The faculty of UConn School of Law has recognized the many and varied achievements of\u00a0 its students and graduates with an array of prizes and awards.<\/p>\n
The recipients, announced at the end of the academic year, are honored for their academic and extracurricular accomplishments, which may include grades, class participation, clinical work, leadership and community involvement. Many awards provide a financial component while others offer books, certificates, memberships and other gifts.<\/p>\n
The 2024 awards and recipients are:<\/p>\n
The Honorable Herbert Barall Family Law Award<\/strong> The Honorable M. Joseph Blumenfeld Award<\/strong> The Elihu Burritt Award <\/strong> The Robert S. Carey, Jr., JD \u201976 Connecticut Attorneys Title Insurance Company Foundation (CATIC) Foundation Award in Real Property<\/strong> The Clark-Janis International Award<\/strong> The Clinical Legal Education Association Certificate of Recognition<\/strong> The Clinical Legal Education Association Outstanding Externship Student Award<\/strong> The Connecticut Bar Association Labor and Employment Section Award for Excellence in Employment Law <\/strong> The Connecticut Bar Association Real Property Section Memorial Award <\/strong> The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities Award<\/strong> The Maxwell Friedman Award<\/strong> The Thomas F. Gallivan, Jr. Memorial Award<\/strong> The Milton W. Horwitz Award<\/strong> The Insurance Law Center JD Award<\/strong> The Insurance Law Center LLM Award<\/strong> Olimpiad Ioffe Award<\/strong> Fleming James Jr. Award<\/strong> Kathryn Mikolinski \u201917 Memorial Award for Criminal Law<\/strong> The Distinguished Alumni Professor Kent Newmyer Award in American Legal History<\/strong> Joseph F. Noonan Memorial Award<\/strong> The Pomp-Shine Family Award in Taxation<\/strong> The Alvin Pudlin Memorial First Amendment Fund Award<\/strong> The Judge Robert Satter Award<\/strong> George and Lorraine Schatzki Award<\/strong> Paul Schneider LLM \u201918 and Bryan Garcia Human Rights and Social Justice Award<\/strong> Thomas J. Staley Award<\/strong> William F. Starr Fellowship Award <\/strong> William F. Starr First Year Award <\/strong> Edward L. Stephenson Memorial Award<\/strong> Terry J. Tondro Award<\/strong> UConn School of Law Award for Exceptional Achievement in Scholarship<\/strong> UConn School of Law Award for Outstanding Service to the Law School<\/strong> UConn School of Law International Award<\/strong> UConn School of Law Pro Bono Award<\/strong> Cornelius W. Wickersham Jr. Award<\/strong> Women Law Students Award<\/strong> The 2024 awards were coordinated by a committee working at the request of Dean Eboni S. Nelson in consultation with faculty members in each subject area. The committee members were Professor Richard Pomp (Chair), Professor Tara Cooley, Professor Miguel DeFigueiredo, Professor Jessica de Perio Wittman, Assistant Dean Christina Mohr, and Director of Student Affairs Shelby Summers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The annual awards recognize achievements in many areas of the law as well as contributions to the law school and the community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":86,"featured_media":214859,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1857],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[1856],"class_list":["post-214847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-law"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-03 12:29:32","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/86"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214847"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":214962,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214847\/revisions\/214962"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/214859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214847"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=214847"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=214847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022 Robert McCormick \u201924
\nEstablished by friends and family of Judge Herbert Barall and awarded to a graduating student who has excelled in the study of family law and has shown a commitment to family law.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Matthew Saladino \u201924
\nEstablished by friends of U.S. District Judge M. Joseph Blumenfeld and awarded to a student who has rendered outstanding service to clients in a clinic program.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Shae Heitz \u201924
\nAwarded to the student with the highest academic average achieved at a semester abroad program sponsored by the UConn School of Law.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Kimberly Luciano \u201925
\nAwarded for outstanding work in real property law.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Lili Holtey\u00a0 (exchange student)
\nEstablished by Professor Mark Janis and his wife, Janet Janis, in honor of their parents, Martha and Allan Clark and June and Henry Janis, and given to an international student for superior academic achievement.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Benjamin Kline \u201924
\n\u2022 Stefanie McArdle \u201924
\n\u2022 Rachel Sandor \u201924
\nAwarded for outstanding performance in a clinical program.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Olivia Kappel \u201925
\nAwarded to a student for outstanding performance in an externship.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Chelsea Connery \u201924
\nAwarded for outstanding achievement in the field of labor and employment law.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Madison Schettler \u201924
\nGiven to the student who has contributed substantially to the development of a sound body of law in the field of real property.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Olta Shkembi \u201924
\nGiven to a student who, in the judgment of the faculty, has written the best paper addressing a problem in municipal law or another aspect of municipal government, or has completed an internship or service project in municipal government in Connecticut and demonstrates the greatest contribution to excellence in local government.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Colleen Olsen \u201924
\nPresented to a student for outstanding achievement in commercial subjects.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Stephen Pendergast \u201925
\nPresented by the Law School Alumni Association for outstanding scholastic achievement in property law in honor of the late Thomas F. Gallivan, a lecturer at the Law School.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Megan Phillips \u201925
\nAwarded to a student who has excelled in the 1L Torts course and who demonstrates a dedication to the highest standards of morality and integrity of the profession.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Lauren Kidd \u201924
\nPresented to a graduating student who has excelled in the study of insurance law or rendered outstanding service to the Connecticut Insurance Law Journal or to the Insurance Law Society.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Laura Arp \u201924
\nGiven to the student receiving a Masters of Laws (LLM) in Insurance Law who best exemplifies the law school\u2019s commitment to scholarship in insurance law and service to the community.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Christopher Torre \u201925
\nEstablished by friends of Professor Olimpiad Ioffe to recognize a graduating student who has excelled in the study of comparative law or Eastern European law.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Nicole Palmieri \u201924
\nEstablished in honor of the late Professor Fleming James Jr. to recognize an upper-level student who has excelled in the study of labor law.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Joyce Lopes \u201924
\nAwarded in memory of Kathryn Mikolinski \u201917 to a graduating student who demonstrates excellence in the study or practice of criminal defense law or who best exemplifies dedication to protecting the rights of criminal defendants.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Nicolas Berube \u201924
\nEstablished in honor of Kent Newmyer to recognize a student who demonstrates excellence in the study of American legal history.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Shae Heitz \u201924
\nEstablished in memory of Joseph F. Noonan \u02bc48 to recognize a student who combines outstanding legal scholarship with a commitment to public service.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Jack Cole \u201924
\nEstablished by Professor Richard Pomp in honor of his father, Morris Pomp, and awarded to an outstanding law student in the tax certificate program. <\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Guliko Matcharashvili \u201924
\nAwarded to a student who advances the understanding and appreciation of the rights secured by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Alona Voronova \u201924
\nAwarded in memory of Judge Robert Satter for contributions through a student\u2019s efforts or written work to the advancement or preservation of civil liberties in America.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Josh Crow \u201924
\nAwarded by fellow graduates Aaron and Sandra Gersten in honor of Dean George Schatzki to a student for outstanding service to the school.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Sara Abdulla \u201924
\n\u2022 Enrique Lopez Ramirez \u201924
\nAwarded to two students with demonstrated achievement in and dedication to the area of domestic and\/or international human rights and a commitment to advancing human rights and social justice.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Brynn Furey \u201925
\nAwarded in honor of Thomas J. Staley to a student for distinction in the study of labor law.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Richard Metzroth \u201923
\nEstablished in honor of the late Professor William F. Starr to recognize the student in the previous year\u2019s graduating class with the highest grade point average.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Christian Aviles (Evening Division) \u201926
\n\u2022 William Sean Fallon (Day Division) \u201925
\nEstablished in honor of the late Professor William F. Starr to recognize the students who achieved the highest grade point averages in last year\u2019s day and evening divisions.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Drew DeRubeis \u201927
\nEstablished in honor of the late Professor Edward L. Stephenson and awarded to a student for outstanding scholastic achievement in civil procedure.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Taylor Friel \u201924
\n\u2022 Sarah Frostbutter \u201924
\nAwarded in honor of the late Professor Terry J. Tondro to a student for excellence in the study of land use, historic preservation, affordable housing or urban revitalization.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Taylorann Vibert \u201924
\nAwarded to a graduating student for exceptional achievement in scholarship.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Andrea Catania \u201924
\nAwarded to a graduating students for outstanding service to the law school community.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Bjarne Wiese \u201924
\nAwarded to an international student receiving a Masters of Laws (LLM) in U.S. Legal Studies who best exemplifies the Law School\u2019s commitment to distinguished scholarship in international studies and dedicated service to the community. <\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Alexandria Abacherli \u201924
\nPresented to a graduating student who has demonstrated outstanding commitment to pro bono work that benefits persons of limited means.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Keith Brown \u201924
\nGiven by the Federal Bar Council in honor of Cornelius W. Wickersham, Jr. for excellence in the study of constitutional law.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Chloe Dysart \u201924
\nAwarded by WLSA to honor and support a University of Connecticut law student who is using legal skills to serve the community by promoting the interest of women.<\/p>\n