2024 Graduation Awards

Dean’s Achievement Award

The Dean’s Achievement award is presented at Dean William M. Treanor’s discretion to the students who have shown outstanding leadership and made invaluable contributions to the Georgetown Law Community.

Tyler Bates
Stephanie Houghton

American Law Institute Continuing Legal Education Scholarship and Leadership Award

The American Law Institute Continuing Legal Education Scholarship and Leadership award is presented to a law student in the graduating class who best represents a combination of scholarship and leadership, the qualities of the American Law Institute.

Elana Shapiro

Joyce Chiang Memorial Award

The Joyce Chiang Memorial award is presented to the graduating, part-time student with a demonstrable commitment to public service.

Blake Hite

Jeffrey Crandall Award

The Jeffrey Crandall award is presented to the graduating student who “best exemplifies the ideals and commitment of the late Jeffrey Crandall, whose involvement in legal aid and personal dedication to his fellow man inspired the establishment of the fund in his name”.

Lauren Iosue

National Association of Women Lawyers Outstanding Law Student Award

The National Association of Women Lawyers Outstanding Law Student award is presented to the graduating student who best represents the following criteria: contributes to the advancement of women in society; promotes issues and concerns of women in the profession; exhibits motivation, tenacity and academic achievement; and earns the respect of the Georgetown Law community.

Claire Shennan

Tutorial Award

The Tutorial award is presented to graduating students for their outstanding contributions to the Tutorial Program.

Mariah Breit

Washington Law Reporter Award

The Washington Law Reporter award is presented to the graduating student whose efforts during the preceding six months have most contributed to the success of the Student Bar Association.

Stephanie Houghton

Bettina E. Pruckmayr Memorial Award

The Bettina E. Pruckmayr Memorial Award is presented to the graduating J.D. student who has demonstrated a commitment to international human rights work.

Sonia Geba

Westin Scholar Book Award

The Westin Scholar Book Award is sponsored by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), which created a fund to support students who are identified by their professors as future leaders in the field of privacy or data protection.

Nina-Simone Edwards
Logan Arkema

St. Thomas More Award

The St. Thomas More award is presented to the top three graduating note author for their outstanding work on the Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics.

Noah Morris
Emma Skowron
Andrew Nisco

Milton A. Kaufman Award

The Milton A. Kaufman award is presented to the students who do the best work for the year on the Georgetown Law Journal.

Samantha Purdy
Tate Rosenblatt

Georgetown Law Journal Meritorious Service Award

The Georgetown Law Journal Meritorious Service award is presented to graduating journal members whose hard work and spirit as non Senior Board members made an outstanding contribution to the journal.

Emily Nicole Janikowski
Conor O’Shea
Katharine Zeigler
Ender McDuff

Dean’s Certificates

Dean’s Certificates are presented to graduating students in recognition of special and outstanding service to the Georgetown Law community.
Natalia Alarcon
Paulo Miguel Antonio
Jorge Aylwin
Tyler Bates
Rodrigo Bermudez
Lexi Boynes
Mariah Breit
Azam Chaudry
Chelsea Clayton
Savannah Cornejo Garcia
Kethan Dahlberg
Serena Dineshkumar
Nick Endo
Brynna Gaffney
Warren Geary
Sonia Geba
Monika Gindy
Chase Gordon
Lucille Holmes-Anderson
Stephanie Houghton
Lauren Iosue
Tyler Jackson
Heaven Johnson-Branch
Abigail Kunkler
Alexis Marvel 
Katelyn Maye
Maggie McCallister
Ender McDuff
Cassidy Poole
Ashwin Ramaswami
Matthew Rasson
Megan Robertson
Reilly Wright
Zina Yassine