On behalf of the faculty and administration, it gives us great pleasure to recognize and celebrate those students in the Class of 2020 receiving their professional degrees at the University of Michigan Law School. You arrived as part of a very special group and you graduate as spectacular individuals. This website is a tribute to your time together in the Quad. 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!
A very special message from the graduating students who were nominated to deliver the student commencement address. View Video.
Dean Mark West and Senior Assistant Dean of Admissions Sarah Zearfoss reflect on the commencement of the Class of 2020. View Video.
Faculty and staff each offer six words of advice and wisdom to graduating students. View Video.
Law School faculty and staff share warm greetings and congratulatory messages. (Grab the popcorn and your tissues; we have a lot to say!) View Video.
A collection of messages and memories celebrating students receiving the Master of Laws degree. View Video.
Pump your fist along with The Headnotes, the Law School’s student a cappella group, in a virtual rendition of The Victors and our alma mater, Yellow and Blue. View Video.
Katie and Caleb Pizaña from the Kirkland and Ellis Café deliver a heartfelt send-off. View Video.
Congratulations to the students who received academic awards during the 2019-2020 academic year.
An award 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 through the generosity of alumni and friends of the Law School in memory of the late Dean Henry M. Bates.
An annual award presented to the students who have made the greatest contribution to activities designed to advance the cause of social justice. Students, faculty, and staff provide nominations for the award.
An annual award presented 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 is made possible through the generosity of Irving Stenn Jr., ’55, and his father, Irving Stenn Sr., both of Chicago.
Tezira Abe
Audrey E. Ackerman
Sahar Jamall Adora
Mostafa Nezar M. Al Khonaizi
Abdullah M. Alzamli
Matthew Wade Arrow
Alan D. Baldridge
Patrick Balke
Luke Alexander Barbour
Brian Barmettler
Parks J. Barroso
Heather Ann Bartels
Laurence Joseph Batmazian
Millan R. Bederu
Anna R. Belkin
Joseph D. Benedetto
Amber G. Bennett
Kelly W. Bershader
Laura Juliette Billiter
Benjamin Jaron Bircoll
Benjamin Leon Black
Joseph D. Blackhurst
Cade C. Boland
Brooke Anneka-Marie Bonnema
Austin Brian Bowman
Gregory J. Branson
Hope E. Brinn
Taylor N. Brook
Martha G. Brown
Philip Brown
Matthew Stanislas Bugaj
Nicholas Cagle
Nina Conlin Cahill
Jordan Scott Cannon
Jacob Lee Carlton
Robert D. Carnes
Tyler P. Carroll
Alexander T. Chafetz
Katie De-Kai Chan
Zhou Bo Chen
Holly A. Clancy
Haris Cogo
Danielle M. Coleman
Lauren Nicole Collins
Joseph Dowling Condon
Kendal Jade Corkle
Gregg Nathan Coughlin
Kara C. Crutcher
Adam N. Cusick
Andrew D. Cutillo
Monica L. Daegele
Taylor Daily
Kyle Evan Darch
Carrie J. Darden
Spencer J. Davenport
Nichollas Dawson
Austin J. DelPriore
Kevin C. Deutsch
Colleen O’Leary Devine
Samuel Victor Dilthey
Neil Robert Donetti
Sarah F. Du
Leah Duncan
Haley Shanahan Dutch
Olivia Brianne Dworkin
Jackson M. Erpenbach
Casey A. Farrington
Stephen F. Federowicz
David L. Fegley
Matthew Charles Fellows
Victoria Anne Fiengo
Timothy Alexander Benway Folkerth
Patrick J. Forte
Rachel C. Foster
Bryce T. Freeman
Jacob A. Gach
Yelena Gankin
Trini Gao
Thomas Fox Garrity
Matthew B. Garry
Alexandra R. Genord
Alexandra J. Gilewicz
Solana Rita Gillis
Michael Ilan Goldenberg
Sophia M. Gonzalez
Michael P. Goodyear
Elizabeth Amanda Greiter
Reginald W. Grimes II
Ali Nizam Habhab
Nash B. Hall
Nicholas J. Hall
Ewan James Scott Hamilton-Short
Kaley Annette Hanenkrat
Griffin S. Hardy
Amanda Rene Hart
Julia Bess Hayer
Elizabeth P. Helpling
Christopher Allen Hemry
Won Heo
Jennifer A. Hill
Mason L. Hill
Margaret M. Hlousek
Nicole E. Hoehle
Laura Hogikyan
Emily H. Huang
Emaan Reza Jaberi
Abby Catherine Jacobs
Samuel G. Jaksa
Alexia A. Jansen
Chloe A. Jasper
Areeba Jibril
Myles Braxton Johnson
Taylor Noelle Jones
Christa-Gaye L. Kerr
Joseph John Kiessling
Aaron J. King
Sofie N. Klapow
Tamra Koza
Piotr Krypciak
Samantha Kay Kulhanek
Connor F. Lang
Andrew J. Lanham
Rose F. Lapp
Russell John Lawson
Chad Lee
Ian Inbum Lee
Seung J. Lee
Cianan McLaughlin Lesley
Jeffrey P. Levicki
Angelica H. Li
Lixin Lin
Matthew S. Liscovitz
Anree Gentry Little
Lawrence E. Little
Hetali Mayur Lodaya
Nicholas James Loftus
Amara Serena Lopez
David Nathanael Louison
Sean R. Magill
Michael Magstadt
Kellie A. Majcher
Elena Malik
Rebecca JilliAnne Marston
Kaleb T. Martin
Kerry W. Martin
Andrew McCaffrey
Aidan D. McCarthy
James William McCartney
Keegan James McCorry
Paula E. McDonald
Sarah M. McDonald
Catherine C. McElroy
Gillian Grace McGann
Matthew James Meyerhuber
Steven E. Miller
Tyler Miller
Vincent W. Moccio
Alexandra Moody
Kianna Leora Moore
Elizabeth Stephanie Morales-Saucedo
Jacob D. Muller
Tirza Ann Mullin
Sean P. Mulloy
Yuzuki Nagakoshi
Yana Nebuchina
Daniel Z. Nelson
Parker W. Nelson
Christian C. Neumeister
Patrick E. Nichols
Christopher Edward Opila
Nicholas Reddick Orr
Tyler James Owen
Jake T. Parker
Dhruti Jawahar Patel
Ashleigh Noelle Pelto
John Minode’e Petoskey
Adam J. Pijanowski
Matthew George Pinos
Bryan R. Pistorius
Jeffrey K. Pititto
Andrew J. Plague
Brianna L. Potter
Katelyn Powers
Sara Prendergast
Mark Priebe
Christopher Ian Pryby
Joshua R. Raftis
Dimitra Katerina Rallis
Matthew J. Reiser
Meredith K. Reynolds
Jaelle Richardson
Victoria Richmond
Alejandro Roa
Chloe A. Roddy
Carly Ann Roessler
Alessandra N. Rosales
John Lewis Ross
Courtney Elizabeth Rygalski
Ryan Dixon Rypka
Irene SanPietro
Melissa Cruz Santos
Donna Scaffidi
Lauren L. Schusterman
Faraz Shahidpour
Claire Alyssa Shimberg
Adam Shniderman
Robert W. Shoemaker
Mary Kathlin Sickel
Annemarie Adelle Smith
Sarah Quirk Smith
Christopher N. Southcott
Tyler Stayer
Adam Thomas Steinhilber
John E. Stiffler Jr.
Rebecca Yuht Wah Strauss
Dongyeon Suh
Lin Sun
Katherine C. Swain
Hannah M. Taylor
Angela Irene Theodoropoulos
Alexandra Lauren Theuer
Kevin Andrew Todd
David G. Treadaway
Margaret McCord Turner
Roberta Lynn Turner
Brenna Kaitlin Whalen Twohy
Muhammed Anas Uddin
Thomas G. Upchurch Jr.
Arlyn M. Upshaw
Camille Stephanie Valdes Reyes
Gabriel Vanloozen
Laura Anne Van Tassel
Curtis W. Victor
Andrew Vierra
Jason V. Vilaysanh
Margaret K. Vogel
Eli J. Wachtel
Emma N. Waitzman
Adam Wallstein
Mackenzie Walz
Robert Jordan Wampler
Jasmine Wang
Hayato K. Watanabe
Jacob S. Watford
Tempestt Ariel Watts
Eric Wendorf
Olivia L. Wheeling
Laura K. Willenbring
Matthew Williams
Anna Williford
Justin David Wooten
Jingwei Xu
Wenqi Xu
Sarah Elizabeth Young
Thomas N. Zahrt
Thomas Matthew Zaino
Henry J. Zurn
Misaki Abe
Andreas J. Aigner
Dingyurui Bao
Taher Sherif Taher Aly Benany
Richard Doeren
Pegah Ebrahimi Eftekhari
Michael Ray Fayhee
Pablo Alejandro Garrido Estevez
Daniela Iguaran Saavedra
Aakriti Jalota
Maria Khan
Julia Kienast
Yosuke Konno
Chenying Liu
Bedavyasa Mohanty
Adriana Gabriela Oviedo Perhavec
Christian Pfengler
Krithika Ramesh
Saritza I Rivera-Vega
Maria Cristina Rosales Del Prado
Angela Vania Rustandi
Tananart Sakolvittayanon
Muhui Shi
Kornvalai Sresttharphorn
Lin Sun
Luc Simon von Danwitz
Lianying Wang
Qianwen Wang
Akihisa Yamamoto
Yuntong Zhang
Fangkai Zheng
Gianluca Mazzoni
The Original Intent of the Single Tax Principle
Shay Moyal
Back to Basics: Rethinking Normative Principles in International Tax
Martin Vallespinos
Can the WTO Stop the Race to the Bottom? Tax Competition and the WTO
My mom still wishes I went for the M.D. instead of the J.D., but here we are.
Monica Loren Daegele, J.D.
@UMichLaw #UMichLaw2020
Congratulations to my girlfriend @aphr0live on her graduation from @UMichLaw It is an honor to be by your side for this monumental achievement. Consider me amazed, but not surprised. #Classof2020 #michiganlaw #UMichLaw2020
Congratulations Class of 2020! We are so proud of you and we will miss you. Go Blue! #UMichLaw2020
Celebrate commencement with the University of Michigan. Enjoy musical performances from the Michigan Marching Band, Men’s and Women’s Glee Clubs, School of Music, Theater, and Dance, and a congratulatory message from former U.S. Vice President Al Gore.
Follow the link below to let us know where your plans will take you after graduation, and we will be sure to send along a Class of 2020 gift as well as future updates on how to stay involved with classmates and fellow alumni through career resources, events, networking, and community activities.
Information and details about the in-person Senior Day celebration for the Class of 2020 will be shared, as available, on the Law School’s Senior Day website.
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Celebrate commencement at home and online with special Class of 2020 downloadable and sharable decorations, wallpaper, Zoom backgrounds, and more!