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| Suzanne and Bob Wright '68 on the Caplin Terrace after graduation ceremonies. Bob Wright, vice chairman and executive officer of General Electric and chairman and CEO of NBC, was the commencement speaker. Graduating student Afi S. Johnson Parris, below. |
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The scene was picture-perfect under clear, blue skies as the School of Law conferred 403 degrees in its 173rd graduation ceremony, Sunday, May 19. Commencement speaker Bob Wright '68, vice chairman and executive officer of General Electric and chairman and CEO of NBC, told the crowd of 4,000 that the public's tarnished view of lawyers, exacerbated by the Enron scandal, means that young lawyers must inflexibly uphold the ideals of the profession. "The defenders of the Constitution, the guardians of our liberty, the advocates of just causes, no matter how unpopular, the protectors of the powerless, the wise counselors of our society- that is the role of America's lawyers. This is what you have trained to become," said Wright.
Dean John C. Jeffries, Jr. '73, congratulated the graduates for being "the most public-spirited class ever." Student Bar Association President Kendall Day announced their class gift, a permanent exhibit tracing the development of the Law School's facilities since the University's founding, is meant to remind future students of the traditions of excellence and service they are expected to carry on.
Amid the festive ceremony, Jonathan Elliot made a cell phone call as he crossed the stage to accept his diploma. He held the phone aloft to the crowd. His 84-year-old father, too ill to travel, was proudly listening to the applause.
It was that kind of day.
UVA Law Clerks: Class of 2002
Matthew Lincoln Adams
The Honorable Ross W. Krumm
U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia
Sarah Kathleen (Erickson) Andre
The Honorable Gary A. Feess
U.S. District Court, Central District of California
James Edward Shreve Ariail
The Honorable Claude M. Hilton
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
Cameron Du Bignon Arterton
The Honorable Henry H. Kennedy, Jr.
U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
Mark Travis Baker
The Honorable Bruce D. Black
U.S. District Court, District of New Mexico
David Austin Barker
The Honorable T.S. Ellis III
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
Carrie Elizabeth Bassi
The Honorable Gene Carter
U.S. District Court, District of Maine
Amanda Putnam Biles
The Honorable Mary Beck Briscoe
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
and The Honorable John G. Heyburn II
U.S. District Court, Western District of Kentucky
David Alan Bragdon
The Honorable Stephen F. Williams
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Guy Brenner
The Honorable Colleen Kollar-Kotelly
U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
Matthew David Burton
The Honorable Jacques L. Wiener, Jr.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Carter Hamilton Burwell
The Honorable Karen L. Henderson
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
and The Honorable John Gleeson
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York
Sarah Rebekah Byers
The Honorable Beverly B. Martin
U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia
Andrew Dale Cannady
The Honorable Christine O. C. Miller
U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Randall Baldwin Clark
The Honorable Edith H. Jones
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jeffrey Stephen Coleman
The Honorable Rossie D. Alston
Prince William County Circuit Court
Lisa Marie Colone
The Honorable Catherine C. Blake
U.S. District Court, District of Maryland
Elizabeth Catherine (Scott) Curtin
The Honorable Norman K. Moon
U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia
Stacy Joanna Dawson
The Honorable Peter J. Messitte
U.S. District Court, District of Maryland
Michael Kendall Day
The Honorable Benson E. Legg
U.S. District Court, District of Maryland
Abra Elizabeth Edwards
The Honorable Joan A. Lenard
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
Jonathan Bruce Eliot
The Honorable Eric Smith
Alaska District Court, Palmer
Christopher Paul Ende
The Honorable Alexander Harvey II
U.S. District Court, District of Maryland
April Elizabeth Fearnley
The Honorable Robert R. Beezer
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Padraic Byrne Fennelly
The Honorable Jerry E. Smith
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Scott Frederick Gast
The Honorable Michael S. Kanne
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Christine Marie Genaitis
The Honorable Ronald R. Lagueux
U.S. District Court, District of Rhode Island
Brenden Scott Gingrich
The Honorable Patrick E. Higginbotham
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Daniel Philip Golden
The Honorable James Zazzali
New Jersey Supreme Court
Michael Patrick Grady
The Honorable Stefan R. Underhill
U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
Cara Lee Griffith
The Honorable Cynthia Kinser
Virginia Supreme Court
Shannon Richmond Hall
The Honorable Emily C. Hewitt
U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Colleen Denise Hitch
The Honorable Samuel Hardy Mays
U.S. District Court, Western District of Tennessee
and The Honorable Irene M. Keeley
U.S. District Court, Northern District of West Virginia
James Derrick Honaker
The Honorable E. Norman Veasey
Supreme Court of Delaware
Vanessa Horbaly
The Honorable Robert G. Doumar
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
Melissa Mitchell Howard
The Honorable Eugene E. Siler, Jr.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Amber Lynn Husbands
The Honorable Robert G. Doumar
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
Kalere Jacob
The Honorable Janis G. Jack
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas
Ian Charles Jones
The Honorable Clarence A. Brimmer
U.S. District Court, District of Wyoming
Jessica Katherine Kelly
The Honorable Daly Hawkins
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
and The Honorable H. Robert Mayer
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Amy Elizabeth Kobelski
The Honorable Frank F. Drowota III
Tennessee Supreme Court
Kristina Jean Kopf
The Honorable Michael S. McManus
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
Kristin Krause
The Honorable Robert B. King
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Justin Vincent Laubach
The Honorable Robert E. Coyle
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
and The Honorable Howard D. McKibben
U.S. District Court, District of Nevada
Michael Dennis Lockard
The Honorable R. Lanier Anderson, III
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Keith Robert Lorenze
Delaware Court of Common Pleas
Daniel Nicholas Lovejoy
The Honorable Douglas H. Ginsburg
U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Sarah Avital Lowinger
The Honorable Rick Haselton
Oregon Court of Appeals
Holly Repp MacKay
The Honorable James C. Cacheris
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
Genevieve Schaab McCormack
The Honorable John C. Lifland
U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
Mary Ann McGrail
The Honorable Richard S. Arnold
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Katherine Ellen McKune
The Honorable Boyce F. Martin, Jr.
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Alexis I. Mei
Second Judicial Circuit of Virginia
City of Virginia Beach Circuit Court
Heather Louise Mitchell
The Honorable Benson E. Legg
U.S. District Court, District of Maryland
Najwa Marie Nabti
The Honorable Stephen M. McNamee
U.S. District Court, District of Arizona
Matthew Robert Oakes
The Honorable Percy Anderson
U.S. District Court, Central District of California
and The Honorable Norman K. Moon
U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia
Lesley Anne Pate
The Honorable Robert E. Doumar
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
Ruth Amy Payne
The Honorable J. Harvie Wilkinson III
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Elisabeth Anne Polzin
The Honorable Karen Nelson Moore
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
William Rueger Poynter
The Honorable Alvin A. Schall
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Cameron Fuller Reeves
The Honorable Rebecca B. Smith
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
Kimberly Smith Robertson
The Honorable B. Waugh Crigler
U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia
Nathaniel Clarke Roland
The Honorable Alice M. Batchelder
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Jacqueline Sadker
The Honorable Kim M. Wardlaw
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
George Peter Sibley III
The Honorable Karen J. Williams
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
and The Honorable Robert E. Payne
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
Kendal Aylor Sibley
The Honorable Karen J. Williams
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Sandra Compton Simmons
The Honorable Rebecca B. Smith
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
Holly Marie Simpkins
The Honorable Robert R. Beezer
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Daniel Plympton Smith
The Honorable James Morse
Vermont Supreme Court
Jamila Deas Smoot
The Honorable Samuel G. Wilson
U.S. District Court, Western District of Virginia
Kelley Brooke Snyder
The Honorable M. Blane Michael
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Patrick Soug
The Honorable James Benton
Virginia Court of Appeals
Leah Beth Stewart
The Honorable Emilio M. Garza
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jennifer Loraine Swize
The Honorable Paul V. Niemeyer
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
and The Honorable Jose A. Cabranes
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Natalie Caroline Timmers
The Honorable Fortunato P. Benavides
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Katharine von Ter Stegge
The Honorable David Faber
U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia
Stephen Scott West
The Honorable J. Michael Luttig
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Michael Louis Whitlock
The Honorable Gerald Bruce Lee
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Virginia
Jennifer Bowen Wieland
The Honorable Lourdes Baird
U.S. District Court, Central District of California
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Margaret G. Hyde Award
Michael Kendall Day
James C. Slaughter Honor Award
Jennifer Loraine Swize
Thomas Marshall Miller Prize
Terrica Lashun Redfield
Law School Alumni Association Award for Academic
Excellence
Daniel Nicholas Lovejoy
Law School Alumni Association Best Note Award
Matthew Christian Schruers
Robert E. Goldsten Award for Distinction
in the Classroom
Daniel Nicholas Lovejoy and Kelley
Brooke Snyder
Roger and Madeleine Traynor Prize
Matthew Adams Axtell and Jennifer Loraine Swize
Herbert Kramer/Herbert Bangel Community Service
Award
Kerry Elizabeth Kornblatt
Mortimer Caplin Public Service Award
Laura Kristen Everitt and Jennifer Tink
Robert F. Kennedy Award for Public Service
Abra Elizabeth Edwards
Edwin S. Cohen Tax Prize
Matthew Scott Houser
Earle K. Shawe Labor Relations Award
Jeffrey Darren Kessler
John M. Olin Prize in Law and Economics
Matthew Christian Schruers
Eppa Hunton IV Memorial Book Award
Brian Thomas Stansbury
Virginia Trial Lawyers Trial Advocacy Award
Mark Travis Baker
Charles J. Frankel Award in Health Law
Elizabeth Catherine Scott
Z Society Shannon Award
Ruth Amy Payne
Virginia State Bar Family Law Book Award
Katherine Rose Lasher
