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2019 Prize Giving Ceremony

17 June 2019

Recognition of high-achieving students

In one of the University of Sydney Law School’s largest annual events, more than 60 undergraduate and postgraduate students were recognised for their scholarly achievements, character and contributions to the profession on 4 June 2019.

The Acting Dean and Head of School, Professor Cameron Stewart gratefully acknowledged the efforts of our students and expressed the Law School's gratitude for the invaluable support of the community and the profession, and warmly thanked all prize and scholarship donors for their continuing support.

The prestigious 2019 University Medallist for Law was awarded to Harry Stratton, Bachelor of Laws.

The Sydney Law School would like to warmly congratulate all prize winners (in alphabetical order):

Rahul Arora	Nancy Gordon Smith Prize for Honours at Graduation Sir Dudley Williams Prize
John-Patrick Michael Douglas Asimakis	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance Margaret Ethel Peden Prize in Real Property Zoe Hall Memorial Scholarship
Timothy Asimakis	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance
Blade John Grant Atton	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance
Sergio Carl Badilescu-Buga	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance
Rebecca Louise Barbour	Law Press Asia Prize for Chinese Legal Studies No. 2
Marie Capucine Battiston	The Marjorie O'Brien Prize
Jamee Lynn Bender	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance
Amelia Birnie	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance
George Andrew Bishop	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance
Samuel Brennan	J H McClemens Memorial Prize No. 2 in Criminology
Dominik Otto Breznik	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance
Tiffany Elise Britchford	J H McClemens Memorial Prize No. 1 in Criminology
Angus Brown	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance Peter Paterson Prize
Susan Yvonne Brown	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance
Joshua Bryant	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance
Amelia Kate Burns	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance
Timothy David Cargill	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance Thomas P Flattery Prize for Roman Law
Angela Rose Cartwright	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance Harmers Workplace Lawyers Prize for Anti-Discrimination Law
Thomas Zing Hou Chan	Kevin Dufty Memorial Prize for Real Property and Conveyancing
Yui Kwan Chan	The Tomonari Akaha Memorial Prize
Simon Young Mok Cho	Keith Steele Memorial Prize
Wei Sheng Wilson Chu	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance
Sarah Helen Condie	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance
Natasha Alexandra Costa	Pitt Cobbett Prize for Constitutional Law
India Coultas	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance
Ruby Madeleine Curtis	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance
Mischa Durham Davenport	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance
James Dong	Bruce Panton MacFarlan Prize
Anna Maria Dutka	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance
Kirsty Easdale	G W Hyman Memorial Prize in Labour Law The Judge J Perdriau Prize No. 2
George Charles Farrugia	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance
Ye Feng	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance Edward John Culey Prize for Proficiency in Real Property and Equity E D Roper Memorial Prize No. 2 for Equity and Corporations Law George and Matilda Harris Scholarship No. IIA Sir John Peden Memorial Prize for Proficiency in Foundations of Law Federal Constitutional Law International Law and Real Property
Tianji Feng	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance
Madeline Rohini Fisher	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance
Kirsten Margaret Gan	Nancy Gordon Smith Prize for Honours at Graduation
Norah Ghuman	Andrew M Clayton Memorial Prize - Clayton Utz
Samuel Goldberg	E M Mitchell Prize for Contracts Herbert Smith Freehills Prize in Contracts
Nicholas Holmes Gowland	Mr Justice Stanley Vere Toose Memorial Prize for Family Law
Gaston Roy Gration	John Warwick McCluskey Memorial Prize
Aidan Hammerschmid	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance
Patrick William Douglas Hendy	Federation Press Prize for Public Law
Jessica Frances Horn	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance
Judita Hudson	Caroline Munro Gibbs Prize for Torts
Alexandra Danielle Hursh	Sybil Morrison Prize for Jurisprudence Part 2
Alexander McNeil Jackman	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance E D Roper Memorial Prize No. 1 for Equity and Corporations Law
Hugh Lawrence Jameson	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance The CA Hardwick Prize in Constitutional Law
Shruti Janakiraman	Edward and Emily McWhinney Prize in International Law
Athurshen Jeyakumaran	David Burnett Scholarship in Social Justice
Kryssa Elizabeth Karavolas	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance
Ashley Taylor Kelaita	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance
Deen Khan	E D Roper Memorial Prize No. 2 for Equity and Corporations Law Sir John Peden Memorial Prize for Proficiency in Foundations of Law Federal Constitutional Law International Law and Real Property
William James Khun	Ashurst Prize in Australian Income Tax Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance
Jacqueline Krynda	David Burnett Scholarship in Social Justice
Longen Lan	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance
Samantha Rebekah Lawford	Julius and Reca Stone Award in International Law and Jurisprudence
Caitlin Lee	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance New South Wales Justices' Association Prize in Administrative Law Pitt Cobbett Prize for Administrative Law
Sophie Leitch	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance J H McClemens Memorial Prize No. 1 in Criminology
Frances Jean Leitch	Nancy Gordon Smith Postgraduate Prize for LLM by Coursework
Magnus Arthur Lewington	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance
Emma Louise Mackey	Playfair Prize in Migration Law
Felicity Rose Macourt	Walter Ernest Savage Prize for Foundations of Law
Eleanor Jane Makeig	Ashurst Prize in Advanced Taxation Law Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance
Emily Rose McLennan	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance
Ashleigh Cara McNamara	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance
James Edward Monaghan	Nancy Gordon Smith Prize for Honours at Graduation
Timothy Southan Morgan	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance John George Dalley Prize No. IB
Jarrod Robert Morton-Hoffman	Aaron Levine Prize for Criminal Law Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance
Hailey Zsofi Murray	E M Mitchell Prize for Contracts Herbert Smith Freehills Prize in Contracts
Lucy Annabel Hope Nason	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance
Thi My Kim Nguyen	Roy Frederick Turner AM Scholarship
Angela Ni	Law Press Asia Prize for Chinese Legal Studies No. 1
Declan Gwyn Watkins Noble	Minter Ellison Prize
Rowan O'Donnell	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance
James Owen Palmer	ANJeL Akira Kawamura Prize in Japanese Law
Eloise Anastasia Papadopoulos	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance
Conor Jack Paris	AMPLA Prize in Energy & Climate Law
Dadar Ahmadi Pirshahid	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance
Thomas Poberezny-Lynch	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance
Courtney Lauren Raad	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance Sir Peter Heydon Prize for the Best Undergraduate Contribution in Constitutional Administrative or International Law
Jessica Louise Raffal	Judge Samuel Redshaw Prize for Administrative Law
Rikke Juul Hesse Rasmuse Rasmusen	King and Wood Mallesons Prize in Banking and Financial Instruments
Georgia Reid	Zoe Hall Memorial Scholarship
Harrison Alexander Xavier Rogers	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance Law Society of New South Wales Prize for Law Lawyers and Justice Margaret Dalrymple Hay Prize for Law Lawyers and Justice New South Wales Justices' Association Prize in Administrative Law Pitt Cobbett Prize for Administrative Law Sir John Peden Memorial Prize for Proficiency in Foundations of Law Federal Constitutional Law International Law and Real Property
Heydon Rogers	George and Matilda Harris Scholarship No. I for Second Year
Faye Gabrielle-Nadege Schachter	Tuh Fuh and Ruby Lee Memorial Prize in Criminology
Alexander Henry Schatz	Ashurst Prize in Advanced Taxation Law
Claudia Rose Sheridan	Gustav and Emma Bondy Postgraduate Prize
Dylan Alexander Sherman	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance John George Dalley Prize No. 1A
Amelia Catherine Simpson	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance Monahan Prize for Evidence
Henry Richard Simpson	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance
Samuel Slattery	Caroline Munro Gibbs Prize for Torts
Cassandra Rose Smith	Nancy Gordon Smith Prize for Honours at Graduation Rose Scott Prize for Proficiency at Graduation by a Woman Candidate
Matthew James Solomon	Fiona Gardiner-Hill Prize in Corporate Law
Anthony Vincent Spiteri	George and Matilda Harris Scholarship No. IIB for Third Year of Combined Law
Arielle Biance Page Stone	Julius Stone Prize in Sociological Jurisprudence
Harry James Stuart Stratton	Ian Joye Prize in Law Joye Prize in Law Nancy Gordon Smith Prize for Honours at Graduation R G Henderson Memorial Prize (NSW Bar Association) University Medallist
Maxwell James Sturt	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance
Sebastian Tanase	The CA Hardwick Prize in Constitutional Law
Tamrong Teo	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance
Monica Mylchreest Tracy	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance LexisNexis Book Prize for most proficient in Juris Doctor I Pitt Cobbett Prize for International Law
Hillary Truong	Roy Frederick Turner AM Scholarship
Heydon Wardell-Burrus	Jeff Sharp Prize in Tax Research Justice Peter Hely Scholarship University of Sydney Foundation Prize for Australian International Taxation
Laura Leander Wilde	John Geddes Prize for Equity
Anoushka William	Harmers Workplace Lawyers Prize for Labour Law Sir Alexander Beattie Prize in Industrial Law
Christie Chang Ching Wilson	Dean’s List of Excellence for Academic Performance
Alice Chen Yan	The Alan Ayling Prize in Environmental Law
Jee Yun Yang	AMPLA Prize in Energy & Climate Law
Yi Ming Marina Yang	Ashurst Prize in Environmental Law
Yufei Zhong	The Judge J Perdriau Prize No. 1
Alice Zhou	Peter Cameron Sydney Oxford Scholarship

Prize ceremony photos

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2019 Prize Giving Ceremony

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