From Dean Dan - May 11, 2017

Tomorrow we celebrate our 2017 Commencement. It is an exciting day at the UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law, and we are proud to congratulate all of our graduates. This year we welcome Senator Harry Reid as our commencement speaker.

Senator Reid joined the law school in April as the first Distinguished Fellow in Law and Policy. He served 30 years in the U.S. Senate and is the longest serving Senator from Nevada. He served in the leadership of the Senate for 18 years, including nearly a decade as the Senate Majority Leader, where he took a leading role in shaping landmark legislation. 

This year's faculty remarks will be made by Professor Leslie Griffin.  Professor Griffin was nominated by the students enrolled in the full time, part time and LLM programs at the Boyd School of Law.

Additionally, student remarks will be made by LLM student Patrick Nelson Lambert, full time students Keith Jason Douglas Hightower and Mackenzie Warren and part time student Jessie Folkstead.

The ceremony will recognize the outstanding achievements of our J.D. and LL.M. students.

Dean's Awards
Recognizes individual contributions or accomplishments of note to the law school community

Heather Armantrout
Heather Marie Caliguire
Emily L. Dyer
Adam Ellis
Chelsea B. Finnegan
Jessie Folkestad
Keith J. D. Hightower
Aarin Elyse Kevorkian
Katherine Colleen Maher
John Tyler Mowbray
Alysa N. Piraino
Timothy Edward Revero
Chelsea Marie Stacey
Michael A. Viets

Barbara Buckley Community Service Award
Recognizes outstanding commitment to community/public service

 Andrea Dail Orwoll

James E. Rogers Outstanding Scholastic Achievement Award 
Recognizes outstanding overall scholastic achievement

 Kyle M. Wyant

William S. Boyd Outstanding Graduate Award
Recognizes scholastic achievement, overall leadership, and contribution to the law school community

Emily Ruth Haws

Clinic Legal Education Association Award
Recognizes excellence and achievement in the clinical program

 Emily L. Dyer

American Bankruptcy Institute Medal of Excellence
Recognizes academic achievement in bankruptcy studies

 Connor Harrison Shea

Scribes, The American Society of Legal Writers
Recognizes excellence in legal writing while in law school

Heather Armantrout
F. Shane Jackson
Emily Ruth Haws
Kristen Matteoni
Andrea Dail Orwoll

For a full list of our graduates and award winners, please see the Facebook, Twitter or Instagram using #UNLVLaw.

Dan

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