UNC School of Law congratulates 39 first-year law students who received a Eugene Gressman & Daniel H. Pollitt Oral Advocacy Award on April 18. The annual awards, given by faculty of the Writing and Learning Resources Center, recognize outstanding oral advocacy in the first-year Research, Reasoning, Writing, and Advocacy (RRWA) Program. This year marked the 23rd anniversary celebration of the awards. The RRWA program, now in its seventh year as a full-year, six-credit program, ranks No. 12 in legal writing by U.S. News & World Report.
The awards' sponsor is the firm of Johnston, Allison & Hord of Charlotte. Carolina Law alumnus and former partner at Johnston, Allison & Hord, Michael L. Wilson '96, worked with Professor Emerita Ruth McKinney '88 to establish the awards in 1995. Gary J. Welch '94, a partner at Johnston, Allison & Hord, spoke at the ceremony and congratulated this year's recipients. The awards honor Eugene Gressman, William Rand Kenan Jr. Professor of Law Emeritus, and Daniel H. Pollitt, Graham Kenan Professor of Law Emeritus, who both passed away in 2010.
The RRWA professors and their award recipients are:
Kevin Bennardo – Clinical Associate Professor of Law
Section 3:
- Luke P. de Leon
- Briana N. Kelly
- Brittany M. Rustad
Section 6:
- Vanessa Canuto
- Eric Fisher
- Blake Leger
Kaci Bishop – Clinical Associate Professor of Law
Section 4:
- Matthew Lee Farley
- Jake Haskins
- Nor Ortiz
Alexa Chew – Clinical Associate Professor of Law
Section 1:
- Erica R. Bluford
- Louisa Clark
- Francis C. Pray, III
Section 11:
- Rebecca Fisher
- Nur Kara
- Ker Medero
Luke Everett – Clinical Associate Professor of Law
Section 5:
- Anna Carolina Conaway
- Sarah Hoffman
- Julio Mario Zaconet Valentin
Section 12:
- Jessica O’Brien
- Jennifer Krystal Serrano
- Carlos Zapata
Rachel Gurvich – Clinical Assistant Professor of Law
Section 2:
- Ashley Nicole Fox
- Lena A. Madison
- Darpan N. Patel
Section 8:
- Camille Bachrach
- Brandon Mayes
- Brett Orren
Pete Nemerovski – Clinical Associate Professor of Law
Section 7:
- Nakia Lynn Arrington
- Christopher Broughton
- Jenna Rae Mazzella
Section 10:
- Sloane Echevarria
- Rachel Posey
- Alexandria ter Avest
Craig T. Smith – Clinical Associate Professor of Law
Section 9:
- Mackenzie Lain Harmon
- Robert Aaron McGlothlin
- Kisha Patel
Sara B. Warf – Clinical Associate Professor of Law
Section 13:
- Miranda Goot
- Alexandra M. Hernandez
- Fara Soubouti
-April 20, 2018