From Dean Dan - January 19, 2018

We kick off a new year with lots of wonderful news from Boyd Nation!

I want to recognize the student and alumni award winners from the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada's 2017 Annual Pro Bono Awards Luncheon. Please join me in congratulating:

• Public Interest Law Student of Distinction: Seleste Wyse, '18
• Myrna Williams Children's Pro Bono award: Mona Kaveh, '09
• Louie Wiener Pro Bono Service Award: Marilyn Caston, '08
• Lied Award for Most Hours Donated by an Attorney: Dawn Hathaway Thoman, '14

I would also like to extend my sincere appreciation to the hundreds of students and alumni who have donated thousands of hours providing pro bono legal services to our community.

More good news from all over:

• Law students David Chavez (2L) and Ariana Reed (2L), while externing for Judge Richard Boulware, joined him in Seattle when he sat with the Ninth Circuit.
• Cody Frederick (2L) has been honored as the community service student of the year. In recognition of his outstanding work in the guardianship program, Cody was awarded the Richard L. Brown Community Service Scholarship.  
• Nevada State Senator and Gaming LL.M. alumna Becky Harris ('16) has been appointed as the first woman to chair the state Gaming Control Board.
• Kali Fox Miller ('09), Boyd alumna, was sworn in as president of the Las Vegas Chapter of the Nevada Bar Association. 
• Alumna Sandra Douglass Morgan ('03) was appointed by Governor Sandoval to the Nevada Athletic Commission.
• Scott Vivier (2L) was named the outstanding student in the fall 2017 community service program for his contributions to the work on small claims proceedings. 

We are excited to announce that the UNLV Boyd School of Law mock trial team placed second in the 50th Annual Thurgood Marshall Mock Trial Competition hosted by the National Black Law Students Association and will advance to the national competition in Brooklyn, New York this spring. Additionally, our chapter of the Black Law Students Association was named the 2017-2018 Western Regional Chapter of the Year. My congratulations to all of its members and faculty supporters!

Happy New Year,

Dan
Dean & Richard J. Morgan Professor of Law
daniel.hamilton@unlv.edu
facebook.com/DeanDanHamilton