Dean’s Awards
2014
University of Houston
Law Center
Dean’s Awards
2014
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Krost Auditorium
Ron Bass Scholarship
The Ron Bass scholarship is given in memory of Ron Bass, a solo practitioner who
had a strong belief in civil liberties and a
sincere interest in making a positive difference in his clients’ lives. This scholarship will be awarded to a continuing student who shows a sincere interest in civil
liberties and/or making a difference in
others’ lives as demonstrated through volunteer activities, coursework, and other
relevant factors, and is in need of scholarship support for the continuation of his/her
education.
Donor:Meyer Levy Charitable
Foundation & Jean Karotkin
Recipient:P. Scott Ehlers
Marvin Nathan ’66
Fellowship
Awarded to students to work as a fellow
with the Anti-Defamation League.
Donor:Marlene Nathan Meyerson
Family Foundation &
Marvin Nathan
Recipients:Andrea D. Levy
Lisa L. Virgen
Robert C. Sohns
’72 Fellowship
Awarded to a student who has shown interest in public service. This student will serve
as a summer intern at Lone Star Legal Aid.
Donor:Robert C. Sohns
Recipient:Barira Munshi
Leonard Rosenberg
Family Scholarship
This scholarship is given to an entering
student based on financial need, academic
achievement and extracurricular activities.
Donor: Leonard B. Rosenberg ʼ53
Recipient:Jorge E. Jasso
AT&T Pro Bono Fellowship
This fellowship is awarded to a student
who has a commitment to public service
and will be working full-time for a public
interest or government agency during the
summer.
Donor:AT&T Services, Inc.
Recipient:Bobby J. Dale
Jackson Lewis Scholarship
Awarded to a student from a group underrepresented in the legal profession and who
has demonstrated an interest in the study
and practice of labor and employment law.
Donor:Jackson Lewis LLP
Recipient:LaDelle D. Davenport
James E. Crowther Scholarship
Awarded to students committed to public
interest work.
Donor:The Hobby Foundation
Recipients:Lauren A. Fisher
Lauren J. Masullo
Claude Hippard Scholarship
This scholarship is awarded to a current
second year student who has outstanding
moral character, financial need, and demonstrates an interest in government service.
Donor:Helena Karlberg Hippard
Recipient:Karla V. Garcia
Prudential Life Insurance
Scholarship
Awarded to students in the Health Law
Program who have exhibited academic
excellence.
Donor:Prudential Life
Insurance Company
Recipients:Christin D. Brunson
Patrick N. McMillin
Leah R. Robbins
Amanda M. Schramm
Jon-Ross Treviño
John B. Neibel Scholarship
To an outstanding student demonstrating
academic excellence in Health Law
Donor:Friends and Family
of John B. Neibel
Recipient: Krisztina Petz
Gus A. Schill, Jr. Maritime
Law and Professionalism
Scholarship
Awarded to a third year student in recognition of his dedication to the study of maritime law and professionalism.
Donor:
Friends of Gus A. Schill
Recipient: Ryan J. Vechan
Judge Mary Bacon
’72 Scholarship
Awarded to a current law student exemplifying professionalism while maintaining
a two generation household living at the
same residence.
Donor:Friends and Family
of Judge Mary Bacon
Recipient: LaDelle D. Davenport
Barbara H. Fritz Scholarship
Awarded to a student who has shown academic excellence, financial need and a nontraditional educational path, in fulfilling
professional aspirations.
Donor:Family and friends of
Barbara H. Fritz
Recipient: Michele E. Collins
Andy B. Thigpen ’93
Scholarship
Andrew “Andy” Byron Thigpen ’93 believed
in obtaining justice for “the little guy”
through practicing law with honor. He was
inspired by both literature and attorneys
around him who practiced with integrity.
This scholarship is awarded to the students
who wrote the best essays describing their
extracurricular activities and how they balance their “life in the law” with personal life.
Donor:
Friends of Andy Thigpen
Recipients:LaDelle D. Davenport
Ashley J. Ellerin
Stephen S. Rudolph
Scholarship
Awarded to first year students with outstanding academic achievement who will
be a credit to the legal profession.
Donor:
Mr. Fred E. Rizk
Recipients: Shahla Hazratjee
Christopher L. Limbacher
David Toomim Scholarship
David Toomim began law school after a
very successful career in public accounting,
but he never would have been able to attend
college without a scholarship. In memory
of this remarkable graduate, this scholarship will be awarded to a current law student who is over the age of 30, has financial
need and a passion for the law.
Donor:
The Toomim Family Foundation
Recipient: Brandon S. Bludau
Houston Intellectual
Property Law Association
(HIPLA) Scholarship
Awarded to students who demonstrate
interest in intellectual property through
coursework, prior internships, prior
employment and participation in student
organizations.
Donor:
HIPLA
Recipients:Matthew T. Cameron
Lisa Hasenberg
UH Law Center AIPLEF Jan
Jancin Award 2014 Nominee
Awarded to the Law Center’s sole nominee
to a national scholarship competition conducted by the American Intellectual Property Law Education Foundation (AIPLEF),
an organization formed by the nation’s preeminent IP bar organization, the American Intellectual Property Law Association
(AIPLA). The scholarship is in honor of the
late Jan Jancin, who served not only as President of AIPLA, but served with distinction
in several other leadership roles within the
intellectual property bar.
Donor:Institute for Intellectual Property
and Information Law
Recipient: Brandon S. Bludau
UH Law Center 2014 IPIL
Award for Distinguished
Accomplishment
Awarded to a student who has exemplified excellence in intellectual property academic studies and is interested in pursuing
a career in intellectual property or information law.
Donor:Institute for Intellectual Property
and Information Law
Recipient: William D. Sprott
IPSO Service Award
Awarded to a member of IPSO, the organization for students of intellectual property
and information law, for outstanding contributions to the community of students
studying intellectual property and information law at the Law Center.
Donor:Institute for Intellectual Property
and Information Law
Recipient: Dino Arslanagic
IPIL Co-Directors Award
Awarded for the best student‑authored
paper in the field of intellectual property
and information law from a seminar course
taught by IPIL core faculty.
Donor:Institute for Intellectual Property
and Information Law
Recipient: Ira Jamshidi
Phyllis Randolph Frye
Writing Competition Award
For the best paper in topics relating to an
area of law (i.e. family, employment, education K-12, insurance, criminal) dealing with
gender identity or gender expression, with
preference given to transgender and intersex issues.
Donor:
Ms. Phyllis R. Frye
Recipient: Rebecca Rosen-Sheff
“OMG!” There’s a Boy in the Girl’s
Bathroom: The Constitutionality
of California’s School Success and
Opportunity Act and Its Implications
John Ventura Scholar
To honor the memory of John Ventura, the
founding director of the Texas Consumer
Complaint Center, the Center for Consumer Law has established the position of
Ventura Scholar. This position is awarded
to a second or third year student interested
in furthering the rights of consumers.
Donor:Texas Consumer
Complaint Center
Recipient: Amir M. Shiva
Commercial & Consumer
Law Award for Excellence
& Achievement
This award recognizes a second or third
year law student who demonstrates profound interest and scholarship in the area
of commercial and consumer law.
Donor:Houston Bar Association
Commercial & Consumer
Law Section
Recipient: Alicia V. Patterson
Danny Goldberg
Memorial Award
Awarded for the best non-law review paper
focusing on the delivery of legal services
and topics of interest on rural and poverty
law.
Donor:Bruce Schimmel
Recipient: Olivia M. Peña,
Municipal Regulation of Payday
& Title Loans in Texas
An Exemplary & Constitutional Good
for a Necessary & Predatory Evil
DeAnna Mack ’08
Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship is awarded in memory
of DeAnna Mack who died at a young
age shortly after graduating from the Law
Center.
Donor:Jones McClure Publishing,
Inc. and friends and family
of DeAnna Mack
Recipient: Mia Breaux Lorick
Black Law Student Association
(BLSA) Alumni Scholarship
This award was established by the BLSA
Alumni to assist a student member of the
organization in her quest for professional
success.
Donor:Alumni of the Black Law
Students Association
Recipient: Mia Breaux Lorick
2014 1L BLSA Scholarship
Awarded to a 1L who has excelled academically and who has exhibited a strong commitment to BLSA and the Law Center.
Donor:Shell Oil Company and
Chanler Langham
Recipient: Danielle D. Dary
2014 Andrews Kurth 2L
BLSA Scholarship
Awarded to a 2L who has excelled academically and who has exhibited a strong commitment to BLSA and the Law Center.
Donor:
Andrews Kurth LLP
Recipient: J. Zoe Cadore
Honorable Jackson B.
Smith, Jr. ’50 Scholarship
This scholarship was created in memory of
Judge Jackson B. Smith, Jr., who loved his
country and the law. He served in the military during World War II, and as judge, he
served in 10 of Texas’ 14 Courts of Appeals,
as well as all trial level courts. This award
is given to a full-time, first generation
student.
Donor:
Mrs. Jackson B. Smith,
Recipient: Jessica O. Ireton
Dean A.A. White Student
Scholarship
Awarded to students who will be a credit to
the legal profession.
Donor:A.A. White, Dean Emeritus
& Ersie Kern Ator White
Recipients:Nicholas Brown
Rebecca M. Cutri-Kohart
Marcus L. Rabinowitz
Vaibhav Sharma
Celia Figueroa ’94
Memorial Scholarship
The Celia Figueroa Scholarship was established in honor of the late Celia Figueroa
by her family, friends, and employer, BBVA
Bancomer USA, for whom she served as
General Counsel. The scholarship is to
be awarded annually to a UHLC student
who has displayed excellence in her studies and service to the Law Center community. Preference is given to a student who
has family obligations and/or whose career
involves international business experience.
Donor:Bancomer Transfer Services,
Inc. and Friends and Family
of Celia Figueroa
Recipient: LaDelle D. Davenport
Nancy Snyder-Nepo
’00 Scholarship
In memory of Nancy Snyder-Nepo, a lawyer and mother, who lost her life to cancer
at a young age. This scholarship is awarded
to provide financial assistance for a Law
Center student who is balancing the role of
parent and student.
Donor:Family and Friends of
Nancy Snyder-Nepo
Recipient: Shahla Hazratjee
Alonso S. Perales
Legal Scholarship
This scholarship is awarded in memory of
Alonso Perales, an early Mexican American
lawyer in Texas, having been sworn into the
Bar in 1925. He practiced law in the Rio
Grande Valley and San Antonio until his
death in 1960. His papers and archives are
in the University of Houston Library, and
form the basis of an extensive record about
civil rights, immigration, and other legal
issues in the State. This award will be given
to a member of the UHLC Hispanic Law
Student Association (HLSA) whose record
of academic and service accomplishments
merit the recognition.
Donor:
Friends of Alonso S. Perales
Recipient: Matthew R. Encino
Murray M. Nusynowitz
Memorial Scholarship
Awarded to a law student who is active in
the recruitment and admissions process.
Donor:Friends and Family of
Murray M. Nusynowitz
Recipient: Allison M. Arterberry
Buck J. Wynne Memorial
Scholarship
The State Bar of Texas Environmental
and Natural Resources Law Section established this scholarship in memory of Buck J.
Wynne, a prominent environmental attorney who died in 1996. It is awarded to the
top students in introductory environmental law classes.
Donor:State Bar of Texas
Environmental and Natural
Resources Law Section
Recipients: Kate C. Ferrell
Bodine T. Schwerin
Texas State Bar Oil and
Gas Section Scholarship
Awarded to a student who has demonstrated outstanding academic achievement
and an interest in oil and gas.
Donor:Texas State Bar Oil
and Gas Section
Recipient: Lisa Hasenberg
Jacqueline Lang Weaver
Excellence Award in Oil & Gas
Awarded to the student who has demonstrated the highest degree of excellence in
studies relating to the field of oil and gas law.
Donor:
James L. Connor III
Recipient: Weston P. Ray
Houston Bar Association, Oil,
Gas & Mineral Law Scholarship
Awarded to a student who has demonstrated outstanding academic achievement
and an interest in oil and gas.
Donor:Houston Bar Association, Oil,
Gas & Mineral Section
Recipients:Laura W. Duncan
Iliana Z. Ivanova
Gulf Coast Power Association
(GCPA) David Oliver
Memorial Scholarship
Awarded to students who have excelled in
coursework or written papers that have a
significant electricity component.
Donor:
Gulf Coast Power Association
Recipients: Simisola F. Olukolu
Kyrie L. Ruiz
Liskow & Lewis Best
Brief Award
Awarded to the first year student who
wrote the best appellate brief. Briefs were
judged by practicing attorneys in the Houston area.
Donor:
Liskow & Lewis
Recipient: Adam M. Mundt
James Edmund Kemp
Scholarship
In memory of James Edmund Kemp, this
scholarship was created to provide financial
assistance to UH Law Center students who
are balancing financing their legal education along with other financial obligations.
Donor:
Judy Amonett (’03)
Recipients:Nandini Kavuri
Mashhood S. Khawar
Allison C. Phillips
Clayton Suitt
Irene Merker Rosenberg
Child Advocacy Scholarship
In memory of Irene Merker Rosenberg, a
scholar and advocate of children’s rights, this
scholarship is designed for law students who
are interested in working in the area of children and the law. In addition to providing a
financial scholarship the program also provides advanced educational opportunities,
career counseling and year-round employment opportunities to students committed
to advancing the legal interests of children.
Donor:University of Houston
Law Center
Recipients:Allison M. Arterberry
Lauren A. Fisher
Lara P. Hogue
Esther S. Kim
Megan J. Mikutis
Sarah E. Muckleroy
Ashley M. Pierce
Lisa M. Steffek
Tracey G. Toll
Alexandra M. Wolf
Yale Rosenberg
Memorial Prize
Awarded for the best student paper in
Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Federal Jurisdiction or Jewish Law.
Donor:
Friends of Yale Rosenberg
Recipient: Casey W. Amsler, “A
Controlling Necessity: The Case
for Military Commissions”
Alicia Jewell / Mehaffey
& Weber Scholarship
In memory of Alicia Jewell a 1990 graduate who lost her life in an automobile accident. This scholarship was created to assist
an outstanding student who shows not only
scholarship but also leadership abilities and
who is in need of scholarship support for
the continuation of her education.
Donor:Mehaffey & Weber and
Friends of Alicia Jewell
Recipient: Sabra G. Thomas
Samson Memorial Animal
Law Scholarship
This scholarship is in memory of Moe and
Louis Nasr’s beloved German Shepherd
dog, Samson. Awarded to a student who
has demonstrated a passion for and commitment to animal advocacy.
Donor:
Mr. & Mrs. Moe Nasr
Recipient: Amy D. Demmler
Sam Williamson Fellowship
in Immigration Law
This scholarship was created in memory
of Sam Williamson, a tireless advocate for
immigrants. His career spanned more than
five decades during which he fought fiercely
for the rights of his clients. It is awarded to a
student who is committed to the practice of
immigration law.
Donor:Family and friends of
Sam Williamson
Recipient: Lauren E. Randle
Frank G. Evans
2013-2014 Scholarship
In commemoration of The Honoable Frank
G. Evans, this scholarship is awarded to students for outstanding performance in the
Mediation Clinic. The Honorable Frank G.
Evans is referred to as the “Father of ADR
in Texas,” because he was responsible for
drafting the Texas ADR statutes now part
of section 154 of the Texas Civil Practice
and Remedies Code. He was also the original donor to fund UH Law Center’s A.A.
White Dispute Resolution Center.
Donor:Houston Bar Association ADR
Section and Judge John Coselli
Recipients: Jeff Kuo
Suchismita Pahi
Clinical Legal Education
Association
The Clinical Legal Education Association
(CLEA) recognizes law students who have
excelled in a clinical course in law school.
The award is based on excellence in case
work, in the seminar component of the
course, and the nature and extent of the
student’s contribution to the clinical community at his law school.
Donor:Clinical Legal Education
Association (CLEA)
Recipient: Teal A. de la Garza
Irving J. Weiner Memorial
Scholarship
Awarded to a student who excelled in the
Legal Aid Clinic
Donor:Mrs. Irving J. Weiner and
friends of Irving J. Weiner
Recipient: Salma F. Hasan
Joseph Vail Memorial
Scholarship
To honor the memory of Joseph Vail, Director of the Immigration Clinic, this award is
given to a student who has demonstrated
interest in immigration law and also great
advocacy on behalf of immigrants through
course work and involvement with the
clinic.
Donor:
Friends and family of Joseph Vail
Recipient: Veronica E. Bernal
Claire V. Smith Scholarship
Awarded to assist law students in fulfilling
their professional aspirations.
Donor:Claire V. Smith Charitable
Foundation
Recipients:Michael H. Ghutzman
Deena K. Herndon-Remy
Josephine I. Sorgwe
Robert Allen Memorial
Student Excellence
Scholarship
In memory of Robert Allen, this scholarship was established to provide assistance
to a part-time student who has a passion
for the law.
Donor:
Elizabeth Allen
Recipients:Rissel C. Durand
Yang Wang
Ann Dinsmore Forman
Memorial Child
Advocacy Award
Ann Forman spent nearly her entire professional life in the Travis County District Attorney’s Office in its unit devoted
to the protection of abused and neglected
children. She was a tireless advocate for
her charges, and an inspiration to all who
knew her. This scholarship is awarded to
the students whose careers demonstrate a
high level of commitment to the welfare of
abused or neglected children, or other children with special needs.
Donor:Friends of Ann
Dinsmore Forman
Recipients:Lauren A. Fisher
Teal A. de la Garza
Alexandra M. Wolf
Ann Dinsmore Forman
AWIL Award
In memory of the co-founder and founding
president of the Association of Women in
Law, Ann Dinsmore Forman, this award is
presented to the student who best exemplifies advocacy of matters of particular concern to the Association of Women in Law.
Donor:Friends of Ann
Dinsmore Forman
Recipient: Megan L. Davis
Rusty McMains Insurance
Law Scholarship
Awarded to the student enrolled in Insurance Law who wrote the best “op-ed” styled
essay on the Affordable Care Act’s provision on risk adjustment.
Donor:State Bar of Texas
Insurance Section
Recipient: Ryan R. Ingraham
Houston Bar Association Real Estate Law Section Award
Awarded to the top student in advanced
Real Estate courses.
Donor:
HBA Real Estate Law Section
Recipient: David J. Rusk
Houston Bar Association,
Probate, Trusts and Estates
Awarded to a law student who has shown
exemplary success in coursework related to
probate.
Donor:HBA Probate, Trusts
& Estates Section
Recipient: Teal A. de la Garza
Houston Bar Association,
Corporate Counsel
Section Award
Awarded to a current law student who
demonstrates academic merit and an interest in corporate law through coursework.
Donor:HBA Corporate Counsel Section
Recipient: Darina A. Koleva
Gil Epstein ’94 Scholarship
Awarded to a student who plans to be a
criminal lawyer and has shown the greatest
promise in that regard.
Donor:Friends and family of Gil Epstein
Recipient: Drew J. Willey
Mark Vela Scholarship Fund
Awarded for the best paper in criminal law.
Donor:
Mr. Terry G. Collins
Recipient: H. Michelle Rice
What is the Cost of Change? How
Holder’s Charging Policy Extends
Prosecutorial Discretion
Justice Bud Warren
Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship is in memory of James
“Bud” Franklin Warren, who served on the
1st Court of Appeals in Houston from 1979
until his death in 1990. This award was created to recognize outstanding students in
the area of appellate advocacy.
Donor:
Mrs. Merle Warren
Recipients: Nicholas Brown
William D. Sprott
International Academy
of Trial Lawyers Award
Awarded to a student exemplifying outstanding ability in courtroom advocacy.
Donor:
Mr. Donald F. O’Brien
Recipient: Mia Breaux Lorick
The Order of the Barristers
The Order of the Barristers is a national
honorary organization whose purpose is
the encouragement of oral advocacy and
brief writing skills through effective law
school oral advocacy programs. The Order
also provides national recognition for individuals who have excelled in advocacy and
service at their respective schools. In 1973,
Martindale-Hubbell, Inc. acknowledged
the distinction of being selected to membership in the Order by agreeing to list it
among the scholastic distinctions included
in a lawyer’s biographical sketch.
Recipients:Phillip Baggett
Nicholas Brown
Megan Daic
Joshua Hilbe
Casey Jordan
Mia Breaux Lorick
Niki Roberts
Adam Robertson
Anthony Smith
William Sprott
Lillian Kaiser Lewis
Scholarship
Awarded to assist a first year law student in
fulfilling professional aspirations.
Donor:
Lillian Kaiser Lewis Foundation
Recipient: Allegra Sturns
Alumni Association
Scholarship
Awarded to students exhibiting leadership,
character and involvement in extracurricular activities. Preference is given to students
who have volunteered with the Law Gala
and Auction.
Donor:
Annual Law Gala and Auction
Recipients:Katie N. Jackson
Alyssa J. Ladd
Barksdale Stevens Award
Awarded to a deserving third year law student who is active and shows interest in the
Law Center.
Donor:
BakerBotts LLP
Recipient: Aaron J. Blair
Lipscomb Scholarship
Awarded to a student who is fulfilling professional aspirations and who will be a
credit to the legal profession.
Donor:Charles Blankenburg and
Myra Stubberfield
Recipient: Eglantine M. Pauvarel Moss
Richard Simmons
Memorial Scholarship
In memory of Richard Simmons, a United
States Bankruptcy Trustee, this scholarship will be awarded to a student who has
demonstrated an interest in bankruptcy,
through coursework, activities, internships,
clerkships or employment.
Donor:
Friends of Richard Simmons
Recipient: Benjamin Cohen-Kurzrock
Yuet Lan Lung Award for
Advanced Legal Research
ALI CLE Scholarship &
Leadership Award
Hutcheson & Grundy
Scholarship
American Bankruptcy
Institute Medal of Excellence
This scholarship was created to promote
legal research, a survival skill for summer
associates, new associates, interns, and
judicial clerks. Named after the donor’s
mother, it is awarded to the top second or
third year student in the Advanced Legal
Research class.
Donor:
Mon Yin Lung
Recipient: Iliana Z. Ivanova
Awarded to assist a second year year student to fulfill professional aspirations.
Based on demonstrated leadership, extracurricular involvement and potential for
successful study in law school.
Donor:
Hutcheson & Grundy LLP
Recipient: Destinee K. Roman
W. Harold Sellers Scholarship
Awarded to a student who demonstrates
strong academics and financial need.
Donor:
W. Harold Sellers
Recipient: Theresa E. Langley
Joan Garfinkel Glantz Award
Awarded to a graduating student who has
worked extensively in the area of civil liberties.
Donor:Friends and family of
Joan Garfinkel Glantz
Recipient: Veronica E. Bernal
Joan Garfinkel Glantz Civil
Liberties Scholarship
Awarded for the best paper on Civil
Liberties.
Donor:Friends and family of
Joan Garfinkel Glantz
Recipient: Kelly Rae Ferrell
Twenty-First Century Surveillance:
DNA “Data-Mining” & The Erosion
of the Fourth Amendment
Awarded to the law students in the graduating class who best represent a combination
of scholarship and leadership.
Donor:American Law Institute-ABA
Committee on Continuing
Legal Education
Recipients:Megan L. Davis
Edward B. Goolsby
Benjamin P. Wells
Awarded to a student who has shown exemplary success in coursework and activities
realted to Bankruptcy.
Donor:
Thatcher Proffitt & Wood LLP
Recipient: Michael Cline
NAWL Outstanding
Law Student Award
Awarded to a student in the graduating
class who contributes to the advancement
of women in society; promotes issues and
concerns of women in the legal profession;
exhibits motivation, tenacity, enthusium,
academic achievement, and earns respect
of her collegues.
Donor:National Association of
Women Lawyers
Recipient: Veronica E. Bernal
National Order of Scribes
Awarded to graduating law students who
demonstrate the highest levels of professionalism and are outstanding legal writers.
Donor:
Order of Scribes
Recipient:Ashlin C. Aldinger
Scott P. Armstrong
Deena K. Herndon-Remy
Ira Jamshidi
Olivia M. Peña
Lex Awards
Awarded to students receiving the highest grade in a first year course.
Recipients:
Constitutional LawContractsCriminal Law
Rebecca M. Cutri-Kohart
Firas M. AbulawiVeronica D. Cruz
Kevin T. DyerTaylor E. GissellSarah J. Kelly
Lauren A. FisherJeremy A. HayesMarcus L. Rabinowitz
Marcus L. RabinowitzMurtuza HussainDestinee K. Roman
Munira A. Jesani
Daliborka Krljanovic
Christopher L. Limbacher
Sebastian H. Ornstein
Procedure I PropertyTorts
Shahla HazratjeeBrooke N. GrangerLaura C. Bielinski
Christopher L. Limbacher
Shahla HazratjeeKirsty L. Davis
Joseph S. ThomasKyung Sil LeeKyle T. Doherty
Broocks M. WilsonGordon J. Martens
Taylor E. Gissell
Cullen G. PickDerra L. Mattina
Lawyering Skills and Strategies
Firas M. AbulawiCharles S. MauleBrittany N. Vanek
Gabriela M. BarakeAndrea Memovic
Di Wang
Meredith A. CarrSamantha A. Newman
Alexandra M. Wolf
Melanie C. CrouchDestinee K. Roman
Ian A. Wright
Trenton D. DavidRebecca Rosen-Sheff
Jing Zhong
Kirsty L. DavisJason P. Rudloff
Andrew J. GeppertTanja Saravolac
Alessandra E. GraceEdward B. Seeger
Brandon L. KuhreBrian A. Srubar
Kyung Sil LeeGraham M. Valenta
Intro to American Law
Tanja Saravolac
Statutory Interpretation & Regulation
Benjamin Cohen-Kurzrock
Dana A. Lizik
Marcus L. Rabinowitz
2014 Summer
Public Interest Fellows
Awarded for public interest work with an agency that has limited financial support.
Sameen Ali
Natasha Bahri
Krystle Billings
Judith Zoe Cadore
Meredith Carr
Jonathan Chatham
Nimra Chowdhry
Bobby Dale
Danielle Dary
Ted Evans
Lauren Fisher
Lara Hogue
Stephanie Huang
Murtuza Hussain
Brian Hutchison
Raenesha Jackson
Munira Jesani
Jennifer Juergens
Ester Kim
Derra Mattina
Alison Mills
Michael Moore
Ingrid Norsberg
Kyle O’Farrell
Armin Salek
Kayleigh Smith
Morgan Tennant
Lisa Virgen
Vladi Vladimirova
atholic Charities
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Lone Star Legal Aid
DOJ, Criminal Division
American Wind & Energy Association
Harris County Attorney’s Office
Disability Rights Texas
Center for Reproductive Rights
Tahirih Justice Center
Galveston Bay Foundation
Lone Star College System
Arizona Office of the Public Advocate
Harris County District Attorney’s Office
U.S. Attorney’s Office
Lone Star Legal Aid
Harris County District Attorney’s Office
Texas Innocence Network
Tahirih Justice Center
Bayou Land Conservancy
Lone Star Legal Aid
Harris County District Attorney’s Office
Office of the Attorney General
Texas Innocence Network
NARAL Pro-Choice Texas
Texas Innocence Network
Lone Star Legal Aid
Texas Medical Board
Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid
Tahirih Justice Center
Lone Star Legal Aid
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