The College of Law celebrated the outstanding achievements of students, staff and faculty on Jan. 30 at the college’s Honors Banquet and Awards Program.
STUDENT AWARDS
Knoxville Auxiliary to the Tennessee Bar Association Award
Kaleb Byars
Herbert L. Davis Memorial Trust Fund Awards
Brandon Allen and Alexander Brent
Merchant & Gould Excellence in Intellectual Property Awards
Arvis Blakey and Clint Pitts
Edward & Elizabeth Harshfield Awards for Excellence in Civil Procedure
Kaleb Byars and Eric Salama
James R. & Nell W. Cunningham Award for Legal Research
Kaleb Byars
James R. & Nell W. Cunningham Award for Best First-Year Brief
Rebecca Hanniford
James R. & Nell W. Cunningham Award for Excellence in Legal Writing
Michael Caskey
Charles H. Miller Excellence in Civil Advocacy Award
Will Beasley
James L. Powers III Excellence in Criminal Advocacy Awards
Avery Shell, Alijah Lovingfoss, and Taylor Ward
Transactional Clinic Award
Charlotte Houser
Jerry P. Black Jr. Student Clinic Attorney Awards
Brandon Fersten and Dillon Zinser
Tennessee Attorney General’s Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy
Sarah Addie Martin
International Academy Of Trial Lawyers Trial Advocacy Award
Sean Bright
Robert E. Pryor Award for Excellence in Advocacy
Andrew Cox
National Association of Women Lawyers Award
Savannah Darnell
Susan B. Anthony Award
Anne Batcheller
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz Tom Hodge and Bob Worthington Student Leadership Award
Donovan Justice
Frank Benson Creekmore Memorial Award
Clint Pitts
William M. Leech Jr. Public Service Prize
Kristen Anderson
The Stanuszek Law Group, PLLC Awards
Elizabeth Peterson and Dave Hall
Jerry V. Smith Evidence Award
Kaleb Byars
FACULTY/STAFF AWARDS
College of Law Staff Awards for Extraordinary Service
Leslie Principe, Lori Thomas, Ellen Cole and Lisa Holden
Marilyn V. Yarbrough Faculty Award for Writing Excellence
Lucy Jewel
W. Allen Separk Faculty Scholarship Award
Ben Barton
Wilkinson Junior Research Professorship
Brad Areheart
Carden Outstanding Faculty Award for Scholarship
Maurice Stucke
Carden Outstanding Faculty Award for Service
Teri Dobbins Baxter
Tom & Elizabeth Fox Faculty Award For Service To The Bench & Bar
Paula Schaefer
College of Law Outstanding Adjunct Teacher Award
Jamie Ballinger
Harold C. Warner Outstanding Teacher Award
Joy Radice