The College of Law celebrated the outstanding achievements of students, staff and faculty on Feb. 17 at the college’s Honors Banquet and Awards Program. Award categories and winners include:
STUDENT AWARDS
Knoxville Auxiliary to the Tennessee Bar Association Award
Esther Lewoczko
Herbert L. Davis Memorial Trust Fund Awards for Academic Progress and GPA
Abigail Caldwell and Martha Dinwiddie
Merchant & Gould Excellence in Intellectual Property Awards
Rhett Sexton
Edward & Elizabeth Harshfield Awards for Excellence in Civil Procedure
Esther Lewoczko and Meaghan Denniston
James R. & Nell W. Cunningham Awards for Legal Research, Best First-Year Brief and Legal Writing
Ryan McElhose, Mitchell Gladstein, James Miller and Emily Poole
Charles H. Miller Excellence in Civil Advocacy Award
Olivia Freeman
James L. Powers III Excellence in Criminal Advocacy Awards
Kayla Rask
Transactional Clinic Award
Courtney Cox and Peyton Smith
Jerry P. Black Jr. Student Clinic Attorney Award
Autumn Bowling
Tennessee Attorney General’s Award for Excellence in Trial Advocacy
Andres Lozano
International Academy of Trial Lawyers Trial Advocacy Award
Martha Dinwiddie
Robert E. Pryor Award for Excellence in Advocacy
Samantha Buller-Young
Brock Shipe Klenk Promise Awards in Transactional Law and Property Law
Mikah Roberts, Hannah Boggess and Jonathan Russell
National Association of Women Lawyers Award
Abigail Caldwell
Susan B. Anthony Award
Grace Ewell
Frank Benson Creekmore Memorial Award
Grayson Holmes
William M. Leech Jr. Public Service Prize
Olivia Freeman
Jerry V. Smith Evidence Award
Elizabeth Cox
Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz Tom Hodge and Bob Worthington Student Leadership Award
Stefan Kostas
Judge Pamela Reeves Student Leadership Award
Hannah Benjamin
FACULTY/STAFF AWARDS
College of Law Staff Awards for Extraordinary Service
Tammy Neff, Jeff Groah and Teresa Peterson
Marilyn V. Yarbrough Faculty Award for Writing Excellence
Maurice Stucke
W. Allen Separk Faculty Scholarship Award
Penny White and Glenn Reynolds
Wilkinson Junior Research Professorship
Sherley Cruz
John Reginald Hill Faculty Scholar
Zack Buck
Carden Outstanding Faculty Award for Scholarship
Teri Dobbins Baxter
Carden Outstanding Faculty Award for Service
Shamika Dalton
Carden Outstanding Faculty Award for Teaching
Michelle Kwon
Tom & Elizabeth Fox Faculty Award For Service To The Bench & Bar
Becky Jacobs
College of Law Outstanding Adjunct Teacher Award
Rodd Barckhoff
Harold C. Warner Outstanding Teacher Award
Valorie Vojdik