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n May 13 Mercer Law School awarded 120 Juris Doctor degrees. Six students received a joint J.D./M.B.A. degree and 19 earned a certificate in Advanced Legal Writing, Research and Drafting. The Honorable W. Louis Sands, Senior U.S. District Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia and 1974 graduate of the Law School, was the keynote speaker. Professor Karen Sneddon received the Reynold J. Kosek Jr. Excellence in Teaching Award, given annually during commencement to a member of the faculty by a vote of the graduating class. Also elected by the graduating students were the faculty hooders. This year, they were Professors Dick Creswell, Patrick Longan, Jim Fleissner and Michael Sabbath. In keeping with the Law School’s legacy tradition, nine graduating students were hooded by a parent, spouse, sibling, or other relatives who are Law School alumni.
Class of 2017 Final Honors Because spring semester grades were not due until several weeks after graduation, honors were conferred in mid-June. They were as follows:
Magna Cum Laude Mollie Davis, valedictorian Moses Tincher, salutatorian Adelyn Boleman Milinda Brown Erica Burchell Robert Childres Austin Gibson Chantal Peacock Mary Grace Rahm Kyle Timmons Roland Weekley Emily Wright
Cum Laude
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Emily Chiang Caitlyn Clark William Collins Stacie Corbett Talia Davis Nathaniel DeLoatch Benjamin Dinges Bruce Dubberly Whitney Edwards Amy Funk Michael Gay Sarah Gregg Sarah Illg Elizabeth Manley Mary Norman Kaylie O’Neil Christopher Phillips Joshua Pico Christopher Rhodes Savanna Roughen Ashleigh Smaha Riley Snider Jeremy Willis Warner Worthan
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