2012 Sydney Law School Prizegiving Ceremony
4 June 2012
On 24 May 2012, the Sydney Law School held its annual Prize Giving Ceremony to celebrate the achievements of outstanding students. A crowd of almost 250 people gathered in the Law School's auditorium to witness the awarding of the prizes, as MC Graeme Coss announced prizes for almost 70 students present on the night. The Dean, Professor Gillian Triggs, acknowledged the efforts of the students and spoke of exciting times ahead for the study of law with the Sydney Law School. The Dean also gratefully acknowledged the invaluable support of the community and the profession for the Sydney Law School, and warmly thanked all prize and scholarship donors for their continuing support. University Medallist Chelsea Tabart gave a student address at the ceremony, a recording of which can be found on the Law School website. |
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Following on from the ceremony, prize winners joined graduands and their families for the Sydney Law School Alumni Graduation Party, a special celebration in advance of their graduation on 25 May. Almost 300 guests were welcomed by the Dean, Professor Gillian Triggs, who introduced alumna and law school academic Professor Joellen Riley (BA 1979; MA 1985; LLB 119; PhD 2005) to speak on the benefits of and opportunities for engagement as alumni of the law school and the University. Special guest speaker for the evening was Naomi Hart (BA [Hons] 2009; LLB [Hons] 2011), University Convocation Medalist in 2011. Naomi spoke on her experiences since her graduation, including spending four months in New Orleans working as a legal clerk defending men on death row, and her recollections of her time at law school. |
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The Sydney Law School would like to warmly congratulate all prize winners: |
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| Student | Prize/s |
| Bibhu Aggarwal | University of Sydney Academic Merit Prize |
| Ginan Louise Ashcroft | J H McClemens Memorial Prize in Criminology No. 2 |
| Luke Patrick Atkins | Wigram Allen Scholarship for the Juris Doctor - Merit |
| Yee Lat Aye | Wigram Allen Scholarship for the Juris Doctor - International |
| Patrick Bateman | Julius and Reca Stone Award in International Law and Jurisprudence |
| Sophie Bentwood | Edward John Culey Prize for Real Property and Equity Sir John Peden Memorial Prize for Foundations of Law, Federal Constitutional Law, International Law, and Real Property Sybil Morrison Prize in Jurisprudence |
| Christopher James Beshara | Nancy Gordon Smith Memorial Prize University of Sydney Academic Merit Prize |
| Kieran Riley Bockman | Playfair Prize in Migration Law |
| Alec John Bombell | Blake Dawson Prize in Environmental Law |
| Nicholas Andrew Borger | E M Mitchell Prize for Contracts Freehills Prize in Contracts LexisNexis Book Prize No. 2 for Most Proficient in Combined Law II |
| Rebekah Louise Maree Byrne | Henry Davis York Prize in Environmental Law |
| Joshua John Chalkley | E D Roper Memorial Prize Second in Equity and Corporations Law |
| Aaron Weng Hoe Chan | Deloitte Indirect Tax Prize |
| Stephanie Ka Yan Cheng | Law Press Asia Prize for Chinese Legal Studies No. 1 |
| Jonathan Choi | Thomas P Flattery Prize for Roman Law |
| Yean Hsia Joanne Chong | Henry Davis York Prize in Environmental Law The Marjorie O'Brien Prize |
| Isobel Crumblin | The Australian Securities and Investments Commission Prize in Corporations Law |
| Shane Colin Curran | ANJeL Akira Kawamura Prize in Japanese Law |
| Frank Danieli | John Warwick McCluskey Memorial Prize for Federal Constitutional Law and Family Law |
| Christopher Neil Davies | Wigram Allen Scholarship for the Juris Doctor - ACCESS |
| Deborah June Dearing | Henry Davis York Prize in Environmental Law |
| Melanie Anne Dillon-Smith | The Law Society of New South Wales Indigenous Scholarship |
| Adriana Elizabeth Edmeades | J H McClemens Memorial Prize in Criminology Tuh Fuh & Ruby Lee Memorial Prize in Criminology |
| Jerome Entwistle | Nancy Gordon Smith Memorial Prize |
| Stephanie Essey | E D Roper Memorial Prize First in Equity and Corporations Law University of Sydney Academic Merit Prize |
| Thomas Farmakis | LexisNexis Book Prize No.1 for Combined Law 1 |
| Jeffrey Jingee Fung | Carolyn Mall Memorial Prize in Indirect Taxes (Ernst & Young) |
| Tarsha Gavin | Minter Ellison Prize for Intellectual Property Sir Peter Heydon Prize for Sydney Law Review (Constitutional, Administrative, or International Law) |
| Emma German | NSW Women Justices' Association Prize |
| Alison Hammond | Minter Ellison Scholarship |
| Mark Stewart Hare | Sir Maurice Byers Prize |
| Nathan Hauser | Walter Ernest Savage Prize for Foundations of Law |
| Christine Karin Heeg-Stelldinger | Law Press Asia Prize for Chinese Legal Studies No. 2 |
| Mary Qian Hu | Australian Taxation Office Prize in Taxation Law Blake Dawson Prize in Advanced Taxation Blake Dawson Prize in Australian Income Tax |
| Heather Yung Huddleston | Minter Ellison Prize for Intellectual Property Nancy Gordon Smith Memorial Prize University of Sydney Academic Merit Prize |
| Marija Isajlovska | Kevin Dufty Memorial Prize for Real Property and Conveyancing |
| Nikki Andre Syquio Joson | Dudley Williams Prize Joye Prize in Law Nancy Gordon Smith Memorial Prize University Medal |
| Thomas Daniel Kaldor | John George Dalley Prize 1A Julius Stone Prize in Sociological Theories of Law Minter Ellison Prize for Intellectual Property University of Sydney Academic Merit Prize |
| Giselle Patrice Kenny | University of Sydney Academic Merit Prize |
| David Richard Lewis | Andrew M Clayton Memorial Prize - Clayton Utz E D Roper Memorial Prize First in Equity and Corporations Law George and Matilda Harris Scholarship No. 1 for Second Year John Geddes Prize for Equity LexisNexis Book Prize No. 5 for Most Proficient in Law II University of Sydney Academic Merit Prize |
| Kate Irene Hannah Lindeman | New South Wales Justices Association Prize in Administrative Law Pitt Cobbet Prize in Administrative Law University of Sydney Academic Merit Prize |
| Kane Alexander Loxley | Gustav & Emma Bondy Postgraduate Prize in Jurisprudence |
| Jeremy Tai Ly | University of Sydney Foundation Prize |
| Daniel Strathallan MacPherson | E D Roper Memorial Prize Second in Equity and Corporations Law University of Sydney Academic Merit Prize |
| Louisa Manfre | George and Matilda Harris Scholarship No 2.B for Year 3 Combined Law LexisNexis Book Prize No.3 for Combined Law Year 3 |
| Ryan May | Justice Peter Hely Scholarship |
| Angus McFarland | University of Sydney Academic Merit Prize |
| Andrew McLeod | Peter Cameron Sydney Oxford Scholarship |
| Brent Michael | Sir Maurice Byers Prize |
| Samuel Murray | LexisNexis Book Prize No. 1 Walter Ernest Savage Prize for Foundations of Law |
| Mina Wagdy Nada | Bruce Panton Macfarlan Prize in Advanced Corporate Law |
| Matthew David Neeves | Jeff Sharp Prize in Tax Research |
| Tuba Omer | Sydney Law School Foundation International Scholarship - Juris Doctor |
| Robert James Pietriche | The Zoe Hall Scholarship |
| Sarah Nadine Pitney | Caroline Munro Gibbs Prize for Torts |
| Blaise Che Prentice-Davidson | Margaret Ethel Peden Prize in Real Property |
| Manoel Presser Garcez | ACICA Keith Steele Memorial Prize Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Prize |
| Nadia Marie Price | Alan Ayling Prize in Environmental Law |
| Myles Pulsford | Pitt Cobbett Prize for Constitutional Law The Alan Bishop Scholarship The C A Hardwick Prize in Constitutional Law |
| Gah Vin Pyeon | Sydney Law School Foundation International Scholarship - Combined Law |
| Francisco Junior Rockey | J H McClemens Memorial Prize in Criminology No. 2 |
| Katherine Jane Roy | The Marjorie O'Brien Prize |
| Lucy Saunders | Harmers Workplace Lawyers Prize for Labour Law Sir Alexander Beattie Prize in Industrial Law |
| Gusel Schneider | Wigram Allen Scholarship for the Juris Doctor - Entry |
| Christopher Slater | Allens Prize in Competition Law Christopher C Hodgekiss Prize in Competition Law Mr Justice Stanley Vere Toose Memorial Prize for Family Law University of Sydney Academic Merit Prize |
| Lauren Melinda Smith | Monahan Prize for Evidence |
| Alexander Adrian Spark | Judge Samuel Redshaw Prize for Administrative Law |
| Gabrielle Vivian Starr | Maddocks Prize in Labour Law The Judge Ralph J Perdriau Prize No. 1 |
| Erin Stewart | Wigram Allen Scholarship for the Juris Doctor - Entry |
| Hannah Stewart-Weeks | Peter Paterson Prize for Sydney Law Review |
| Nicholas Thomas Sutton | AMPLA Prize in Energy & Climate Law |
| Chelsea Georgina Tabart | Ian Joye Prize in Law John George Dalley Prize 1B Law Society of New South Wales Prize for The Legal Profession Margaret Dalrymple Hay Prize for The Legal Profession Nancy Gordon Smith Memorial Prize R G Henderson Memorial Prize (NSW Bar Association) Rose Scott Prize University of Sydney Academic Merit Prize University Medal |
| Chantelle Vigar | The Law Society of New South Wales Indigenous Scholarship |
| Daniel Alexander Ward | George and Matilda Harris Scholarship No 2.A for Year 2 Graduate Law The Zoe Hall Scholarship University of Sydney Academic Merit Prize |
| Jacob Victor William White | Aaron Levine Prize in Criminal Law |
| Erin Rebecca Wilson | G W Hyman Memorial Prize in Labour Law The Judge Ralph J Perdriau Prize No. 2 |
| Geoffrey Luke Winters | Bruce Miles Foundation Prize |
| Ellen Marie Wolfenden | Edward and Emily McWhinney Prize in International Law Pitt Cobbett Prize for International Law |
| Rebecca Wong | Roy Frederick Turner AM Scholarship |
| Sun Ying Wong | The Marjorie O'Brien Prize |
| Wai Yin Jason Wong | Freehills Prize in Torts and Contracts |
| Nadia Yetton-Lim | University of Sydney Academic Merit Prize |
| Mi Zhou | Bruce Panton Macfarlan Prize in Advanced Corporate Law |
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