Pro Bono Awards 2013

Presented at the UCI Law Awards Celebration on April 17, 2013.

Community

These awards honor the pro bono supervisors and supporters, without whom the students could not do pro bono work.

Student Awards

The following students were recognized for going above and beyond in terms of pro bono.

  • Pro Bono Independent Spirit Award
    • Lauren Kaplan
  • Most Pro Bono Hours
    • Cumulative: Carly Edelstein
    • 3L: Carly Edelstein
    • 2L: Renee Amador
    • 1L: Kelly Galligan
  • Pro Bono Leadership Award
    • Mimi Ahn—Family Law Clinics at LASOC
    • Adam Barry—Homelessness Litigation for regarding camping ordinance
    • Carly Edelstein—Saturday Academy of Law
    • Kelsey Galanter—DV Declarations
    • Leah Gasser-Ordaz—CARES
    • Zeenat Hassan—CARES
    • Jessica Hodgkins—Homeless Benefits Project
    • Lauren Kaplan—Streetlaw
    • Jesse Keyser—IRAP
    • Lauren McKay—Armory clinics
    • Andrea Smith—Native American Boarding School Healing Project
    • Meg Tanaka—SSI Clinics
    • Brooke Weitzman—Advanced Healthcare Directives
  • Graduation Awards
    • Pro Bono Honors (120 hours):  Christina Chen; Angel Camino; Jeanne Detch; Tiffany Full; Reed Grantham; Sabyl Landrum; Suzie Lawson; Christine Luu; Danny Moss; Brian Murray; Brian Olney; Jaclyn Stahl; Phil Syers; Chris Taylor; Danila Toscano; Brad Walters; Tom Wilson
    • Pro Bono High Honors (200 hours): Alexandra Alvarez; Adam Barry; Joe Boniwell; Jennifer Chin; Carly Edelstein; Zeenat Hassan; Jen Henry; Jessica Hodgkins; Lauren Kaplan; Michael Klinger; Richard Nguyen; Marissa Oxman; Darren Kerstein; Emma Rosenberg; Andrea Smith; Meg Tanaka; Ed Wunch
  • Pro Bono 50 & 100 (Hour) Clubs
    • 50 Hour Club (1L’s):  Crystal Adams; Irene Chen; Sheila Zifu Chen; Anne Conley; Rachel Diggs; Tommy Du; Caitlin Emmons; Christine Fukushima; Kelsey Galanter; Kelly Galligan; Ginger Grimes; Tarik Hansen; Hannah Hyon; Steven Kim; Coral Lopez; Alex Patterson; Margaux Poueymirou; Marco Pulido Marquez; Solange Rousset; Andrew Spink; Ashley Tellier; Ryan Ueda
    • 100 Hour Club (2L and 3L’s):  Alexandra Alvarez; Renee Amador; Adam Barry ; Dustin Chupurdy; Carly Edelstein Leah Gasser-Ordaz; Jennifer Henry; Jessica Hodgkins; Lauren Kaplan; Darren Michael Kerstein;  Suzanne Lawson; Pavneet Mac; Jonathan Markovitz; Timothy Martin; Theodore Nguyen; Marissa Oxman; Andrea Smth; Brooke Weitzman
  • Achievement Award Winners: The Pro Bono Achievement Awards recognize all students who met the recommended number of pro bono hours — 50 hours for 2Ls and 3Ls; 20 hours for 1Ls.

    • Class of 2015: Crystal Adams; Timothy Allen; Amelia Alvarez; Adrian Arias; Michael Armstrong; Saba Basria; David Bethea; Amy Bowles; Aaron Brynildson; Ryan Campos; Brandon Cha; Irene Chen; Sheila Zifu Chen; Traci Choi; Anne Conley; Elias De Wit; Rachel Diggs; Tommy Du; Caitlin Emmons; Michelle Ferguson; Pilar Ferguson; Christine Fukushima; Kelsey Galanter; Kelly Galligan; Jessica Garland; Samantha Goates; Gregory Gomez; Ginger Grimes; Hannah Hyon; Tarik Hansen; Michael Iseri; Erik Johnson; Colby Johnson; Dan Kim; Leah Kim; Steven Kim; Eric Youngku Kim; Claire-Lise Kutlay; Catriona Lavery; Hyun Lee; Coral Lopez; Melissa Main; Rebecca Maloney; Melissa Martorella; Elizabeth McCullough-Sanden; Ranika Morales; Sierra Nelson; Amy Nguyen; William Ninh; Justin O'Neill; Daisy Ocampo; Sylvia Panosian; Alex Patterson; Margaux Poueymirou; Marco Pulido Marquez; Caroline Reiser; Andrea Ringer; Christine Robles; Andrew Rothenberger; Solange Rousset; Nicholas Schuchert; Madeleine Sharp; Caroline Shurig; Chariese Solorio; Andrew Spink; Claire Stanley; Jennifer Steeve; Ayana Sumiyasu; Ashley Tellier; Namita Thakker; Sam Titelman; Garry Trinh; Brian Trinidad; Anne Turner; Ryan Ueda; Vince Vuong; Jack Williams; John Wright; Nicholas Yeager; E. Lei Zhang
    • Class of 2014: Adib Assassi; Mimi Ahn; Renee Amador; Andrew Benard; James Buatti; Brian Choc; Dustin Chupurdy;  Leah Gasser-Ordaz; Pegah Ghaneian; Nicholas Hartmann; Jesse Keyser; Adrianna Kourafas; Jennifer Ludolph; Pavneet Mac; Erna Mamikonyan; Jonathan Markovitz; Timothy Martin; Lauren McKay; Amy Meier; Theodore Nguyen; Lisa Petak; Shaleen Shanbhag; Nicolas Stephens; Brooke Weitzman
    • Class of 2013: Alexandra Alvarez; Adam Barry; Joseph Boniwell; Christina Chen; Jennifer Chin; Jeanne Detch; Carly Edelstein; Tiffany Full; Zeenat Hassan; Jennifer Henry; Jessica Hodgkins; Lauren Kaplan; Michael Klinger; Suzanne Lawson; Christine Luu; Daniel Moss; Richard Nguyen; Marissa Oxman; Darren Michael Kerstien; Emma Rosenberg; Andrea Smith; Jaclyn Stahl; Meg Tanaka; Christopher Taylor; Danila Toscano; Thomas Wilson; Edward Wunch