2011-12 Student Awards & Prizes Order of the Coif Andrew Bergman Michael Bosie James Carter Amy Chang Andrew Dufour Sean Foley Joel Griffiths Richard Jarrold Jill Moenius Matthew Nygaard Martin Rice Eli Rosenberg Logan Rutherford Susan Ryan Scott Wheeler Walter Hiersteiner Outstanding Service Award Sean Foley Justice Lloyd Kagey Leadership Award Ganesh Nair Samuel Mellinger Scholarship, Leadership, and Service Award Jill Moenius
C.C. Stewart Award in Law Logan Rutherford Robert F. Bennett Student Award Joel Griffiths William L. Burdick Prize Max Ellenbecker David Green Mary Anne Chambers Service Award Adriana Tallman George Gary Duncan Scholastic Improvement Prize Kelsey Barclay Robert E. Edmonds Prize in Corporation and Securities Law Amy Chang Tim Miller Scott Wheeler Faculty Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement Eli Rosenberg Family Fund Award Nathan Lindsey Robert C. Foulston and George Siefkin Prizes for Excellence in Appellate Advocacy Best Advocate: Trent Byquist Finalists: Bri Harris, Britt Lagemann, Rachel Nelson Best Brief: Bruno Simoes, Ryan Thornton Second Place Brief: Trent Byquist, Rachel Nelson
Tonda Hill, Susan Kivuvani and Kaosy Umeh
Hershberger, Patterson, Jones & Roth Energy Law Award Joanne Johnson Hinkle Law Firm Tax Procedure Award Amy Chang W. Ross Hutton Legal Aid Award Michael Kopit Chris Omlid Larry R. O’Neal/Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP Law School Award Anna Smith Law Class of 1949 Award for Leadership Tonda Hill Janean Meigs Memorial Award in Law Leilani Leighton James P. Mize Trial Advocacy Award Nathan Lindsey Eli Rosenberg
Clockwise from top left: Natalie Hull; Carolyn McKune, Professor Jean Phillips, and Lisa Chauvin; Kristin Maun; and Gizachew Emiru. (Photos by Mindie Paget) SEPT
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Payne & Jones Awards Fall 2011 Paul Cassat Amanda Eastman Max Ellenbecker Scott Goodger Rex Redlingshafer Jr. W. Clark Richardson George Sand Kevin Wempe Spring 2012 David Barclay Jay Berryman Matt Brower Ashlee Green Tom Jensen Chris Mattix Adrien Piercy Shapiro Award for Best Paper on Law & Public Policy Kaiti Smith Carl T. Smith Scholarship Award Robert Williams Andrew Zarda Susman Godfrey Trial Advocacy Award Jill Moenius UMB Bank Excellence in Estate Planning Award Joel A. Griffiths
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