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On behalf of the faculty and administration, it gives us great pleasure to recognize and celebrate those students in the Class of 2021 receiving their professional degrees at the University of Michigan Law School. Senior Day is an important event for all of our graduates. You arrived as part of a very special group and you graduate as spectacular individuals. May you look back on these extraordinary days and appreciate all you’ve been through together. Congratulations, graduates: You’ve done it. We are proud of you. And you will continue to make us proud. We expect great things from you!
Please join us in safely celebrating the Class of 2021 through a virtual ceremony accessible from this site on Friday, May 7 at 2 p.m. EDT.
Adam Abdel-Mageed
Julia Adams Valencia
Nicholas Adkins
Sascha Alach
Ellen Aldin
Tamar Anna Alexanian
Walter Allison III
Melissa Almonte
Aristotle Alsua
Jacob Altik
Amber Anderson
Colleen Anderson
Alexandra Andre
Jennifer Nicole Arnold
Dima Atiya
Lauren Babbage
Mac A. Bank
Milagros Bartolome
Hannah Basalone
Alexander Bau
Erica Becker
Alexandra Beil
Stevan Bennett Jr.
Danielle Anouk Bernstein
Kaitlyn Beyer
Jonathan Blaha
Taylour Boboltz
Laura Boniface
Mary Book
Katherine G. Boothroyd
Maria Gabriella Boria
Conor M. Bradley
Sean J. Brennan
Elisabeth Brennen
Anna Brito
James Brokaw
Nathaniel Maxwell Brose
Joseph Mario Garcia Buccilli
Briaunna Buckner
Rachel Jillian Buff
Michael Buiteweg
Lucyanna V. Burke
Jacob Burkholder
Garrett Burton
Benjamin Campbell
Massimo Capizzi
Martin Card
Rachel Carpman
William Biggs Case
Huntley Chamberlain
Vineet Chandra
Hailey Levey Cherepon
Philip Cho
Alice Choi
Robert Christe Jr.
Woenho Chung
Amy Ciardiello
Steven Cole
Elise Marie Coletta
Jonathan Coumes
Marielle Coutrix
Charles Crane III
Nicholas Crowe
Edward Cullen
Rachel Czwartacky
Casey D’Alesandro
Sara Rose Denbo
Julia Deng
Nikita Desai
Julia Deutsch
Boran Ding
Guus Duindam
Eric Duncan
Alexandros Ehrlich
Rana Eid
Caleb Ellis
Hannah Ellis
Reem El-Mehalawi
Brenton Erickson
Jacob Fallman
Gregory Fantin Jr.
Melquiades Fernandez
Brenna Ferris
Nathaniel Flack
Julia J. Florey
Brendan Flynn
Jamie Foster
Samantha Franks
Kyle Fraser
Thomas Frashier
Chaila Fraundorfer
Nicole Frazer
Austin Fregene
Leon Freyermuth
Anna Merrell Gandy
Keane Garcelon
Rebecca Garfinkel
Phillip Gasperetti
Christopher Eldon Gay
Ameya Gehi
Christina E. Geith
Laura M. Gevarter
Brenna L. Gibbs
Benjamin Gilman
Shushan Ginosyan
Angelika Sophi Glogowski
Gina Gonzales
Katherine M. Gordon
Julia Gorman
Marlee Goska
Brian Grace
Claire Grace
Emily Grau
Christine Greeley
Hannah Greenhouse
Bridget Grier
Renee M. Griffin
Chelsea Marie Grimaldi
Lindsay Marie Grizzard
Kameryn Groom
Nolan Gruemmer
James Guanciale
Daniel Guttenberg
Alexis Haddock
James Hager II
Christopher Hall
Cole M. Hanson
Evan Harary
Anna Harkness
Christopher Harper
Mary Harrington
Emily Harris
Will Harris
Calvin Hart
Gabrielle Harwell
Caitlin Hatakeyama
Joshua Healy
Ananya Hindupur
Andrea L. Hoffer
Emma Holcomb
Nell Hryshko
Benjamin Hunter
Jennifer Jiyoung Huseby
Trent Huskey
Catherine Hwang
Jack Igoe
Nwamaka Ikenze
Imani Ivery
Sarah Iyere
Elisa Katherine Jelley
Jin Jeon
Nicholas Jeon
Chase Johnson
Elizabeth Johnson
Martese Ra’Shaad Johnson
Brianna Jones Rich
Meredith Joseph
Malcolm Jures
Jonathan Kagan-Kans
Nicholas Kalina
Derek Kang
Sophie Karpf
Laila Kassis
Kade Katrak
Diane Kee
Megan Kelly
Emily Kempa
Louis Kern
Keith Ketola
Louis Khourey
Laura M. Kirtley
Katherine Klein
Mitchell Kohl
Hye In Koo
Andrew Kral
Ahmad Krecht
Mollie Krent
Sarah Michelle Krosnick
Mitchell LaCombe
Becky Lange
Sian Last
Gordon Lazar
Caroline Leahy
Timothy Leake
Averyn Lee
Kristine Lee
Loren M. Lee
Wooyoung Lee
Benjamin Lempert
Edith Lerner
Max LeValley
Bingjie Li
Lauren Libby
Joseph Lindblad
Courtney Liss
Crystal Liu
Sichun (Julia) Liu
Antonia Mercedes Lluberes
Peter Loderup
Patrick Logan
Samuel Loney
Jared Looper
Joseph Michael Lordi
Abigail Lynch
Rebecca Maas
Emma Macfarlane
Joseph W. Maher
Charles Mahone II
Kat Mail
Whitley Mann
Margaret Anne Mantel
Amita Maram
Katherine Markey
Jason Marquez
Gregory Marsh
Mackenzie Martin
Tanner Martin
Jeff May
Parker McCloud
Patrick David McDonell
Molly McGreavy
Kelsey Rae McQuilkin
Claire Mena
Eni Mihilli
Grace Miller
Nicole Minevich
Nathan Money
Sophia W. Montgomery
Rebecca Moonitz
Juan Mora
Julie C. Moroney
Cameron Mullins
Jakob Naegeli
Carlino Mark Martin Natividad
Evan Neustater
Zachery Newton
Raul Noguera-McElroy
Mary Novakovic
Keerthana Nunna
Francis O’Rourke
Nina Orteza
D. Colby Orton
Brett Palmer
Daniel Park
Joseph Park
Neil Patel
Spencer Peoples
Kyle Pham
Richard Phillips
James Pierce
Lauren Pierce
Caleb Pilukas
Jacob Mayer Podell
Veronica Portillo-Heap
Keagan Potts
Jackson Powers
Matt Preston
Olivia Pribich
Benjamin Pyle
Benjameen Quarless
William Quish
Mariel S. Radek
Mitchell Ralph
Jacob Rasch
Sarah Reasoner
Shenu Reddy
Sinead Redmond
Brian Remlinger
Omar Rifai
Wayne Ritter Jr.
Colleen Savia Roberts
Lillian Honore Roberts
Elizabeth Rodgers
Dillon R. Roseen
Emma Rosen
Jonah Rosenbaum
Anna Markoe Rotrosen
James Alexander Rowell
Samuel Lev Rubinstein
Hanna Rutkowski
Laurel Ruza
Nathan Santoscoy
Seif-Eldeen Basheer Saqallah
Brian Schaap
Joseph Schiller
Grigg Schneider
Jesse Schupack
Benjamin Schwartz
Zoe Seaman-Grant
Anna Searle
Everett Secor
Kamden Segawa
Michael Semel
Marie Evelyn Sheehan
David Gordon Sheinfeld
Courtney Burke Shier
Kiana Norine Shin
Matthew Shina
Jeremy Shur
Mariah Silverstein
Sophie Skinner
Maria Smilde
Brittany Smith
Katherine Smith
Rylee Renee Snively
Cassandra Sollitto
Audrey Springer-Wilson
Annie Steiner
Amanda Stephens
Ian Sterlin
Taylor Stone
Alessandro Storchi
Daniel Strellman
Miguel Suarez Medina
Zachary Suggs
Rachael Sutherland
Jack Roy Swanson
Claire Taigman
Kathleen Teleky
Elizabeth Temkin
William Tenbarge
Tyler Theel
Karin Thrasher
Emily Campbell Tifft
Robert Timby V
Sumner T. Truax
Gavin Uitvlugt
Alex VanDerKolk
Gabriel VanLoozen
Anna L. Veross
Natalie Vicchio
Esther Vinarov
Maydha Vinson
Axelle Vivien
Ashanti Walker
William Walker
Erin Wall
Michael Wang
Tianrui Wang
Katherine Warshauer
Phillip Washburn
Rebecca Wasserman
Sara Watson
Jacob Weaver
Brian Weber
Samuel White
Cody A. Wiles
Molly Williams
Samuel Williams
Brady Wilson
Hayley Wolf
Quincy Wolff
Deborah Won
Nicholas Albert Worden
Solomon Furious Worlds
Cora Wright
Peter Wright
Xinyue Emma Xu
Ingrid Yin
Jason Zaccaro
Mohamad Zawahra
Steven Zhao
Yue Zhao
Sarah Alyahya
Jakub Danek
Sebastien de Lasa
Liam Feng
Sanitya Kalika
Marina Kaspar
Earla C. Langit
Jason Lee
Keunsik Lee
Barbara Marques
Alain Perdomo
Carlos Eduardo Romero
Sokhibkamol Saliev
Danilo Santoboni
Akihiro Saotome
Anastasiia Saraeva
Genoveva Silva
Francis Tolentino
Lida Wang
Kaijie Wu
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Congratulations to the students who received academic awards during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The Bates Award is presented annually to outstanding seniors in the Law School, with account taken of scholarship in legal studies, personality, character, extracurricular interests, and promise of a distinguished career. The award was established in 1949 through the generosity of alumni and friends of the Law School in memory of the late Dean Henry M. Bates.
Recipients of the Mixer Award are nominated by students, faculty, and staff, and the award is presented to the students who have made the greatest contribution to activities designed to advance the cause of social justice. The award was established in 1969 through the generosity of alumni and friends of the Law School in memory of the late Jane L. Mixer.
The Stenn Award is presented annually to students who have demonstrated leadership and contributed, through extracurricular activities, to the well-being and strength of the Law School or University. The award, established in 1976, is made possible through the generosity of Irving Stenn Jr., ’55, and his father, Irving Stenn Sr., of Chicago.
Graduates who are local can come to the Caminker Arcade (the covered walkway on the south side of Jeffries Hall) during the dates and times listed below to pick up their gifts, which will include a printed copy of the Senior Day program and other keepsakes. You are welcome to pick up for friends. For those who aren’t local or don’t manage to come by, we will mail your items to you soon after Senior Day.
Monday, May 3: 11 AM-1 PM
Tuesday, May 4: 11 AM-1 PM
Wednesday, May 5: 1-3 PM
Thursday, May 6: 1-3 PM.
Yes, as is tradition, graduate names will be read by faculty and senior administrators during the ceremony. Only students who opted out will not have their names read.
We encourage friends and family to watch the ceremony beginning at 2:00 p.m. EDT at classof2021.law.umich.edu. For those who are unable to attend, the ceremony will remain available after its conclusion for viewing at classof2021.law.umich.edu.
All faculty, graduates, family, and friends are welcome to join a live, virtual reception on Remo—a web-based events platform—from 4-5 PM EDT on Friday, May 7. To set up your Remo profile and join the reception, visit https://live.remo.co/e/senior-day-reception.
Law School degrees are not conferred during the Senior Day exercises. The formal awarding of degrees will not happen until final exams have been graded and an audit of degree requirements has been completed by the Law School’s Office of Student Records. This can take up to six to eight weeks following the commencement date.
Diplomas will be mailed to the graduate’s permanent address or to the Diploma Address if one has been created by the student in Wolverine Access. Diplomas are mailed approximately 6-8 weeks after the ceremony. To change the address to which your diploma will be mailed, visit https://ro.umich.edu/records-registration/personal-information and follow the instructions.
Law School diplomas are 11 in. x 14 in.
The decision to host a virtual ceremony came after conversations with graduating students, a survey of our May graduates, and much discussion with University leaders and consultation with public health officials. When planning for the ceremony, it was impossible to predict factors such as infection and vaccination rates, travel guidelines, and when state and local limits on gatherings might change. We know that some students remained at their permanent residence for the winter semester, and asking them to travel to campus would not be appropriate. Ultimately because of these concerns, the University decided that all unit commencement ceremonies, including Senior Day, would be virtual.
Yes. The Law School and the University are continuing to consider options for inviting graduates from this year’s class back to campus for special future in-person events. The University is also inviting all graduates who missed out on an in-person ceremony due to COVID-19 to attend and participate in any future Commencement of their choosing. They and their families will be honored guests at these future ceremonies and graduates will be recognized not just for the completion of their degrees but also for their resilience and fortitude in persevering during these challenging times.
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