NAWL Outstanding Law Student Award

NAWL's Outstanding Law Student Award is presented each year to one student in the graduating class of participating ABA-approved law schools who contributed to the advancement of women in society; promoted issues and concerns of women in the legal profession; demonstrated a commitment to NAWL's mission; exhibited motivation, tenacity, and enthusiasm; demonstrated academic achievement; and earned the respect of the dean and law faculty.

2026 Recipients

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Megan Adams

Rutgers Law School

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Alixandra Adler

Stetson University College of Law

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Alejandra Arboleda

University of Minnesota Law School

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Patricia Barnett

Touro Law Center

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Johanna Bezjak

University of Pittsburgh School of Law

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Mackenzie Blackwell

University of Maine School of Law

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Emily Chambers

University of Massachusetts School of Law

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Srimayi Chaturvedula

University of Miami School of Law

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Rena May Childers

Vanderbilt University Law School

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Isabelle Cruz

University of Wyoming College of Law

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Samantha DiBona

Drexel University Kline School of Law 

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Kathryn Donoho

Cornell Law School

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Emily Dwight

Vermont Law and Graduate School

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Kate Franco

William & Mary Law School

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Katelyn Gallimore

Campbell University School of Law

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Avery Hampton

Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law

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Megan Hess

University of Michigan Law School

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Andrea Hoffman

Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law

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Jessica T. Huynh

University of Richmond School of Law

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Vivian Lee

University of Tennessee Winston College of Law

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Olaide Lemoru

The George Washington University Law School

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Jennan Moughrabi

Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School

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Camille Penman

Penn State Dickinson Law

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Danielle Poole

Fordham University School of Law

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Arielle C. Sanders

St. John’s University School of Law

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Morgan Simmons

Mercer University School of Law

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Rosalie Vendrell

University of Georgia School of Law

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Maureen Wainwright

University of Iowa College of Law

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Starre Williams

LMU Loyola Law School

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Ashely Wilson

University of Baltimore School of Law

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Micah Yarbray

University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

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Aislinn Zimmerman

Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University