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
Alixandra Adler
Stetson University College of Law
Alejandra Arboleda
University of Minnesota Law School
Patricia Barnett
Touro Law Center
Johanna Bezjak
University of Pittsburgh School of Law
Mackenzie Blackwell
University of Maine School of Law
Emily Chambers
University of Massachusetts School of Law
Srimayi Chaturvedula
University of Miami School of Law
Rena Childers
Vanderbilt University Law School
Isabelle Cruz
University of Wyoming College of Law
Samantha DiBona
Drexel University Kline School of Law
Kathryn Donoho
Cornell Law School
Emily Dwight
Vermont Law and Graduate School
Kate Franco
William & Mary Law School
Katelyn Gallimore
Campbell University School of Law
Avery Hampton
Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
Megan Hess
University of Michigan Law School
Andrea Hoffman
Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law
Jessica T. Huynh
University of Richmond School of Law
Vivian Lee
University of Tennessee Winston College of Law
Olaide Lemoru
The George Washington University Law School
Jennan Moughrabi
Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School
Jessica O’Brien
University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law
Camille Penman
Penn State Dickinson Law
Danielle Poole
Fordham University School of Law
Arielle C. Sanders
St. John’s University School of Law
Morgan Simmons
Mercer University School of Law
Rosalie Vendrell
University of Georgia School of Law
Maureen Wainwright
University of Iowa College of Law
Dana White
Quinnipiac University School of Law
Starre Williams
LMU Loyola Law School
Ashely Wilson
University of Baltimore School of Law
Micah Yarbray
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
Aislinn Zimmerman
Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University
