Each spring, Cardozo faculty nominate graduating students for awards that recognize academic achievement, service, and character. These students are honored at the Commencement Awards Ceremony, held just before graduation. This ceremony brings the community together to recognize these exceptional students before they embark on the next chapter of their careers.
Cardozo Service & Achievement Award
For Achievement and Outstanding Service to the Law School
Basya Bates
Maria Giordano
Samuel Hernandez
Ciara Lavin
Sejung Lee
Mabel Prine
Professor John Appel Award
For Exemplary Service to the Student Body
Trystan Edwards
Distinguished Performance in the LL.M. Program
For Overall Contribution to Academic and Extracurricular Life
Quentin Decurnex
Isabella Panepucci
Lou Rivoisy
Namingwa Sijumbila
Cardozo Writing Awards
Best Written Work Not for Publication in a Journal
Dylan Dansky
Samuel Hernandez
Anikita Joshi
Best Written Work for Civil Advocacy
Lindsey Weiss
Best Written Work for Criminal Justice
Ashley Holland
Best Written Work Published in a Cardozo Journal
Alexander Sitnikov
Richard H. Weisberg Writing Award
Best Paper in Law & Literature, First Amendment, or Holocaust Studies
Alyssa Ruhlen
Jacob Wirshba
Charles Ballon Writing Award
Best Work Published Outside Cardozo
Tianai Song
Mike Downing Memorial Coaching Award
Awarded to a Moot Court Head Coach with Passion and Commitment
Andrea Delia
Beatrice Cohen Award
Achievement in Jewish Studies
Charles Kramer
James Lewis Award
Outstanding Achievement in Taxation
Nur Zeynep Karageldi
Daniel Katz
Telford Taylor Award
Outstanding Achievement in Constitutional Law or Human Rights
Alex Flaum
Ryed Jadun
Scott Oatkin
Intellectual Property Award
Outstanding Performance in IP
Caroline Bielak
Kayla Flanders
Mark Galinovsky
Federal Bar Council Cornelius W. Wickersham Award
Highest‑Ranking Student in Constitutional Law
Sophie Lary‑Kaplan
Jacob Burns Center for Ethics in the Practice of Law Award
Commitment to Professionalism and Access to Justice
Molly McGuinness
Stanley H. Beckerman Public Interest Award
Commitment to Assisting Less Fortunate Persons
Madison Johnson
Sophia Schlesinger‑Guevara
Jonathan A. Weiss Award for Public Interest Law
Commitment to Public Interest Law During Law School
Jacqueline Karp
Tyler Meyer
Gemma Sunnergren
Archie A. Gorfinkel Award
Promising Graduate Entering Criminal Law
Daniel Johnson
Chloé Quinn Sotomayor
E. Nathaniel Gates Award
Outstanding Work for Equal Justice Under Law
Oriana Bravo
Elisa Davila
Aluk Fontaine‑Richardson
Lauren Hall
Steven Eric Tanenbaum Leadership Award
Exemplary Service to Cardozo Community
Sejung Lee
National Association of Women Lawyers Award
Advancing Women in Society
Valerie Yang
Louis Henkin Award
Academic Achievement in LL.M. Program
Katharina Sobich Lopez
ALI-ABA Scholarship & Leadership Award
Combination of Scholarship and Leadership
Khadija Qaderi
Andrew S. Zucker Award
Academic Excellence, Community Activism
Lauren Johnson
Ciara Lavin
Dr. Samuel Belkin Award
Exceptional Contributions to Law School Growth
Perry Santos
Felix Frankfurter Award
Outstanding Academic Achievement, Judgment
Camila Schaulsohn
Monrad Paulsen Award
Devoted Service to Legal Education Ideals
David Carlson
Jacob Burns Medal Recipients 2026
Adeline Baumbach
Jensen Bee
Lily Brower
Vincent Cavaliere
Kyle Cohen
Elisa Davila
Trystan Edwards
Ashley Holland
Jilly Horowitz
Jessica Jilla
Lauren Kim
Claire Miller
Arianna Mondelli
Ashlyn Oaks
Serena Roche
Brian Singer
Emma Starr
Leah Susman
Stephan Toljan
Samantha Tomkiewicz
Elsa Ubel
Victoria Varela
Lindsey Weiss
Shelby Wray
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