HOODING
Ceremony
Friday, May 10, 2024
6:00 p.m.
Donald W. Reynolds Center
The University of Tulsa
The Academic Hood
The academic hood has its origin in the tippet worn by begging friars in the Middle Ages. It was sewn together so as to form a sort of bag or pocket for carrying alms or goods.
The recipient of a doctoral degree in the United States wears a “full” hood (as opposed to the “simple” hood for bachelors and masters degrees), which is made of black cloth. The colors of the lining represent the colors of the university conferring the degree. The color of the border represents the discipline. Law is indicated by purple.
Program
Processional..................................................... Tulsa Metro Pipe Band
Invocation..................................................................... Jeffrey Francis
Sharp Chaplain, The University of Tulsa
Welcome and Introduction of Hooding Ceremony Speaker ..................................... Oren R. Griffin
Dean and Chapman Endowed Chair
The University of Tulsa College of Law
Hooding Ceremony Address..................................Mike Turpen (JD ’74) Distinguished Alumnus
The University of Tulsa College of Law
Introduction of Student Honorees .......................................... April Fox
Associate Dean of Student Affairs
The University of Tulsa College of Law
Valedictory Address .......................................................
Logan Roehm 2024 Class Valedictorian
Graduation Remarks ...................................................Taylor Williams
Student Bar Association President
Hooding of Graduates.......................................... Dean Oren R. Griffin
Karen Grundy
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
The University of Tulsa College of Law
Mimi Marton
Associate Dean of Experiential Learning & Director of Clinical Programs
The University of Tulsa College of Law
Megan Henson
Associate Dean, Director of Admissions
The University of Tulsa College of Law
Benediction ................................................................... Jeffrey Francis
Recessional ...................................................... Tulsa Metro Pipe Band
A reception in the College of Law Building will immediately follow the ceremony. The audience is requested to remain seated until conclusion of the program and silence cell phones.
THE UNIVERSITY OF TULSA CLASS OF 2024 COLLEGE OF LAW GRADUATES
JURIS DOCTORATE †
Samuel Allison
Trey Anson
Shalynn Arbour *
With Highest Honor
American Inns of Court, Council Oak/ JohnsonSontag Chapter
Simran Kaur Bajwa
Sustainable Energy & Resources Law Concentration Asian Law Student Association, Vice President
Jonathan Blake Balderas Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity
Samuel Bradford Barron With Honor
Mason Beasler
With Honor
CALI Excellence for the Future Award: Trial Practice
Oklahoma Bar Association Litigation Award
Christian Legal Society, Vice President
Skylar Ann Bell
American Inns of Court, Hudson Hall/Wheaton Chapter
Student Bar Association, Extracurriculars Committee & Diversity Day Committee
Tulsa Bar Association, Member
Phillip Berry
With Highest Honor
Order of Barristers
William Means Professionalism Award
American Bar Association’s Sustainable Energy & Environmental Resources Year-in-Review, Staff Editor
American Constitution Society, Career Development Chair
Tulsa Business Law Society, President
Student Bar Association, Budget Committee Chairman
Board of Advocates, Executive Director
Tulsa Law Golf Club, Treasurer
South Texas Mock Trial Competition, Outstanding Trial Brief
RedBud Trial Competition, First Place
American Inns of Court, Hudson Hall/Wheaton Chapter
National Health Law Moot Court Competition, Participant
American Association for Justice Student Trial Advocacy Competition, Participant
Madeline Billings
CALI Excellence for the Future Award: Cannabis Law and Policy
Baylie Blanscett
With Honor
Tulsa Law Review, Executive IT Editor
Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity, Justice
Kahleah Stephanie Brown
CALI Excellence for the Future Award: Public Defender Clinic
Black Law Students Association, Treasurer
Student Bar Association, Supreme Court Justice
RedBud Trial Competition, Second & Third Place
Seth Campbell With Highest Honor
Sustainable Energy & Resources Law Concentration Energy Law Journal, Notes Editor
CALI Excellence for the Future Awards: Legal Writing II, Constitutional Law II, Criminal Procedure-Police Practices
Angelina Jenie Cao
Hunter Scott Carlson
With Highest Honor
Tulsa Law Review, Staff Editor
American Inns of Court, Council Oak/JohnsonSontag Chapter
Paw Law, Vice President Board of Advocates, Director
Texas National Trial Competition, Participant
Reese Elias Carpenter
Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity
Board of Advocates, Director
Student Bar Association, Delegate
RedBud Trial Competition, Second Place
Criss Cross Close Trial Competition, Second Place Plaintiff
Sydney Layne Casebolt * With Honor
Sustainable Energy & Resources Law Concentration
American Inns of Court, Hudson Hall/Wheaton Chapter
National Trial Competition Team Member
Courtney Coretz *
With Highest Honor Order of Curule Chair
Oklahoma Bar Association Estate Planning, Probate, and Trust Award
CALI Excellence for the Future Awards: Criminal Law & Administration, Constitutional Law I, Decedent Estate Trust, International Law, Juvenile Law, Legal Writing I, Legal Writing II, Legal Writing III, Professional Responsibility, Seminar-A Post-Roe World?, Seminar-Law, Ethics, & Business of Medicine
George and Jean Price Award for Excellence in Legal Writing
Student Bar Association, Class Delegate
Kathryn McKenzie Wilson Corley
With Highest Honor Order of Curule Chair
Tulsa Law Review, Notes and Comments Editor
CALI Excellence for the Future Awards: Basic Corporations, Civil Procedure II, Criminal Procedure-Police Practices, Evidence Workshop, Immigration Law, Legal Writing III, Secured Transactions
Oklahoma Bar Association Business & Corporate Law Award
1L Negotiations Competition, First Place
Ashley Cupryk *
CALI Excellence for the Future Awards: Public Defender Clinic, Advanced Public Defender Clinic American Inns of Court, Hudson Hall/Wheaton Chapter
Evelyn Hutchinson Family Law Negotiation, Fourth Place
1L Negotiation Competition, Fourth Place
Jakob Dodson * With Honor Tulsa Law Review, Articles Editor Federal Bar Association, Treasurer Student Bar Association, 3L Delegate
Matt Dunn
With Highest Honor Order of Curule Chair
Sustainable Energy & Resources Law Concentration Energy Law Journal, Articles Editor
CALI Excellence for the Future Awards: Professional Responsibility, Torts
Immigration Law Society, Secretary Reproductive Rights Society, Treasurer
Tanya Larissa Dutko
With Highest Honor
Sustainable Energy & Resources Law Concentration
CALI Excellence for the Future Awards: State Constitutional Law, Advanced Legal Research
American Constitution Society, Career Development Chair
Andrew L. Duvall
With Highest Honor
CALI Excellence for the Future Awards: Legal Writing III, Administrative Law
Tulsa Law Golf Club, Director of Outreach
Academic Support Fellow
Claire Elizabeth Ward Earnest
With Honor
Tulsa Law Review, Articles Editor
CALI Excellence for the Future Awards: Cybersecurity, Criminal Procedure-Police Practices
Tech Law Society, President
Ethan Douglas Elrod
With Highest Honor
CALI Excellence for the Future Award: Property
Kyle Epperson
With Highest Honor Order of Curule Chair
Tulsa Law Review, Articles Selection Editor
McKenna Jocelyn Estrada
With Highest Honor
Sustainable Energy & Resources Law Concentration
April M. Fox Award for Ambassador Service Energy Law Journal, Managing Editor
CALI Excellence for the Future Award: Indigenous Peoples & Human Rights Federalist Society, Social Chair
Tech Law Society, Vice President & Treasurer College of Law Student Ambassador Board of Advocates 1L Trial Competition, First Place
Jordan Elizabeth Faletto
Sustainable Energy & Resources Law Concentration
American Bar Association’s Sustainable Energy & Environmental Resources Year-in-Review, Editorin-Chief
Kelsey Nicole Falvo
With Honor
American Inns of Court, Hudson Hall/Wheaton Chapter
Tech Law Society, Treasurer
Professional Development Office Student Advisory Board Member
Zachery Farias
With Honor
Latinx Law Student Association, President
Samuel Robert Fiorelli
With Highest Honor
CALI Excellence for the Future Award: Criminal Procedure-Police Practices
American Inns of Court, Hudson Hall/Wheaton Chapter
Hunter Mycah Farley
American Inns of Court, Hudson Hall/Wheaton Chapter
Travis Fulkerson
American Association for Justice Student Trial Advocacy Competition, Participant
Karlie Galarza
With Highest Honor Outlaws, President
Professional Development Office Student Advisory Board Member
Halee Mckinsey Simpson Green With Honor
Aaron Grubb With Honor
Morgan Stephanie Hinds
With Highest Honor
Tulsa Law Review, Articles Selection Editor
American Inns of Court, Council Oak/JohnsonSontag Chapter
Christian Legal Society, President Federalist Society, Membership Chair College of Law Student Ambassador
Jacy Callan Holbrook
With Highest Honor Order of Curule Chair
Tulsa Law Review, Executive Articles Editor
CALI Excellence for the Future Awards: Legal Writing I, Legal Writing II, Civil Procedure I, Selling & Leasing, Agency & Partnership
Oklahoma Bar Association Financial Institution and Commercial Law Award
George and Jean Price Award for Excellence in Legal Writing
Sydney Houston
Eric Hudkins
Hillary N. Hurst
With Highest Honor
Order of Curule Chair
Order of Barristers
Robert C. Butler, Jr. Award
Martin A. Fellows Smith Award
R. Steven Chandler Award
Tulsa Law Review, Editor-in-Chief
George and Jean Price Award for Excellence in Legal Writing
CALI Excellence for the Future Awards: Torts, Legal Writing I, Criminal Law and Administration, Evidence Workshop, Criminal Procedure-Police Practices
Oklahoma Bar Association Litigation Award
National Health Law Moot Court Competition, Best Preliminary Round Oralist
South Texas Mock Trial Competition, Outstanding Trial Brief Award
RedBud Trial Competition, Second Place
Emily Hutka
With Highest Honor
Sustainable Energy & Resources Law Concentration
Oklahoma Bar Association Litigation Award
Energy Law Journal, Executive Articles Editor
Oklahoma Bar Association Energy and Natural Resources Award
CALI Excellence for the Future Awards: Advanced Oil & Gas, Trial Practice
Resources, Energy & Environmental Law Society, President
Jacob Kay
Justin Kearney
Julian Keeton
Tulsa Business Law Society, Networking Chair
Raelynn Marie Keith With Honor
CALI Excellence for the Future Award: Family Law
Oklahoma Bar Association Family Law Award
Family Law Student Association, Community Liaison
Aisha Keyani
CALI Excellence for the Future Award: Legal Writing III
Asian Law Student Association, Vice President
Zachary Dale Kincanon *
Resources, Energy & Environmental Law Society, Treasurer
Trey Michael Kirby With Honor
American Bar Association’s Sustainable Energy & Environmental Resources Year-in-Review, Editor
Clinical Legal Education Association Outstanding Student Award
Da’Lisha Kirk
Sustainable Energy & Resources Law Concentration
April M. Fox Award for Ambassador Service
George A. Justice Student Ambassador of the Year Award
Energy Law Journal, Staff Editor
Academic Support Fellow
Black Law Students Association, Vice President, Community Service Chair
College of Law Student Ambassador
Katlyn Lantrip
Native American Law Students Association, Treasurer
National Native American Law Student Association
Moot Court Trial Competition, Participant
Caroline Alise Lay *
With Highest Honor
Immigration Law Concentration
Dean’s Award for Community Service
Tulsa Law Review, Articles Editor
CALI Excellence for the Future Award: Spanish for Lawyers
Immigration Law Society, Co-President
Federal Bar Association, Director of Membership and Recruitment
Jack LeCrone
With Highest Honor
Tulsa Law Review, Staff Editor
Brandon Paris Mun-Chung Loo
With Honor
Asian Law Student Association, Executive Director of Language and Culture
Jin-Hyung Lyou
Sustainable Energy & Resources Law Concentration Energy Law Journal, Staff Editor
Kara Martin
Sustainable Energy & Resources Law Concentration
Energy Law Journal, Articles Editor
CALI Excellence for the Future Award: Conflicts of Law
Law and Medicine Society, Vice President Student Bar Association, Delegate
Maria Dominica Mattern
With Highest Honor
Immigration Law Concentration
Immigration Law Society, Co-President
Sean McCalip
With Highest Honor
Order of Barristers
Tulsa Law Review, Staff Editor
CALI Excellence for the Future Award: Contracts
Tulsa Law Golf Club, President
South Texas Mock Trial Competition, Outstanding Brief
American Association for Justice Student Trial
Advocacy Competition
RedBud Trial Competition, First Place
Evelyn Hutchinson Family Law Negotiation, Third Place
Ian W. McDonald
With Honor
Order of Barristers
Tulsa Law Review, Articles Selection Editor
CALI Excellence for the Future Award: Interviewing, Counselling, & Negotiations
American Inns of Court, Hudson Hall/Wheaton Chapter
Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity
Board of Advocates, Travel Team Liaison
Board of Advocates Trial Skills Qualifier, First Place
National Trial Competition Regional Team, Member
Evelyn Hutchinson Family Law Negotiation, Second Place
Taylor Maree McNeese
With Highest Honor
Order of Barristers
CALI Excellence for the Future Award: Texas Civil Procedure
Student Bar Association, Extra Curricular Chair
Board of Advocates, Executive Director
Reproductive Rights Society, Vice President
Professional Development Office Student Advisory Board Member
American Association for Justice Student Trial Advocacy Competition, Regional Semifinalist
RedBud Trial Competition 2022, First Place Team
Trial Skills Qualifier Competition 2022, Third Place Team
RedBud Trial Competition 2021, Second Place Team
Nathan Miramontes *
With Honor
Order of Barristers
American Bar Association’s Sustainable Energy & Environmental Resources Year-in-Review, Staff Editor
American Inns of Court, Council Oak/JohnsonSontag Chapter
Board of Advocates, Vice President
Tulsa Law Golf Club, Vice President
Sports and Entertainment Law Society, President Student Bar Association, Delegate
American Association for Justice Student Trial Advocacy Competition, Regional Semifinalist
The Brigadier General Wayne E. Alley Law Moot Court Competition, Quarter Finalist
College of Law Student Ambassador
Madeline Murphy
With Highest Honor
Tulsa Law Review, Articles Editor
CALI Excellence for the Future Awards: Administrative Law, Natural Resources & Environmental Law on Federal Lands
Michael Dillon Orcutt
With Highest Honor
CALI Excellence for the Future Awards: Seminar-Steal This Seminar, Basic Oil & Gas
American Inns of Court, Hudson Hall/Wheaton Chapter
Alex Orr
Sustainable Energy & Resources Law Concentration
Energy Law Journal, Staff Editor
American Bar Association’s Sustainable Energy & Environmental Resources Year-in-Review, Executive Editor
Madison Lynn Plumhoff
With Highest Honor
Sustainable Energy & Resources Law Concentration
Energy Law Journal, Editor-in-Chief
CALI Excellence for the Future Award: Legal Writing I
Robert A. Butkin Outstanding Student Note Award
Family Law Student Association, President Women’s Law Caucus, Secretary Paw Law, Secretary & Social Media Coordinator
Mingmei Elaine Pok-Wright
Native American Law Concentration
American Inns of Court, Council Oak/JohnsonSontag Chapter
Asian Law Student Association, NAPALSA Liaison
Reproductive Rights Law Society, Secretary
Professional Development Office Student Advisory Board
Claire Katherine Raschen
With Highest Honor
CALI Excellence for the Future Award: Legal Writing II
American Inns of Court, Council Oak/JohnsonSontag Chapter
Julissa Espinoza Reyes
Latinx Law Student Association, Treasurer
Ronica Roberts * Christian Legal Society, Vice President
Isabella Marie Rodriguez Alvarez
Sustainable Energy & Resources Law Concentration
Energy Law Journal, Notes Editor
Crowe and Dunlevy Diversity Scholarship Recipient Latinx Law Student Association, Secretary
Immigration Law Society, Treasurer Student Bar Association, 3L Delegate
Logan Elizabeth Roehm
With Highest Honor
Class Valedictorian
Order of Curule Chair
W. Lee Johnson Award
Oklahoma Bar Association Outstanding Student Award
Tulsa Law Review, Articles Selection Editor
CALI Excellence for the Future Awards: Contracts, Civil Procedure I, Civil Procedure II, Criminal
Law & Administration, Property Law, Constitutional Law I, Evidence, Copyright in the Digital Age, Administrative Law
Women’s Law Caucus, Treasurer
Student Bar Association, Treasurer
Bryan Schell
Jennifer L. Schooley
Outlaws, Secretary
Immigration Law Society, Treasurer Redbud Trial Competition, Fall 2023
Bryan Javier Seaton
With Honor
Student Bar Association, ½ L Committee Chairman
American Constitution Society, Diversity and Recruitment Chair
Kylie Noel Shelley
With Highest Honor Order of Curule Chair
Martin H. Belsky Award in Public Interest Law
Tulsa Law Review, Articles Editor
CALI Excellence for the Future Awards: Contracts, Legal Writing I, Decedents, Estates, & Trusts
American Inns of Court, Council Oak/JohnsonSontag Chapter
Public Interest Board, President
Women’s Law Caucus, Panel & Events Coordinator
Cameron Glenham Skinner
With Highest Honor Order of Curule Chair
Tulsa Law Review, Symposium Editor
CALI Excellence for the Future Awards: Legal Writing I, Civil Procedure II, International Law
William J. Holloway Jr. Scholarship Recipient Federal Bar Association, President
Alex Sloan**
With Highest Honor
CALI Excellence for the Future Award: Criminal Justice & Public Policy
American Constitution Society, President
Jeffrey Tucker Steen
With Honor
CALI Excellence for the Future Award: Legal Writing II
Resources, Energy & Environmental Law Society, Secretary
Paige Nicole Stillwell *
With Highest Honor
Sustainable Energy & Resources Law Concentration
Energy Law Journal, Articles Editor
Jaxon Cal Dean Sykes With Honor
Tulsa Law Review, Article Selection Editor
Native American Law Students Association, President
Rachael Tearney With Honor
Sustainable Energy & Resources Law Concentration Energy Law Journal, Notes Editor
Victoria Elizabeth Maxine Terry * College of Law Student Ambassador
Chad Ellis Thurman * With Highest Honor Order of Curule Chair
Tulsa Law Review, Executive Editor
CALI Excellence for the Future Awards: Antitrust Law, Selling & Leasing
College of Law Student Ambassador
Joan Tiller **
Criss Cross Close, First Place Defense RedBud Trial Competition 2023
Ger’Kayla Joy Tunley
American Bar Association’s Sustainable Energy & Environmental Resources Year-in-Review, Executive Editor
Diversity Day Student Trailblazer Award
Black Law Students Association, President Student Bar Association, Secretary and Chair of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee
Heather E. Van Vleet
American Inns of Court, Hudson Hall/Wheaton Chapter
Suvesh Vasal With Honor
Greyson Vaughn With Highest Honor
Tammy Nguyen Vo With Highest Honor
Sustainable Energy & Resources Law Concentration Energy Law Journal, Notes Editor
Oklahoma Bar Association Blake Champlin Environmental Law Award
CALI Excellence for the Future Award: Environmental Law Asian Law Student Association, President
Kristen Lee Walkenhorst
American Bar Association’s Sustainable Energy & Environmental Resources Year-in-Review, Staff Editor
Resources, Energy & Environmental Law Society, Alumni Coordinator
Hugh Jackson Waters
With Honor
CALI Excellence for the Future Award: Legal Writing III
Taylor Delayne Williams *
With Highest Honor Order of Barristers
Tulsa Law Review, Staff Editor
G. William Rice Award for Outstanding Oral Advocacy
Oklahoma Bar Association Litigation Award
Oklahoma Bar Foundation Chapman-Rogers Award
CALI Excellence for the Future Awards: Trial Practice, Evidence Workshop
American Inns of Court, Hudson Hall/Wheaton Chapter
Student Bar Association, President Board of Advocates, President Fellowship of Christians at Law, Vice President American Association for Justice Student Trial Advocacy Competition, Participant
The Brigadier General Wayne E. Alley Law Moot Court Competition, Participant Hagar Torts Moot Court Competition, First Place
RedBud Trial Competition, Second Place
*Denotes 60 or more hours of pro bono service
**Denotes August 2024 graduate
†Degrees will be conferred upon completion of all requirements.
For the Juris Doctorate
“With Highest Honor” signifies graduation with a gradepoint average of 3.5 or higher.
“With Honor” signifies graduation with a grade-point average of 3.25 or higher.
Academic awards based on grade-point average are determined upon receipt of grades at the end of the term preceding the term in which the student graduates. Final grade-point average and class rank are determined upon receipt of grades at the end of the term in which the student graduates. Designations of “With Highest Honor” and “With Honor” on the diploma will be based on the student’s final grade-point average.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The Graduation Committee thanks the following for their contributions to the Hooding Ceremony:
Oren R. Griffin, Dean of College of Law
Mike Turpen (JD ’74), DistinguishedAlumnus, College of Law
Jeffrey Francis, Sharp Chaplain
Tristan Linehan,Assistant to theAssociate Dean of StudentAffairs, College of Law
Kimberly Wise, Administrative Coordinator for Enrollment & StudentAffairs, College of Law
Molly Wahlgren, University Events Coordinator, The University of Tulsa
The University of Tulsa Student BarAssociation Leadership
The Office of Strategic Marketing and Communications
The Office of Alumni Engagement
College of Law Faculty &Associate Deans
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