Twomey '08, Pai '07 Win GPA Awards

Posted Sept. 18, 2006

 

 
Ajeet Pai Katherine Ireland Twomey
Ajeet Pai '07, left, and Katherine Ireland Twomey '08, right, accept their awards from Dean John C. Jeffries, Jr.

Jackson Walker L.L.P. Award

Ajeet Pai '07 was awarded this year's Jackson Walker L.L.P. Award, which recognizes the student with the highest grade point average in his or her class at the conclusion of four semesters. The recipient receives a cash prize and has his name engraved on a plaque in Hunton & Williams Hall.

PAST RECIPIENTS

1989–1990 Matthew H. Lembke
1990–1991 Ola Nagy Rech
1991–1992 Darius C. Ogloza
1992–1993 Gregory R. Kirsch
1993–1994 M. Elizabeth Magill
1994–1995 J. Scott Ballenger
1995–1996 Eric J. Kadel, Jr.
1996–1997 Stephen M. Nickelsburg
1997–1998 Traci Grieshaber Zeller
1998–1999 Toby J. Heytens
1999–2000 Seth A. Goldstrom
2000–2001 Daniel N. Lovejoy
2001–2002 Melissa B. Arbus
2002–2003 Michael S. Passaportis
2003–2004 Sarang Damle
2004–2005 David Farley Reid
2005–2006 Ajeet Pai

The Carl M. Franklin Prize

The 2005-2006 Franklin Prize was given to Katherine Ireland Twomey '08. The award recognizes the student with the highest grade point average at the end of his or her first year of law school. The recipient receives a cash prize and has her name engraved on a plaque in Hunton & Williams Hall.

PAST RECIPIENTS

1997-1998 Toby J. Heytens
1998–1999 Amy E. Potter
1999–2000 Daniel N. Lovejoy
2000–2001 Melissa B. Arbus
2001–2002 Michael S. Passaportis
2002–2003 Katie Sue Bagley
2003–2004 David F. Reid
2004-2005 Paul Crane
2005–2006 Katherine Ireland Twomey
 

 

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