{"id":139,"date":"2020-10-20T15:17:11","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T15:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/lawmag\/?p=139"},"modified":"2020-10-29T17:27:23","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T17:27:23","slug":"26th-annual-awards-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/lawmag\/26th-annual-awards-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"26th Annual Awards Ceremony: UB Law Held Its Virtual Awards Ceremony on May 12"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"139\" class=\"elementor elementor-139 elementor-bc-flex-widget\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fd07ecc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fd07ecc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c665a66\" data-id=\"c665a66\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73bdfa4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"73bdfa4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;none&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper-container\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/lawmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1270\/2020\/10\/Naseam.Jabberi-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Naseam Jabberi\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Naseam Jabberi<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/lawmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1270\/2020\/10\/Dave-Jaros-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"David Jaros\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">David Jaros<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/lawmag\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1270\/2020\/10\/Jaime-Lee-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Jaime Lee\" \/><figcaption class=\"elementor-image-carousel-caption\">Jaime Lee<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5d3eaba elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5d3eaba\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cc66756\" data-id=\"cc66756\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f26921 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9f26921\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p>For the Class of 2020, <b>Rebekah Nickerson<\/b> was valedictorian, and\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Raquel Flynn<\/b> was salutatorian. <b>Tia Holmes<\/b> won the 2020 Pro Bono Challenge Award.<\/span><\/p><p>The Law Faculty Award winners were <b>Sumbul Alam,<\/b> day student, and <b>Joshua Perry,<\/b> evening student.<\/p><p><b>Ryan Bixler<\/b> received the 2018\u201319 J. Ronald Shiff Award for Academic Excellence in Tax. The Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA) Outstanding Student Award went to <b>Lisa Whiteleather,<\/b> for her work in The Bob Parsons Advocacy Clinic. <b>Naseam Jabberi<\/b> received the Center for International and Comparative Law Director\u2019s Award for 2019\u201320.<\/p><p>Clinical Excellence Awards went to <b>Christina Araviakis,<\/b> for her work in the Human Trafficking Prevention Project, and <b>Ryan Fish,<\/b> for his work in the Innocence Project Clinic.<\/p><p>The award for Outstanding Teaching by a Full-Time F<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">aculty Member went to\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Prof. David Jaros,<\/b> and <b>Arturo\u00a0<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"><b>Estrada<\/b> received the award for Outstanding Teaching by an Adjunct Faculty Member. The Saul Ewing Award for Outstanding Teaching in Transactional Law went to <b>Prof. Cassandra Jones Havard.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b>Prof. Margaret E. Johnson<\/b> received the Faculty Scholarship Award for Traditional Research, and <b>Prof. Michele E. Gilman<\/b> was given the Faculty Scholarship Award for Public Discourse.<\/p><p>The Law Faculty Service Award went to <b>Prof. Jaime Lee,<\/b> and the Rose McMunn Distinguished Staff Award went to <b>Laurie Schnitzer.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Naseam Jabberi David Jaros Jaime Lee For the Class of 2020, Rebekah Nickerson was valedictorian, and\u00a0Raquel Flynn was salutatorian. Tia Holmes won the 2020 Pro Bono Challenge Award. 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