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2024 Dean’s Awards honor accomplishments of UHLC students, faculty and staff

Winners

Lex Award for highest marks in Lawyering Skills and Strategies 

April 25, 2024 — The University of Houston Law Center recognized the achievements of students, faculty and staff during its annual Dean’s Awards Ceremony. UH Law Center Dean Leonard M. Baynes and Assistant Dean for Student Affairs Monica Mensah co-hosted the event at the John M. O’Quinn Law Building on Friday, April 19.

Dean Baynes welcomed a packed room of recipients, friends and family, “Today, we extend our appreciation to our students, emphasizing how talented and special they are as well as our faculty for their teaching expertise and our hard-working staff.”

More than 160 scholarships and awards were distributed to students, faculty and staff for their academic excellence and service to the Law Center.

Audience

Lauren and Iain Simpson Conservation Scholarship

Audience

Clinic Student Excellence Scholarship recipients

“Each year we host a Dean’s Awards Ceremony to recognize students for their service, academic merit, and stellar accomplishments,” said Mensah. “These students are some of the Law Center’s best and brightest.”

The Lex Awards recognized students who earned the highest grade in their first-year courses, which include Constitutional Law, Contracts, Criminal Law, Procedure, Property, Statutory Interpretation & Regulation, Torts, Introduction to American Law, and Lawyering Skills and Strategies.

Recipients included: Sameer Abdali, James Adams, Nurain N. Ali, Oluwatamilore Bankole, Justin D.K. Bui, Michael P. Burger, Grace Burgert, Catherine Cleary, Nadin Fallah, Samier Farmer, Obateniola O. Fayiga, Gisell Gaviria Florez, Ross A. Galansky, Aaron C. Garrett, Akhil George, Julia F. Harriman, Adam Harrison, Andrew Hrabar, Inkar N. Imanbaeva, Amalia M. Jaeck, Heather K. Jager, Tanner J. Jarrell, Philip John, Megan D. Kibler, Hanna Koval, Vishaal Kuruvanka, Jeffrey B., Langemeier, Joseph B. Lipper, Stephanie Martinez, D. Lachlan McLeod, Sophie McNamara, Graysen C. Mechler, Brady Mills, Erika Morrill, Zachary Mouton, Madison L. Oswald, Cindy Patricia Peters, Caroline Peterson, Apollo Pham, Nadia Posluszny, Kaleick Pullam, Duncan Reedyk, Caroline Rodriguez, Usmon Shaikh,     Wyley Sharp, Blake Slinkard, Justin P. Smook, Douglas E. Steinman, Jillian Stewart, Katherine, Szymanski and Sofia A. Winograd.

Green

Lex Award for highest marks in Lawyering Skills and Strategies

Green

Phyllis Randolph Frye Writing Competition Award

The 2024 distinguished faculty and staff awards included:

Click here for a complete list of the 2024 recipients.

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