Roundup: Class Day 2012

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Wednesday was a whirlwind of Class Day festivities! Under bright skies and a canopy of trees, graduates in the Class of 2012 and their families enjoyed remarks by Dean Martha Minow, Meg Demarco (Suzanne L. Richardson Staff Appreciation Award), Professor Bill Rubenstein (Sacks-Freund Teaching Award), and United States Attorney General Eric Holder. The program also acknowledged recipients of the HLS student awards, including several from the clinical community:

    • Sarah Poppy Alexander – Dean’s Award for Community Leadership
    • Yonina Alexander – Dean’s Award for Community Leadership
    • Meredith Boak – Frank Righeimer, Jr. Prize for Student Citizenship
    • Allison Canton – Dean’s Award for Community Leadership
    • Whitney Fogle – Dean’s Award for Community Leadership
    • Ayirini Fonseca-Sabune – William J. Stuntz Memorial Award for Justice, Human Dignity, and Compassion
    • Ronnie Gosselin – Dean’s Award for Community Leadership
    • Kristi Jobson – Dean’s Award for Community Leadership
    • Mai Li – Dean’s Award for Community Leadership
    • William Abram Orlansky – Dean’s Award for Community Leadership
    • Victoria Rojas – Dean’s Award for Community Leadership
    • Daniel Saver – Frank Righeimer, Jr. Prize for Student Citizenship
    • Joshua Sekoski – Dean’s Award for Community Leadership
    • Rajan Sonik – Andrew L. Kaufman Pro Bono Service Award
    • Corinne Snow – Dean’s Award for Community Leadership
Ayirini Fonseca-Sabune

Ayirini Fonseca-Sabune receives the William J. Stuntz Memorial Award for Justice, Human Dignity, and Compassion

Meredith Boak and Daniel Saver

Meredith Boak and Daniel Saver jointly share the Frank Righeimer, Jr. Prize for Student Citizenship

Rajan Sonik

Rajan Sonik is presented with the Andrew L. Kaufman Pro Bono Service Award

Snapshot: Rajan Sonik Awarded ACC-Northeast Law Student Ethics Award

Rajan Sonik accepts his ACC-Northeast Law Student Ethics Award

Congratulations to Rajan Sonik, who was recently awarded the ACC-Northeast Law Student Ethics Award. During his time at HLS, Rajan participated in the Health Law and Policy Clinic, the Education Law Clinic of the Trauma and Learning Policy Initiative, the Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinic, and the Harvard Prison Legal Assistance Project (where he is currently co-executive director). To top it off, he has completed over 2000(!) pro bono hours over the past three years.

We wish Rajan the very best as he starts work later this year at Medical-Legal Partnership | Boston on an Equal Justice Works Fellowship.