Awards

Alumni of the Year

  • 2023: Seema N. Patel

  • 2019: Mitch Zuklie

  • 2018: Clothilde Hewitt

  • 2017: David Zapolsky

  • 2016: Hon. Vince Chhabria

  • 2015: Hon. Jon Tigar

  • 2014: Teresa Renaker

  • 2013: Kim Thompson

  • 2011: David Frohnmayer

  • 2010: Christopher Schroeder

  • 2009: Holly Fujie

  • 2007: Mark Abbot

  • 2006: Nancy Taylor

  • 2005: James C. Oleson

  • 2004: Michael Tigar

  • 2003: Hon. Theodore B. Olson

  • 2002: Hon. Edward Chen

  • 2001: Mark Holscher

  • 2000: Jeffrey L. Bleich

  • 1999: Robert D. Raven

  • 1998: Professor Stefan Riesenfeld

  • 1997: Professor Marina Hsieh

  • 1996: Professor Marjorie M. Schultz

  • 1995: Hon. Kathryn Mickle Werdegar

  • 1994: Frank Mankiewicz

  • 1993: Richard Delgado

  • 1992: Hon. Marsha S. Berzon

  • 1991: J. Tony Serra

  • 1990: Hon. Allen Broussard

  • 1989: Jerome Falk

Young Alumni of the Year

Teressa K. Lippert Distinguished Service Award

The annual Service Award recognizes the third-year student(s) who made the greatest contribution to CLR.

  • 2023: Hiep Nguyen

  • 2019: Trevor Kosmo

  • 2018: Emma Hamilton

  • 2017: Marissa Rhoades

  • 2016: Maxwell Coll

  • 2015: Subin Varghese

  • 2014: Anna Christensen

  • 2013: James Huang

  • 2011: Shelby Myers

  • 2010: Derek Gosma and Jesse James

  • 2009: Joe Hipolito and William Lin

  • 2008: John Kileen

  • 2007: Daniel Aguilar

  • 2006: Megan Lorenz

  • 2000: Teressa K. Lippert

Diversity Award

The annual Diversity Award goes to the member who has embodied and exemplified our diversity initiatives and goals.

  • 2023: Chantel Johnson

  • 2019: Anonymous

  • 2018: Brenda Muñoz

  • 2017: Luke Apfeld

  • 2016: Sohayl Vafai

  • 2015: Sheila Menz

  • 2014: Yvonne Chi

  • 2013: George Horvath

  • 2012: Peter Benesch

Public Interest & Public Service Bar Grant Recipients

  • 2022: Nicole Conrad, Meredith Dixon (Impact Fund), Ray Durham (National Center for Youth Law), Kiana Herold (Hawaii Supreme Court), and Nahlee Lin (U.S. District Court, Nevada)