
Charlotte Rose Kacprowicz
Payton Laskaskie
Astrid Monroig
Sydney Tardy •
Jackie Weiss •
Law and Religion Concentration:
Jonathan D . Craig-Mendes
Ashley Strain •
Sam Jacobs Schmuel
Ethan Schnaper
Simon Jacob Schoen
Kendall Schutzer •**
Kathryn Scott
Annie Seay •
Amanda Reyhan Shaheen •
Shaila Shatabdy •
Leah Erin Shelton •
Adam Shepherd •
Anushka Sikdar •
Saaby Simon
Jamie Sipp
Aaron Slann
Nick Smith •**
Audrey Smith-Roetto •
John Joseph Spensieri
Mayank Srivastava
Kameron Johnston St Clare
Zarah Stewart
Dylan Storey •
Ashley Strain •
Rachel Ashley Straub •
Andy Sykes
Tamara Belen Szulc
Sydney Tardy •
Reed Wilson Taylor •
Luke Jin-Woo Teresi •
Henry Warren Tharpe •
Madison Jewel Thibeaux
Phyllicia Denise Thomas **
Emory Thompson
Lauren Towell •
Stephanie L Tunnell
Cody Scott Turner
Alexa Valenti
Lisa Michelle Vasek •
Mikiela Vazquez
Alexander Edward Von Klar
Grayson Walker
Tristyn Walton •
Haochuan Wang •
Josefina Waquin ••
Jackie Weiss •
MacKinnon Westraad •
Reese Wilking ••
Allison Elizabeth Williams
Dashiell Wulterin
Daniel Wenkai Xu •
Xiaolu Xu •
Ji Ye •
Alexa Jean Young
Anastasia Zausner
Yuwei Zhang
Jialu Zou •
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* Graduated August 2023 ** Graduated in December 2023 • Honors •• High Honors
Additional concentrations awarded through coursework are reflected in a program insert on the commencement website
A. James Elliott Community Service Award
Nikki Nicole Hurtado
Saaby Simon
Attorney’s Title
Guaranty Fund Award
Phoebe Lyons ••
Sydney Annette McCabe ••
Marshall Martin IV • Aniket Pai ••
Burt and Betty
Schear Book Prize
Constance Couch • Ka’myia Gunn •
Charles W. Watkins Scholarship
Celia Golod ••
Class of 2007
Distinguished Service Award
Ryan Daniel Levin
Xiaolu Xu •
Custer-Tuggle Award of Excellence in Family Law for Excellence in Family Law Courses
Rachel Rosenberg •
Dean’s Service Award
Ashley Noure Audisho
Thomas Brockland Jr .
Jonathan D Craig-Mendes
Jacob DeFazio •
Jerome Felton •
Emily Lorraine Harvey ••
Flannery Franch Josey
Sydney Annette McCabe ••
Aniket Pai ••
Jordan Pool ••
Amanda Reyhan Shaheen •
Jamie Sipp
Nick Smith •**
Phyllicia Denise Thomas **
Honors, Awards, and Prizes
Dean's Teaching Fellows
Cory Conley •
Emily Lorraine Harvey ••
Caleb Hain ••
Rachel Hendrix •
Brett Lingle ••
Sydney Annette McCabe ••
Brent Modak •
Akarshna Premanand
Rachel Rosenberg •
Douglass Lee Peabody
Moot Court Award
Katelyn Renee Hunt ••
Edward J. Henning
Memorial Award
Grayson Walker
Eliza Ellison Award in Law and Religion
Constance Couch •
Emory International Law Review Excellence in Comment Mentorship
Erin McGrath •
Emory International Law
Review Excellence in Editorial
Management
Alexander Garmestani
Emory International Law
Review Founder’s Award for Excellence in Legal Research and Writing
Jenna Elizabeth Beasley •
Emory International Law
Review Red Pen Award for Best
Spader
Venus Sara Esfandiari
Georgia Association of Women Lawyers Award for Outstanding
Woman Graduate Committed to
Practice in Georgia
Sydney Tardy •
Georgia Tax Conference Award for Excellence in Taxation Courses
Jordan Pool ••
The Gertie and John Witte Prize in Law and Religion
Major Coleman
3L House Coordinators
Gabrielle Hunter •
Diego Bueno
Eva Ann Rian •
Danielle Iona Chrishnan Bell
Daniel Wenkai Xu •
Mayank Srivastava
Flannery Franch Josey
Nikki Nicole Hurtado
Marlee Sacks •
Hari Iyer Courage Award
Sophid Bavaro•
James C. Pratt Memorial Award for Most Outstanding Member of the Moot Court Society
Hadden Martinez •
Journals
Emory Law Journal
Nosayaba Aimuyo
Bien Billedo •
Justin Branch •
Peter Brigham •
Anne Burley
Edward Carr
Robert Crommelin •
Brandon Evans •
Karina Glushchak •
Celia Golod ••
Caleb Hain ••
Isabella Hartman
Emily Lorraine Harvey ••
Kristen Hobbs •
Rachel Sirisha Horvit •
Hannah Hurley •
Aubrie Kent •
Chris Kim •
Brett Lingle ••
Cameron Love •
Anna Lu •
Sydney McCabe
Lauryn Morris •
Zachary Musser ••
Hannah Osman •
Nick Pai
Kelly Palamar •
Hannah Pastore
Beth Petras • David Pettyjohn
Akarshna Premanand
Anna Seay
Ashley Strain •
Rachel Ashley Straub •
Emma M . Weintraub
Jackie Weiss •
Reese Wilking ••
Daniel Wenkai Xu •
Alexa Young
Emory Bankruptcy Developments Journal
Sofia Aldas •
Victor W. Andrade Z Arima •
Sophia Bavaro •
Joshua Bichovsky ••
Jacob L Bristol ••
Kyle A . Dlugopolski
Lillie Drenth
Lenval A . Duffus
John Ellison •
Muhammad A Erchid
Justin Kane Fischer •
Hayden H Hall •
Camille Pendley Hau •
Julia C . Henry
Jared C . Hoffman
Lauren Hopkins
Luisa Ramirez Huertas
Jason Huh
Charlotte Rose Kacprowicz
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Eric Kaden
Clay Klein
Ryan Daniel Levin
Phoebe Lyons ••
Maysen Moorehead
Alexander Nani
Sanjana Pai
Vishal Vipul Patel •
Michelle J . Podolnyy
Sonal Rastogi
Henry Reynolds ••
Daniel Rothenberg ••
Anushka Sikdar •
Audrey D . Smith-Roetto
Sydney Tardy •
Henry Tharpe
Madison Thibeaux
Stephanie L Tunnell
Cody Turner
Alexa Valenti
Alexander von Klar
Dashiell Wulterin
Emory International Law Review
Chinelo Adi
Julia Alonzo
Alexander Armon Garmestani
Caroline Baltay •
Jenna Elizabeth Beasley •
Sam Berry ••
Diego Bueno
Benjamin O . Byers
Madelyn Cameron ••
Minwook Choi
Deboshree Das •
Olivia T D Dibb
Cameron Dosch •
Samih Eloubeidi
Venus Sara Esfandiari
Sydney M . Harley
Jiah Kim
Jack Kirkpatrick
Taiye Kolawole
Joshua Lozier
Cassidy K Marriott
Clayton Marsh
Talithia Martin
Honors, Awards, and Prizes
Erin N . McGrath
Fabiana Mehrgut
Dalton Nycz
Angelica Paquette
Kaylee M Roberts
Abby Rubin
Emma Sammons
Simon J . Schoen
Abigail Sepich
John Spensieri
Willem VanderMeulen
Mikiela Vazquez
Grayson Shade Walker
Josefina Waquin ••
Jialu Zou •
Emory Corporate Governance and Accountability Review
Alex Amin
Sarah Christopher
Sikudhani Foster-McCray
Ka’myia Gunn •
Razzain Haque •
Gabrielle Hunter •
Camille Konopka •
Cameron Leeson
Sarah Lo
Meghan Marks
Gareth McHugh ••
Nicolas Meade
Astoneia O Moss
Kameron Johnston St Clare
Journal of Law and Religion
Gretchen Leigh Boyles
Jessica E . Bunnell
Constance Couch •
Jonathan D Craig-Mendes
Xela Gray
Mahiva Patel
Michael Reed-Price •
Robert Schmidt •
Dylan Storey •
Andy Sykes
MacKinnon Westraad •
Yuwei Zhang
Judge Clarence Cooper
American Inn of Court
Sophia Bavaro •
Constance Couch •
Adam Dixon •
Anshu Garg •
Camille Pendley Hau •
Maysen E . Moorehead
Kelly Palamar • Ariana Rubio •
Sam Jacobs Schmuel
Kameron Johnston St . Clare
Cody Scott Turner
Judicial Clerkships
Z Arima •
Jenna Elizabeth Beasley •
Jacob Bristol ••
Cory Conley •
Hayden Elizabeth Cresson •
Sikudhani Foster-McCray
Hayden H Hall •
Luisa Ramirez Huertas
Clayton Klein
Robert Schmidt •
Nick Smith •**
Kameron Johnston St . Clare
Andy Sykes
Daniel Wenkai Xu •
Judson Graves Prize
Morgan Nichole McGee •
Juris Master Leadership Award
Morieka Valencia Johnson
Keith J. Shapiro Consumer Bankruptcy Writing Award
John Ellison •
Keith J. Shapiro Corporate Bankruptcy Writing Award
Ryan Daniel Levin
Kessler-Eidson Program for Trial Techniques Scholarship Awardees
Danielle Iona Chrishnan Bell
Martin Berg
Hayden Elizabeth Cresson •
Max Friedman
Emily Lorraine Harvey ••
Monica Lynn Hess •
Katelyn Renee Hunt ••
Nikki Nicole Hurtado
Phoebe Lyons ••
Gianna MercandettiWorthington •
Michelle Jennifer Podolnyy
Sara Sacks
Simon Jacob Schoen
Kathryn Scott
Ashley Strain •
Daniel Wenkai Xu •
Alexa Young Mary Laura “Chee” Davis Award for Writing Excellence
Aubrie Kent •
Master of Laws Leadership Award
Pamela Bispo da Silva**
Michael P. Gullett Award for Excellence in Legal Writing and Editing
Anushka Sikdar •
Mock Trial Society
David Alden
Martin Berg
Karian Nicole Chard •
Monica Lynn Hess •
Nikki Nicole Hurtado
Melanie Magwood
Jordan Mahan
Morgan Nichole McGee •
Moffett Litigation Award for Outstanding Achievement in Trial Preparation and Litigation
Rachel Rosenberg •
* A full list of graduating students who have received judicial clerkships will be available on law.emory.edu/commencement until August 1, 2024.
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Moot Court Society
Alexa Alexander •
William Barksdale
Drew Elizabeth Beaty
Lexie Cohen
Cory Conley •
Natalie Costero
Constance Couch •
Jonathan D Craig-Mendes
Niamh Creedon-Carey •
Hayden Elizabeth Cresson • Katherine Cruz •
Margaret Graham Dowling•
Laney Foeller •
Max Friedman
Anshu Garg •
Jacqueline Christine Graves •
Rachel Hendrix •
Duresa Hinika II
Katelyn Renee Hunt ••
Christopher John Katrakis •
Mhakai Miles Edward King
Kayla Lee •
Emily Leiter •
Olivia Lovelace •
Nora Maloney
Hadden Martinez •
Ian Marx
Gianna MercandettiWorthington • Johnson Mihaly •
Danny Muhanna • Molly Newcomb • Alex Passe •
Jordan Pool ••
Eva Ann Rian •
Marlee Sacks •
Aaron Slann
Mayank Srivastava
Lauren Towell • Xiaolu Xu •
Most Outstanding Third-Year Student
Ryan Daniel Levin
Honors, Awards, and Prizes
Myron Penn Laughlin Award for Excellence in Legal Research and Writing
Anna Lu •
Order of Barristers National Honor Society Promoting Excellence in Achievement in Advocacy
Martin Berg
Kaylee Morgan Burroughs ••
Rachel Hendrix •
Monica Lynn Hess •
Katelyn Renee Hunt
Nikki Nicole Hurtado
Melanie Magwood
Jordan Mahan
Nora Maloney
Gianna MercandettiWorthington •
Order of Emory Advocates for Outstanding Achievement in or Contribution to Excellence in Advocacy Activities
Lexie Cohen
Shayla Delamar
Margaret Graham Dowling • Laney Foeller •
Anshu Garg •
Jacqueline Christine Graves •
Kayla Lee •
Olivia Lovelace •
Morgan Nichole McGee •
Molly Newcomb •
Alex Passe •
Kathryn Scott
Order of the Coif Provisional Candidates as of January 19, 2023
William Barksdale ••
Sam Berry ••
Joshua Bichovsky ••
Jacob Bristol ••
Kaylee Morgan Burroughs ••
A complete list of endowed scholarship recipients can be found online.
Bo Byers •
Madelyn Cameron ••
Sharon Chen ••**
Max Cohen ••
Cory Conley •
Celia Golod ••
Caleb Hain ••
Emily Lorraine Harvey ••
Katelyn Renee Hunt ••
Gabrielle Hunter •
Christopher John Katrakis •
Emily Leiter •
Brett Lingle ••
Phoebe Lyons ••
Sydney Annette McCabe ••
Gareth McHugh ••
Zachary Musser ••
Aniket Pai ••
Jordan Pool ••
Henry Reynolds ••
Daniel Rothenberg ••
Henry Warren Tharpe •
Josefina Waquin ••
Reese Wilking ••
Paul Bryan Prize in Constitutional Law
Edward William Carr •
Pro Bono Publico Medal Recipients as of March 7, 2023
David Alden
Martin Berg
Gretchen Leigh Boyles
Anne Rowan Burley •
Kaylee Morgan Burroughs ••
Lexie Cohen
Maddy Collett
Constance Couch •
Brianna Cruz
Rachel Hendrix •
Monica Lynn Hess • Flannery Franch Josey
Charlotte Rose Kacprowicz
Alex Klein
Michelle Jennifer Podolnyy
Simon Jacob Schoen
Amanda Reyhan Shaheen •
Saaby Simón
Audrey Smith-Roetto •
John Joseph Spensieri
Kendall Schutzer •**
Nick Smith •**
Sydney Tardy •
Robert Beynart Award for Professionalism and Ethics
Sophia Bavaro •
Jerome Miller
Robert W. Woodruff Fellows
Jacob DeFazio •
Adam Dixon • Namrata Jacob
Madison Jewel Thibeaux
State Bar of Georgia Environmental Law Section Award for Outstanding Achievement in Environmental Law
Kelly Palamar •
Wolter Kluwer Publishing Excellence in Taxation Award
Xiaolu Xu •
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Alma Mater
In the heart of dear old Emory Where the sun doth shine, That is where our hearts are turning 'Round old Emory's shrine .
We will ever sing thy praises, Sons and daughters true . Hail we now our Alma Mater, Hail the gold and blue!
Tho' the years around us gather, Crowned with love and cheer, Still the memory of old Emory Grows to us more dear .
We will ever sing thy praises, Sons and daughters true . Hail we now our alma mater, Hail the gold and blue!
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This program does not constitute an official record of degree awarding or graduation honors. The official document of record confirming awarding of a degree is the official transcript. Emory University is committed to fostering an environment of inclusiveness and supporting student’s designated forms of identification. The designated name, chosen by the student and not necessarily matching the legal name (the name which will appear on the transcript), is used in this program.
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