27th Annual Awards Ceremony
Academic Awards
Graduation Awards
Valedictorian (projected) Zachary Babo
Salutatorian (projected) Claudia Wozniak
Special Academic Recognition
J Ronald Shiff Award for Academic Excellence in Tax
Julie Styers
Clinical Legal Education Assn. (CLEA) Outstanding Student-Attorney Team Award
Julianna Felkoski and Aiden Galloway, Community
Development Clinic
Clinical Legal Education Assn. (CLEA) Outstanding Externship Student Award
Lindsey Eshlelman
Clinical Excellence Award
Russhell Ford, Community Development Clinic
Sophia Yaple, The Bob Parsons Veterans Advocacy Clinic
Center for International & Comparative Law Director’s Award
Ellen Pruitt
Maryland Chapter of the Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers Cheryl Hepfer Law Student Award
Loreto Noguera
Service Awards
2022 Pro Bono Challenge Award
Paola Flores
Recognition of Pro Bono Challenge Students
Platinum
Julianna Felkoski
Silver
Lindsey Eshelman
Bronze
Jameka Carter
Katelyn Keegan
Eliza McDermott
Jessie Schaller
Caterina Sorrento
Jillianne Trotter
Fellowship Awards
2022 UB Law/Legal Aid Public Interest Fellowship
Brenda Hurford
2022 Silverman Thompson Slutkin White Fellowship
Keira Sherper
Student Bar Association Service Awards
James May Faculty Award
Prof. Neha Lall
Staff Mentoring Award
Asst. Dean Alyssa Fieo
Student Leader of the Year Award
Julianne Greene
Outstanding Service to UB by a Student Organization
Jewish Law Students Association
Faculty Teaching Awards
Outstanding Teaching by a Full-Time Faculty Member
Prof. Phillip Closius
Outstanding Teaching by an Adjunct Faculty Member
Prof. Ephraim R. Siff
Saul Ewing Award for Outstanding Teaching in Transactional Law
Prof. Angela Vallario
Faculty Scholarship Awards
Faculty Scholarship Award for Traditional Research
Prof. Jaime A. Lee
Faculty Scholarship Award for Public Discourse
Prof. Kim Wehle
Service Awards
Law Faculty Service Award
Prof. Jack Lynch
Rose McMunn Distinguished Service Staff Award
Essie Richardson
Dean's Citations
Lisa Blitstein
Patrick Brooks
John Cardozo
Paola Flores
Julianne Greene
Autumn James
Katelyn Keegan
Sabrina Marquez
Brigid McCarthy
Camille Pappy
P. Imani Payne
Ellen Pruitt