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Law School Honors

2009-05-26T00:06:48Z

LuisVilla: New page: Named after Harlan Fiske Stone; essentially 'low honors' after the 'high honors' of the James Kent Scholars. [http://www.law.columbia.edu/academics/registrar/Acad_Recog According ...

Named after [[Harlan Fiske Stone]]; essentially 'low honors' after the 'high honors' of the [[James Kent Scholars]].

[http://www.law.columbia.edu/academics/registrar/Acad_Recog According to the law school], it is "[a]warded in recognition of superior academic achievement by students in each of the three classes. A student shall be named a Stone scholar if during an academic year the student has earned at least 15 graded law credits toward his or her degree, the student has received no grade lower than B-, and the student's academic average for the year is at or above 3.410. Only law credits are used to calculate honors. No one will receive honors for a year which includes a grade of 'Incomplete.'"

Law school awards

2009-05-26T00:04:13Z

LuisVilla:

The [[Law School]]'s formal list of awards is [http://www.law.columbia.edu/academics/registrar/Acad_Recog here] but does not list past winners or describe in detail who is honored by prize naming.

These awards are essentially for GPA:

* [[James Kent Scholars]]
* [[Harlan Fiske Stone Scholars]]

These prizes are awarded to first-year students:
* [[Charles Bathgate Beck Prize]]
* [[Harold Brown Book Prize]]
* [[Class of 1912 Prize]]
* [[James A. Elkins Prizes]]
* [[Paul R. Hays Prize]]
* [[Moot Court First-Year Brief Prize]]
* [[Young B. Smith Prize]]
* [[Robert Noxon Toppan Prize]]

These prizes are awarded to graduating students (third-years and LLMs):

* [[John Ordronaux Prize]]
* [[Pauline Berman Heller Prize]]
* [[Walter Gellhorn Prize]]
* [[David Berger Memorial Prize]]
* [[Milton B. Conford Book Prize in Jurisprudence]]
* [[E.B. Convers Prize]]
* [[Wilfred Feinberg Prize]]
* [[Alfred A. Forsyth Prize]]
* [[Andrew D. Fried Memorial Prize]]
* [[Lawrence S. Greenbaum Prize]]
* [[Carroll G. Harper Prize]]
* [[Allan Morrow Sexuality and Gender Law Prize]]
* [[Jane Marks Murphy Prize]]
* [[Outstanding Student Award for Clinical Legal Education]]
* [[Samuel I. Rosenman Prize]]
* [[Emil Schlesinger Labor Prize]]
* [[Whitney North Seymour Medal]]
* [[Valentin J.T. Wertheimer Prize]]
* [[Jeffrey Williams Memorial Prize for Critical Rights Analysis]]

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Harlan Fiske Stone

2009-05-26T00:03:20Z

LuisVilla: New page: Wikipedia's article on Harlan Fiske Stone CLS class of 1898, he started teaching in 1899 and was dean of CLS from 1910 to 1923.

[[w:Harlan Fiske Stone|Wikipedia's article on Harlan Fiske Stone]]

CLS class of 1898, he started teaching in 1899 and was dean of CLS from 1910 to 1923.

James Kent Scholars

2009-05-22T12:45:30Z

LuisVilla: New page: Named after James Kent. According to the law school, Kent honors are awarded if: "during an academic year the student has earned at least 15 graded law credits toward his or her degre...

Named after [[James Kent]].

According to the law school, Kent honors are awarded if:
"during an academic year the student has earned at least 15 graded law credits toward his or her degree, and in that year either 1) has achieved a grade point average of 3.800, or 2) has received grades all or all but one of which are A+, A or A- (the exception being no lower than B), and, if the lowest grade is put aside, at least half of which are A or A+. Only law credits are used to calculate honors. No one will receive honors for a year which includes a grade of 'Incomplete.'"

Category:Law School Awards

2009-05-22T12:36:27Z

LuisVilla:

The [[Law School]]'s formal list of awards is [http://www.law.columbia.edu/academics/registrar/Acad_Recog here] but does not list past winners or describe in detail who is honored by prize naming.

These awards are essentially for GPA:

* [[James Kent Scholars]]
* [[Harlan Fisk Stone Scholars]]

These prizes are awarded to first-year students:
* [[Charles Bathgate Beck Prize]]
* [[Harold Brown Book Prize]]
* [[Class of 1912 Prize]]
* [[James A. Elkins Prizes]]
* [[Paul R. Hays Prize]]
* [[Moot Court First-Year Brief Prize]]
* [[Young B. Smith Prize]]
* [[Robert Noxon Toppan Prize]]

These prizes are awarded to graduating students (third-years and LLMs):

* [[John Ordronaux Prize]]
* [[Pauline Berman Heller Prize]]
* [[Walter Gellhorn Prize]]
* [[David Berger Memorial Prize]]
* [[Milton B. Conford Book Prize in Jurisprudence]]
* [[E.B. Convers Prize]]
* [[Wilfred Feinberg Prize]]
* [[Alfred A. Forsyth Prize]]
* [[Andrew D. Fried Memorial Prize]]
* [[Lawrence S. Greenbaum Prize]]
* [[Carroll G. Harper Prize]]
* [[Allan Morrow Sexuality and Gender Law Prize]]
* [[Jane Marks Murphy Prize]]
* [[Outstanding Student Award for Clinical Legal Education]]
* [[Samuel I. Rosenman Prize]]
* [[Emil Schlesinger Labor Prize]]
* [[Whitney North Seymour Medal]]
* [[Valentin J.T. Wertheimer Prize]]
* [[Jeffrey Williams Memorial Prize for Critical Rights Analysis]]

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Carroll G. Harper Prize

2009-05-22T12:32:09Z

LuisVilla:

Awarded to the member of the graduating class who has attained the highest standards of achievement in intellectual property studies and writing.

Harper, CLS '52, was a partner at Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto (an intellectual property boutique). As an associate, he was involved in the litigation over the ENIAC patent, one of the earliest significant computer patents. [http://www.ushistory.org/more/eniac/]

Outside of the law, he was president of the Metropolitan Opera Club.

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Carroll G. Harper Prize

2009-05-22T12:31:28Z

LuisVilla:

Carroll G. Harper Prize

2009-05-22T12:28:27Z

LuisVilla: New page: Awarded to the member of the graduating class who has attained the highest standards of achievement in intellectual property studies and writing. Harper, CLS '52, was a partner at Fitzpat...

Category:Law School Awards

2009-05-22T12:04:59Z

LuisVilla:

These prizes are awarded annually by the [[Law School]] during graduation ceremonies.

* [[John Ordronaux Prize]]
* [[Pauline Berman Heller Prize]]
* [[Walter Gellhorn Prize]]
* [[David Berger Memorial Prize]]
* [[Milton B. Conford Book Prize in Jurisprudence]]
* [[E.B. Convers Prize]]
* [[Wilfred Feinberg Prize]]
* [[Alfred A. Forsyth Prize]]
* [[Andrew D. Fried Memorial Prize]]
* [[Lawrence S. Greenbaum Prize]]
* [[Carroll G. Harper Prize]]
* [[Allan Morrow Sexuality and Gender Law Prize]]
* [[Jane Marks Murphy Prize]]
* [[Outstanding Student Award for Clinical Legal Education]]
* [[Samuel I. Rosenman Prize]]
* [[Emil Schlesinger Labor Prize]]
* [[Whitney North Seymour Medal]]
* [[Valentin J.T. Wertheimer Prize]]

There are other prizes awarded to first years and annually based on GPA but are not yet covered in WikiCU.

Category:Law School Awards

2009-05-22T11:56:29Z

LuisVilla: New page: These prizes are awarded annually by the Law School during graduation ceremonies. John Ordronaux Prize Pauline Berman Heller Prize Walter Gellhorn Prize [[David Berger Mem...

These prizes are awarded annually by the [[Law School]] during graduation ceremonies.

[[John Ordronaux Prize]]
[[Pauline Berman Heller Prize]]
[[Walter Gellhorn Prize]]
[[David Berger Memorial Prize]]
[[Milton B. Conford Book Prize in Jurisprudence]]
[[E.B. Convers Prize]]
[[Wilfred Feinberg Prize]]
[[Alfred A. Forsyth Prize]]
[[Andrew D. Fried Memorial Prize]]
[[Lawrence S. Greenbaum Prize]]
[[Carroll G. Harper Prize]]
[[Allan Morrow Sexuality and Gender Law Prize]]
[[Jane Marks Murphy Prize]]
[[Outstanding Student Award for Clinical Legal Education]]
[[Samuel I. Rosenman Prize]]
[[Emil Schlesinger Labor Prize]]
[[Whitney North Seymour Medal]]
[[Valentin J.T. Wertheimer Prize]]

There are other prizes awarded to first years and annually based on GPA but are not yet covered in WikiCU.