CONVOCATION MAY 14, 2016 SCHOOL OF LAW CONVOCATION PROGRAM

Music George Mason University Jazz Ensemble Academic Procession* Presentation of Colors George Mason University US Army ROTC WELCOME TO THE CLASS OF 2016 GRADUATION. National Anthem George Mason University Jazz Ensemble

Graduates, we are extraordinarily proud of you and honored to share this memorable Welcome HENRY N. BUTLER Dean and Professor of Law occasion with you and your families. Student Speakers RYAN JAMES WAUTLET Since its inception, the law school has sought to bring a distinctive and creative approach Student Bar Association President to legal education and scholarship and has been in the forefront of curricular innovation. TIMOTHY LAM TANG Our top-ranked law school is a reflection of our outstanding students that includes this Day Class Speaker year’s class. We appreciate all the hard work of today’s graduates, including their effort BRANDON ROBERT GOULD and commitment to our core tenet of “LEARN. CHALLENGE. LEAD.” by learning the law Evening Class Speaker (LEARN), interacting and engaging with intellectual vigor (CHALLENGE) and taking Introduction of Faculty Speaker HENRY N. BUTLER leading roles (LEAD) as their careers move forward. I look forward to the remarkable Dean and Professor of Law achievements you will attain with the tools and skills learned during your time with us. Faculty Speaker Address MICHAEL I. KRAUSS Professor of Law Graduates, no matter where your legal career takes you, I hope you will stay connected with Mason Law. Most importantly, stay engaged with our strong and active alumni Introduction of Guest Speaker HENRY N. BUTLER Dean and Professor of Law network, especially helping Mason Law students who are looking for mentors as the years progress. Your support is vital as we continue on our mission to move “Onward Guest Speaker Address THE HONORABLE PAULINE NEWMAN and Upward.” U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Special Recognition Congratulations on this tremendous achievement. Presentation of Diplomas Best wishes,

Closing Remarks HENRY N. BUTLER Dean and Professor of Law Recessional*

Henry N. Butler Reception to Follow Dean George Mason University School of Law *Audience should remain seated.

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PAULINE NEWMAN | CIRCUIT JUDGE

PAULINE NEWMAN was appointed by President Ronald W. Reagan in 1984.

From 1969 to 1984, Judge Newman served as Director, Patent, Trademark and Licensing Department, FMC Corporation, and as house counsel from 1954. She worked as a research scientist at the American Cyanamid Company from 1951 to 1954. From 1961 to 1962, she worked for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization as a science policy specialist. She served on the Domestic Policy Review of Industrial Innovation from 1978 to 1979, on the State Department Advisory Committee on International Intellectual Property from 1974 to 1984, and from 1982 to 1984 as Special Adviser to the United States Delegation to the Diplomatic Conference on the Revision of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property. She served as a Distinguished Professor GRADUATES of Law at the George Mason University School of Law.

Judge Newman received a B.A. from Vassar College in 1947, an M.A. from Columbia University in 1948, a Ph.D. from Yale University in 1952, and an LL.B. from New York University School of Law in 1958.

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MASTER OF LAWS DEGREE BRYAN J. CANNON JUSTIN ADAM HILLMAN BRITTANY NICHOLE ORAVEC TERRICA VICTORIA CARRINGTON WILLIAM HINSON MORGAN R. PANKOW Law and Economics MARY ALICE CASALE JESSE BENJAMIN HOLMES SAMANTHA KATHERINE PARKER ADRIAN E. CIACCI JEESUN HONG ELIZABETH PARKS TAN THO MINH BUI AEDAN FLANAGAN COMEY TAYLOR DANIELLE HOVERMAN NADY PERALTA VAHID SHAHMOHAMMADI CHRISTINE CONNELL THOMAS HUNT GABRIELLE CATHERINE PETERS MARYLOUISE CORNELL RANDALL J. HURLBURT LAUREN PFLUGRATH Intellectual Property JONATHAN COX STEPHEN ROY JACKSON ELENA R. PROCOPI CALEB CROSSWHITE GEORGE DEMETRIOS JOHNSON EVAN PURCELL SUSHMA CHAUHAN STEPHEN WADE CUPCHECK ERIC JONES MOUNIA RHOULAM BABAK AKBARI ZARIN LAURA MARIA D’AGOSTINO ELENA KAMENIR KIRSTIN HELENA RIESBECK LUCAS T. DANIELS SARISH KHAN BRITTANY S. RIPPER JURIS DOCTOR DEGREE SIDDHANT DAS SUNG WOOK KOOH SARAH SAMI ANGELINE DECHIARA CHRISTIAN KOZLOWSKI DANIEL SCHNEIDER BRIAN ALEXANDER ABBOTT MARK DESANTIS JOHN LANE COURTNAY SELLERS MARK EMILIO SIOCO ABRAJANO ZACHARY ANDREW DEUBLER GINA LEE JAMES FRANCIS SHANNON III ZEYNEP ELIF AKSOY MATTHEW LEE DEVENDORF YOOJUN LEE ARUN SHOME RYAN TIMOTHY ANDREWS MEGGAN DEWITT OLEXIY MICHAEL LEVCHUK JOHN SOBCHAK ZOHRA ANWARI MANMEET KAUR DHINDSA COREY M. LIPP TYLER SOUTHWICK JAMES PHILLIP ATKINSON PETER F. DONOHUE OLGA LURIE AMY SPAIN ELIZABETH DALTON BACA DANIELLE ELIZABETH ELY LYNZI CAROL MAAS BOYD A. STEPHENSON RICHARD BACA MARY EMBREY JACOB MACE TIMOTHY LAM TANG CASEY J. BACH WENDY EVERETTE TAYLOR MACHNICK JOHN R. THOMPSON PRIYANKA BAJAJ BLAKE W. FRIEMAN KATHERINE IRENE MCCLASKEY CHRISTOPHER ROBERT TOPHAM GWENDOLYN G. BALL JAMES FULTZ LUCY MARIE GERARD MECKLEY MATTHEW SCOTT TULLY MATTHEW E. BARNET KATHLEEN FRANCES GARMAN CARLY MEE DAVID JOSEPH TWELLMAN, JR PAUL BASZNER ANNA GENTRY ABHI M. MEHTA DEVIN WATKINS ANTHONY M. BATT BRANDON ROBERT GOULD ETHAN LLOYD MEREDITH RYAN JAMES WAUTLET JAMES C. BEATY CHASE PARSON GRANGE KEVIN MISENER DANIEL THAYER WOISLAW IAN JOSEPH BEUCKELAERE STEPHANIE LEIGH GROFF GEOFF MOODY CHRISTIAN ALEXANDRA YINGLING MICHAEL S. BLILEY SAMANTHA GRUNBERG VICTOR L. MORALES JAMES ARTHUR YORK III ANDREW J. BLOCK * ORLY HALPERN BRIAN ANTHONY MOTTL OMAR ZEROUAL BRANDON BRADLEY CHARLES D. HAMMOND MONICA ROSE MUNIN JENNIFER LYNN ZIELONIS MEGHAN LYNN BRENNAN JOSEPH HARRINGTON AUSTIN K. MURATA DAVID JULIUS ZUCKERMAN ABBY MARIE BULLOCK CHRISTOPHER DOUGLAS HARRIS SEAN K. MURPHY BRYAN BURACK JEFF HARRIS COLEY R. MYERS III * December 2016 JD graduate CONNOR JAMES CAIN ELIZABETH HARTIGAN ELISE MARIE NELSON EMILY J. CANIS AMELIA MACHARG HENRY CAITLIN ELIZABETH O’CONNELL

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SUMMA CUM LAUDE DANIEL D. POLSBY AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN LEADERSHIP

BRANDON ROBERT GOULD PETER F. DONOHUE

MAGNA CUM LAUDE HENRY G. MANNE AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN LAW AND ECONOMICS ELISE MARIE NELSON ZEYNEP ELIF AKSOY RYAN TIMOTHY ANDREWS GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN BRYAN J. CANNON ANTITRUST LAW MARY ALICE CASALE BLAKE W. FRIEMAN GEOFF MOODY JOSEPH HARRINGTON CHRISTOPHER DOUGLAS HARRIS GILES SUTHERLAND RICH AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN THE STUDY OF JOHN LANE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW LYNZI CAROL MAAS GEOFF MOODY DAVID JULIUS ZUCKERMAN CAITLIN ELIZABETH O’CONNELL EVAN PURCELL LAW SCHOOL COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD DANIEL THAYER WOISLAW SIDDHANT DAS TAYLOR DANIELLE HOVERMAN CUM LAUDE LAW SCHOOL PRO BONO AWARD MARK EMILIO SIOCO ABRAJANO IAN JOSEPH BEUCKELAERE CARLY MEE EMILY J. CANIS NADY PERALTA WENDY EVERETTE KATHLEEN FRANCES GARMAN MARKETPLACE OF IDEAS AWARD SAMANTHA GRUNBERG GEORGE DEMETRIOS JOHNSON WENDY EVERETTE ELENA KAMENIR STEPHANIE LEIGH GROFF CARLY MEE FAMILY LAW SECTION OF THE VIRGINIA STATE BAR AND VIRGINIA CHAPTER ELISE MARIE NELSON OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF MATRIMONIAL LAWYERS LAUREN PFLUGRATH FAMILY LAW BOOK AWARD BOYD A. STEPHENSON TIMOTHY LAM TANG ELIZABETH PARKS DEVIN WATKINS DAVID JULIUS ZUCKERMAN VIRGINIA TRIAL LAWYERS’ ASSOCIATION STUDENT ADVOCACY AWARD

LUCY MARIE GERARD MECKLEY

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PATENT LAW REGULATORY LAW

MATTHEW E. BARNET JAMES C. BEATY PAUL BASZNER BOYD A. STEPHENSON JACOB MACE CAITLIN ELIZABETH O’CONNELL TIMOTHY LAM TANG JAMES ARTHUR YORK III OMAR ZEROUAL DAVID JULIUS ZUCKERMAN

STUDENT ACTIVITIES

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ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RICHARD BACA BLACK LAW STUDENTS BRITTANY NICHOLE ORAVEC RESOLUTION SOCIETY 2014 ABA National Negotiation Competition ASSOCIATION Vice President of Marketing, 2014-15

GRADUATING BOARD ANTHONY M. BATT GRADUATING BOARD MATTHEW SCOTT TULLY 2014 ADR Negotiation Intramural, Vice President of Programs, 2014-15 EVAN PURCELL Third Place COURTNAY SELLERS President, 2015-16; Intramural President, 2014-16 JEESUN HONG EMILY J. CANIS Co-Chair, 2014-15 Treasurer, 2014-15 MARY ALICE CASALE 2014 ADR Negotiation TERRICA VICTORIA CARRINGTON PETER F. DONOHUE Intramural, Third Place Vice President, 2014-16 BRANDON BRADLEY CHASE PARSON GRANGE Program Coordinator, 2014-15 ELIZABETH HARTIGAN JAMES PHILLIP ATKINSON ANTHONY M. BATT Vice President of Skills and Treasurer, 2014-15 Education, 2014-16 JUSTIN ADAM HILLMAN COMMUNICATIONS 2013 ABA Regional Negotiation 2014 ABA Regional Mediation Competition; LAW ASSOCIATION 2014 ADR Mediation Intramural, Champion Competition; 2013 ADR Negotiation BUSINESS LAW SOCIETY Intramural, Champion GRADUATING BOARD CHRISTIAN KOZLOWSKI ABHI M. MEHTA GRADUATING BOARD SIDDHANT DAS ANNA GENTRY Vice President of Marketing MONICA ROSE MUNIN CHASE PARSON GRANGE President, 2015-16; Treasurer, 2014-15 and Outreach, 2014-16 President, 2015-16; Vice President 2013 ABA Regional Negotiation of Administration, 2014-15 DANIELLE ELIZABETH ELY Competition; 2013 ADR Negotiation AMERICAN CONSTITUTION Vice President of External Affairs, Intramural, Champion SOCIETY LAUREN PFLUGRATH 2015-16 ETHAN LLOYD MEREDITH Executive Vice President, 2015-16; GRADUATING BOARD JEFF HARRIS Vice President of Finance and Vice President of Outreach, 2014-15 Vice President of Internal Affairs, Records, 2015-16 KEVIN MISENER WENDY EVERETTE 2015-16 President, 2014-15 BRYAN BURACK Vice President of Marketing and Technology, 2014-16 GRADUATING MEMBERS Vis Moot Chair, 2015-16; JESSE BENJAMIN HOLMES Intramural Co-Chair, 2014-15 Vice President, 2014-15 2014 ABA Regional Mediation Competition; CHRISTINE CONNELL MARK DESANTIS 2014 ADR Mediation Intramural, Champion Vice President of Finance, 2014-16 WENDY EVERETTE

GRADUATING MEMBERS MARY ALICE CASALE Vice President of Pro Bono and ELIZABETH DALTON BACA Clinical Outreach, 2014-15 2014 ABA National Negotiation Competition

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THE DOCKET JACOB MACE MICHAEL S. BLILEY SARAH SAMI President, 2014-15 Treasurer, 2015-16 Articles Editor, 2015-16 GRADUATING MEMBERS ADRIAN E. CIACCI GRADUATING MEMBER LAURA MARIA D’AGOSTINO JESSE BENJAMIN HOLMES Treasurer, 2014-15 Notes Editor, 2015-16 2015-16 ZACHARY ANDREW DEUBLER TAYLOR DANIELLE HOVERMAN MEGGAN DEWITT GABRIELLE CATHERINE PETERS Vice President of Programs, 2014-15 Research Editor, 2015-16 2015-16 GEORGE MASON CIVIL RIGHTS LAW JOURNAL JACOB MACE MICHAEL S. BLILEY THE FEDERALIST SOCIETY Associate Editor, 2015-16 2014-15 GRADUATING BOARD OF EDITORS GRADUATING BOARD GRADUATING MEMBERS MEGGAN DEWITT PETER F. DONOHUE 2014-15 DEVIN WATKINS Editor-in-Chief, 2015-16 ANDREW J. BLOCK President, 2015-16; Secretary, 2014-15 BRANDON BRADLEY KATHLEEN FRANCES GARMAN STEPHANIE LEIGH GROFF* STEPHEN WADE CUPCHECK 2014-15 THOMAS HUNT Executive Editor, 2015-16 BRITTANY NICHOLE ORAVEC President, 2014-15 MOUNIA RHOULAM* JUSTIN ADAM HILLMAN RICHARD BACA JOHN R. THOMPSON* 2014-15 MEGGAN DEWITT Managing Editor, 2015-16 Vice President of Speakers, 2014-15 *Denotes publication in the George Mason Civil Rights Law Journal KATHERINE IRENE MCCLASKEY JESSE BENJAMIN HOLMES 2014-15 ZACHARY ANDREW DEUBLER Symposium Editor, 2015-16 Vice President of Technology, 2014-15 GEORGE MASON PRIYANKA BAJAJ* NADY PERALTA LAW REVIEW 2014-15 TAYLOR DANIELLE HOVERMAN Senior Articles Editor, 2015-16 Vice President of Programs, 2014-15 SAMANTHA KATHERINE PARKER GRADUATING BOARD OF EDITORS ENVIRONMENTAL Senior Notes Editor, 2015-16 THOMAS HUNT LAW SOCIETY GEORGE MASON AMERICAN INN OF COURT DANIEL THAYER WOISLAW* Executive Editor, 2015-16 Senior Research Editor, 2015-16 GRADUATING BOARD WENDY EVERETTE* GRADUATING BOARD Production Editor, 2015-16 GEOFF MOODY EMILY J. CANIS* CHRISTIAN KOZLOWSKI Articles Editor, 2015-16 Vice President, 2015-16 DEVIN WATKINS President, 2015-16 Developments Editor, 2015-16

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ELISE MARIE NELSON CARLY MEE GEORGE MASON MOOT CHRISTOPHER DOUGLAS HARRIS Symposium Editor, 2015-16 Research Editor, 2015-16 COURT BOARD Events Committee Chair, 2015-16 2016 Ruby R. Vale Interschool Corporate ELENA KAMENIR* MORGAN R. PANKOW GRADUATING BOARD Moot Court Competition Senior Articles Editor, 2015-16 Research Editor, 2014-15 TAYLOR DANIELLE HOVERMAN MEGGAN DEWITT GAI Committee Co-Chair, 2015-16 KATHLEEN FRANCES GARMAN MARY ALICE CASALE Chief Justice, 2015-16; Senior Notes Editor, 2015-16 Associate Editor, 2015-16 GAI Committee Co-Chair, 2015-16 Nationals Team Member; 2016 Thurgood A. LYNZI CAROL MAAS ANGELINE DECHIARA ELIZABETH PARKS Marshall Memorial Moot Court Competition; UCC Committee Chair, 2015-16 Senior Research Editor, 2015-16 Associate Editor, 2015-16 66th Annual New York City Bar Association Nationals Team Member; 2016 ABA National Moot Court Competition; 2015 National Appellate Advocacy Competition, MARK DESANTIS EVAN PURCELL Billings, Exum & Frye National Moot Court Best Regional Brief; 2015 Billings, Exum & Frye National Moot Court Competition, Articles Editor, 2015-16 Associate Editor, 2015-16 Competition, Best Individual Oral Advocate, Runner-Up Octo-finalist; 2014 Upper Class Competition, Champion BRANDON ROBERT GOULD* GRADUATING MEMBERS ANTHONY M. BATT Articles Editor, 2014-15 SAMANTHA KATHERINE PARKER RYAN TIMOTHY ANDREWS* Vice Justice, 2015-16 FYC Committee Chair, 2015-16 TIMOTHY LAM TANG MEGHAN LYNN BRENNAN Nationals Team Member; 2016 ABA National Appellate Advocacy Competition; 2015 2015 The Chicago Bar Association Moot Articles Editor, 2015-16 BRYAN J. CANNON* Billings, Exum & Frye National Moot Court Court Competition, Quarter-finalist; 2014 DANIELLE ELIZABETH ELY* Competition; 2014 First-Year Competition, Upper Class Competition, Finalist MATTHEW SCOTT TULLY JOSEPH HARRINGTON Octo-finalist Articles Editor, 2015-16 GEORGE DEMETRIOS JOHNSON GRADUATING MEMBERS JOHN LANE SIDDHANT DAS ANNA GENTRY* DAVID JULIUS ZUCKERMAN* Managing Justice, 2015-16 PRIYANKA BAJAJ Notes Editor, 2015-16 2016 Ruby R. Vale Interschool Corporate *Denotes publication in the George Mason Moot Court Competition; 2014 Upper Class Law Review CONNOR JAMES CAIN Competition, Semi-finalist; 2014 First-Year OLGA LURIE Alumni Committee Chair, 2015-16 Competition, Octo-finalist Notes Editor, 2015-16 2014 Upper Class Competition, Octo-finalist

EMILY J. CANIS CAITLIN ELIZABETH O’CONNELL* MANMEET KAUR DHINDSA 23rd Annual Willem C. Vis International Notes Editor, 2015-16 Judges Committee Chair, 2015-16 Commercial Arbitration Moot Competition; 2015 The Chicago Bar Association Moot 2015 Bryant-Moore Moot Court ADRIAN E. CIACCI Court Competition, Quarter-finalist; 2014 Competition, Finalist; 2014 Upper Class Research Editor, 2015-16 Upper Class Competition, Finalist Competition, Octo-finalist

BLAKE W. FRIEMAN Research Editor, 2015-16

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LAURA MARIA D’AGOSTINO MONICA ROSE MUNIN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY JESSUP MOOT Nationals Team Member; 2016 ABA National 2015 Cardozo BMI Moot Court Competition; LAW SOCIETY COURT TEAM Appellate Advocacy Competition; 2015 ABA 2014 Upper Class Competition, Quarter- National Appellate Advocacy Competition, finalist; 2014 First-Year Competition, GRADUATING BOARD GRADUATING MEMBERS 4th Best Oral Advocate; 2014 Upper Class Quarter-finalist Competition, Semi-finalist; 2014 First-Year DAVID JULIUS ZUCKERMAN PETER F. DONOHUE Competition, Champion GABRIELLE CATHERINE PETERS President, 2015-16; Vice President 2016 Philip C. Jessup International 2016 Cardozo BMI Moot Court Competition, of Administration, 2014-15 Law Moot Court Competition, Mid- LUCAS T. DANIELS Octo-finalist; 2015 Cardozo BMI Moot Atlantic Regional; 2015 Philip C. Jessup Court Competition; 2014 Upper Class International Law Moot Court Competition, Competition, Quarter-finalist JACOB MACE ZACHARY ANDREW DEUBLER Mid-Atlantic Regional Nationals Team Member; 2016 ABA Vice President of Alumni National Appellate Advocacy Competition, EVAN PURCELL Relations, 2014-16 THOMAS HUNT Best Regional Brief; 2015 Billings, Exum & 2016 Philip C. Jessup International Law Frye National Moot Court Competition; 2014 CAITLIN ELIZABETH O’CONNELL DANIEL THAYER WOISLAW Moot Court Competition, Mid-Atlantic Upper Class Competition, Quarter-finalist Vice President of Speakers, 2015-16 Region, 15th Best Oralist; 2015 Philip JAMES ARTHUR YORK III C. Jessup International Law Moot Court PETER F. DONOHUE 25th Annual Saul Lefkowitz Moot Court TIMOTHY LAM TANG Competition, Mid-Atlantic Region, Competition, Southeast Region Winner, Treasurer, 2014-15 7th Best Oralist ANNA GENTRY Best Brief; 2015 Giles Sutherland Rich Nationals Team Member; 2016 Thurgood A. Memorial Moot Court Competition GRADUATING MEMBERS LUCY MARIE GERARD MECKLEY Marshall Memorial Moot Court Competition; 2016 Philip C. Jessup International 66th Annual New York City Bar Association JENNIFER LYNN ZIELONIS BRYAN J. CANNON Law Moot Court Competition, Mid- National Moot Court Competition; 2015 2015 The Chicago Bar Association Moot SUSHMA CHAUHAN Atlantic Regional; 2015 Philip C. Jessup Billings, Exum & Frye National Moot Court Competition; 2014 Upper Class DANIELLE ELIZABETH ELY International Law Moot Court Competition, Court Competition Competition, Octo-finalist DANIEL SCHNEIDER Mid-Atlantic Regional JAMES ARTHUR YORK III STEPHANIE LEIGH GROFF BABAK AKBARI ZARIN Nationals Team Member; 2016 ABA IMMIGRATION LAW JEWISH LAW STUDENTS National Appellate Advocacy Competition; SOCIETY 2015 Billings, Exum & Frye National Moot ASSOCIATION Court Competition; 2014 Upper Class J. REUBEN CLARK Competition, Quarter-finalist; 2014 First- GRADUATING BOARD LAW SOCIETY GRADUATING BOARD Year Competition, Octo-finalist STEPHANIE LEIGH GROFF GRADUATING BOARD JESSE BENJAMIN HOLMES JUSTIN ADAM HILLMAN President, 2014-16 President, 2014-16 2016 Ruby R. Vale Interschool Corporate CHRISTOPHER ROBERT TOPHAM Moot Court Competition GRADUATING MEMBER President, 2014-15 GRADUATING MEMBER

THOMAS HUNT GEORGE DEMETRIOS JOHNSON STEPHANIE LEIGH GROFF

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JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF LAW, MATTHEW LEE DEVENDORF LAW STUDENTS FOR COMMERCIAL LAW ECONOMICS & POLICY Senior Research Editor, 2015-16 REPRODUCTIVE JUSTICE

GRADUATING BOARD OF EDITORS GRADUATING BOARD OF EDITORS *Denotes publication in the Journal of Law, Economics & Policy GRADUATING BOARD

TAYLOR DANIELLE HOVERMAN* MANMEET KAUR DHINDSA* KATHLEEN FRANCES GARMAN Editor-in-Chief, 2015-16 Editor-in-Chief, 2015-16 LATINO LAW STUDENTS President, 2015-16; ASSOCIATION Webmaster, 2014-15 LUCY MARIE GERARD MECKLEY JEESUN HONG* Executive Editor, 2015-16 Executive Editor, 2015-16 ELIZABETH PARKS GRADUATING BOARD Vice President, 2015-16; KATHERINE IRENE MCCLASKEY GWENDOLYN G. BALL Secretary, 2014-15 Managing and Publications Managing Editor, 2015-16 VICTOR L. MORALES President, 2014-15 Editor, 2015-16 STEPHANIE LEIGH GROFF JUSTIN ADAM HILLMAN Webmaster, 2015-16 GABRIELLE CATHERINE PETERS Publications Editor, 2015-16 BRIAN ANTHONY MOTTL Symposium Editor, 2015-16 Vice President of Finance, 2014-15 GRADUATING MEMBERS CHRISTOPHER DOUGLAS HARRIS TERRICA VICTORIA CARRINGTON* Symposium Editor, 2015-16 MONICA ROSE MUNIN CARLY MEE Senior Research Editor, 2015-16 Vice President of External MONICA ROSE MUNIN ZEYNEP ELIF AKSOY Affairs, 2014-15 CHRISTINE CONNELL Articles Selection Editor, 2015-16 Articles Editor, 2015-16 GRADUATING MEMBER LEGAL RESEARCH, DANIEL SCHNEIDER WRITING, AND ANALYSIS ARUN SHOME Articles Selection and NADY PERALTA WRITING FELLOWS Notes Editor, 2015-16 Publications Editor, 2014-15 GRADUATING MEMBERS BRIAN ANTHONY MOTTL SAMANTHA GRUNBERG LAW STUDENTS Research Editor, 2015-16 Senior Articles Editor, 2015-16 FOR LIBERTY RYAN TIMOTHY ANDREWS MICHAEL S. BLILEY BRYAN BURACK* JAMES C. BEATY GRADUATING BOARD MARY ALICE CASALE Associate Editor, 2015-16 Senior Articles Editor, 2014-15 LUCAS T. DANIELS DEVIN WATKINS PETER F. DONOHUE GRADUATING MEMBER GEOFF MOODY President, 2014-15 BLAKE W. FRIEMAN Senior Notes Editor, 2015-16 JEESUN HONG ETHAN LLOYD MEREDITH* ELENA KAMENIR ELIZABETH DALTON BACA* KATHERINE IRENE MCCLASKEY *Denotes publication in the Journal of Senior Research Editor, 2015-16 International Commercial Law

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CAITLIN ELIZABETH O’CONNELL ABHI M. MEHTA SEAN K. MURPHY PHI ALPHA DELTA ELIZABETH PARKS Co-Chair of Softball, 2015-16 Executive Editor, 2015-16 LAW FRATERNITY, LAUREN PFLUGRATH INTERNATIONAL TIMOTHY LAM TANG CASEY J. BACH LYNZI CAROL MAAS MATTHEW SCOTT TULLY Co-Chair of Softball, 2014-16 Managing Editor, 2015-16 GRADUATING BOARD

KIRSTIN HELENA RIESBECK LUCAS T. DANIELS MASON LAW DEMOCRATS MILITARY LAW SOCIETY Symposium and Notes Editor, 2015-16 Justice, 2015-16

GRADUATING MEMBERS GRADUATING BOARD KEVIN MISENER GRADUATING MEMBERS Senior Articles Editor, 2015-16 KATHLEEN FRANCES GARMAN KEVIN MISENER ELIZABETH DALTON BACA STEPHANIE LEIGH GROFF Public Liaison, 2014-15 STEPHEN ROY JACKSON* RICHARD BACA Senior Research Editor, 2015-16 GINA LEE GRADUATING MEMBERS COLEY R. MYERS III MASON SPORTS AND SARISH KHAN CAITLIN ELIZABETH O’CONNELL ENTERTAINMENT LAW SEAN K. MURPHY Articles Editor, 2015-16 BRITTANY NICHOLE ORAVEC ASSOCIATION COLEY R. MYERS III SARAH SAMI ZACHARY ANDREW DEUBLER Research Editor, 2015-16 GRADUATING BOARD MUSLIM LAW STUDENTS PHI DELTA PHI SIDDHANT DAS ETHAN LLOYD MEREDITH ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL LEGAL Associate Notes Editor, 2015-16 President, 2015-16 HONOR SOCIETY GRADUATING BOARD ABHI M. MEHTA RYAN JAMES WAUTLET Associate Notes Editor, 2015-16 GRADUATING BOARD President, 2014-15 SARAH SAMI President, 2015-16 JENNIFER LYNN ZIELONIS MARK EMILIO SIOCO ABRAJANO GABRIELLE CATHERINE PETERS Magister, 2015-16 Associate Notes Editor, 2015-16 Vice President of Entertainment Affairs, 2014-16 NATIONAL SECURITY GRADUATING MEMBERS GRADUATING MEMBERS LAW JOURNAL JEFF HARRIS ANTHONY M. BATT ANTHONY M. BATT Co-Vice President of Athletic GRADUATING BOARD OF EDITORS CHRISTIAN ALEXANDRA YINGLING GEORGE DEMETRIOS JOHNSON Affairs, 2015-16

COLEY R. MYERS III* *Denotes publication in the National BRANDON BRADLEY Editor-in-Chief, 2015-16 Security Law Journal Co-Vice President of Athletic Affairs, 2014-16

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PRO BONO SOCIETY STUDENT BAR STUDENT BAR ASSOCIATION RYAN TIMOTHY ANDREWS ASSOCIATION GRADUATION COMMITTEE Vice President of Extramurals, 2015-16 GRADUATING BOARD 2016 American Association of Justice GRADUATING BOARD GRADUATING BOARD Student Trial Advocacy Competition, STEPHANIE LEIGH GROFF Semi-finalist, DC Region; 2015 American Association of Justice Student Trial President, 2014-15 RYAN JAMES WAUTLET RICHARD BACA Advocacy Competition, Champion, DC President, 2015-16; Chair Region, Finalist, Nationals; 2015 ABA MICHAEL S. BLILEY Travel Treasurer, 2014-15 Section of Labor and Employment Law Trial Executive Vice President, 2014-15 GRADUATING MEMBERS Advocacy Competition, Finalist; 2014 ABA MONICA ROSE MUNIN Section of Labor and Employment Law ANTHONY M. BATT President, 2014 AMELIA MACHARG HENRY Trial Advocacy Competition, Finalist; 2014 Vice President of Events, 2014-15 RYAN JAMES WAUTLET Thacher Intramural, Champion RICHARD BACA LUCY MARIE GERARD MECKLEY Vice President Day Division, 2014-16; ANTHONY M. BATT Vice President of Events, 2014-15 First Year Representative, 2013-14 TRIAL ADVOCACY Vice President of Thacher ASSOCIATION Intramural, 2015-16 MARY ALICE CASALE AMELIA MACHARG HENRY 2016 American Association of Justice Student Trial Advocacy Competition, Semi- Treasurer, 2014-15 Budget Treasurer, 2015-16; GRADUATING BOARD Second Year Representative, 2014-15 finalist, DC Region; 2015 National Trial CASEY J. BACH Competition, Region IV; 2015 Puerto Rico LUCY MARIE GERARD MECKLEY Trial Advocacy Competition; 2014 Thacher Auction Co-Chair, 2014-15 LUCAS T. DANIELS President, 2015-16 Intramural, Semi-finalist Secretary, 2015-16; Second Year 2016 Capitol City Challenge, Quarter- KATHERINE IRENE MCCLASKEY Representative, 2014 finalist; 2015 National Trial Competition, JENNIFER LYNN ZIELONIS Auction Co-Chair, 2014-15 Region IV; 2015 Puerto Rico Trial Advocacy Vice President of Costello AMY SPAIN Competition; 2014 Thacher Intramural, Competition, 2015-16 GRADUATING MEMBERS Fourth Year Representative, 2015; Quarter-finalist 2014 Thacher Intramural Third Year Representative, 2014-15 MEGGAN DEWITT EMILY J. CANIS GEORGE DEMETRIOS JOHNSON PETER F. DONOHUE Executive Vice President, 2015-16 GEORGE DEMETRIOS JOHNSON Vice President of Events, 2015-16 KATHLEEN FRANCES GARMAN 2015 Capitol City Challenge, Quarter- Third Year Representative, 2015-16; 2015 Georgetown White Collar Crime finalist; 2015 Georgetown White Collar GEORGE DEMETRIOS JOHNSON Vice President of Social, 2014-15 Invitational; 2014 Thacher Intramural ETHAN LLOYD MEREDITH Crime Invitational; 2014 Thacher Intramural, Semi-finalist BRITTANY S. RIPPER MICHAEL S. BLILEY BRITTANY S. RIPPER Third Year Representative, 2015-16; Vice President of Recruitment, 2015-16 Second Year Representative, 2014-15; 2015 Buffalo-Niagara Mock Trial First Year Representative, 2013-14 Competition; 2015 Estrella Trial Advocacy Competition; 2014 Thacher Intramural

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BRITTANY NICHOLE ORAVEC PETER F. DONOHUE NADY PERALTA Problem Writing Chair, 2015-16 2016 ABA Section of Labor and 2016 National Trial Competition, 2015 Thacher Intramural Employment Law Trial Advocacy Region IV; 2015 ABA Section of Labor Competition, Semi-finalist; 2014 Thacher and Employment Law Trial Advocacy GRADUATING MEMBERS Intramural, Semi-finalist Competition, Semi-finalist; 2014 Thacher Intramural MARK EMILIO SIOCO ABRAJANO KATHLEEN FRANCES GARMAN 2016 Capitol City Challenge, Quarter- 2014 Thacher Intramural ELENA R. PROCOPI finalist; 2015 Buffalo-Niagara Mock Trial 2015 Estrella Trial Advocacy Competition; Competition; 2015 Thacher Intramural, ANNA GENTRY 2014 Thacher Intramural, Finalist Champion 2014 Thacher Intramural, Quarter-finalist CHRISTIAN ALEXANDRA YINGLING MICHAEL S. BLILEY JUSTIN ADAM HILLMAN 2016 American Association of Justice 2015 Capitol City Challenge, Quarter- 2014 Thacher Intramural Student Trial Advocacy Competition, finalist; 2015 Buffalo-Niagara Mock Trial Semi-finalist; 2015 ABA Section of Labor Competition; 2014 Thacher Intramural, JESSE BENJAMIN HOLMES and Employment Law Trial Advocacy Semi-finalist 2014 Thacher Intramural Competition, Semi-finalist; 2015 Thacher Intramural, Champion ANDREW J. BLOCK THOMAS HUNT 2015 National Trial Competition, Region 2014 Thacher Intramural, Quarter-finalist IV; 2015 Puerto Rico Trial Advocacy WOMEN’S LAW Competition; 2014 Thacher Intramural, CHRISTIAN KOZLOWSKI ASSOCIATION Champion 2015 Capitol City Challenge, Quarter- finalist; 2014 Thacher Intramural, Finalist GRADUATING BOARD LUCAS T. DANIELS 2015 Georgetown White Collar Crime JOHN LANE MANMEET KAUR DHINDSA Invitational; 2014 National Trial Competition, 2014 Thacher Intramural President, 2014-15 Region IV; 2014 Thacher Intramural OLEXIY MICHAEL LEVCHUK PRIYANKA BAJAJ MARK DESANTIS 2014 Thacher Intramural Vice President, 2014-15 2014 Thacher Intramural COLEY R. MYERS III JENNIFER LYNN ZIELONIS MATTHEW LEE DEVENDORF 2016 American Association of Justice Trial Treasurer, 2014-15 2016 National Trial Competition, Advocacy Competition, Quarter-finalist, Region IV; 2015 ABA Section of Labor DC Region; 2015 Capitol City Challenge, GRADUATING MEMBERS and Employment Law Trial Advocacy Quarter-finalist; 2014 Thacher Intramural Competition, Semi-finalist; 2014 Thacher GEORGE DEMETRIOS JOHNSON Intramural ELIZABETH PARKS KATHERINE IRENE MCCLASKEY 2014 Thacher Intramural

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HENRY N. BUTLER SANDRA AISTARS MICHAEL I. KRAUSS Dean and Professor of Law HELEN ALVARÉ CRAIG S. LERNER DAVID E. BERNSTEIN NELSON LUND DAVID K. REHR MICHELLE BOARDMAN JOYCE LEE MALCOLM Senior Associate Dean and Professor of Law FRANCIS H. BUCKLEY ADAM MOSSOFF HENRY N. BUTLER TIMOTHY J. MURIS CRAIG S. LERNER TUN-JEN CHIANG CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law TERRENCE R. CHORVAT JEFFREY S. PARKER ERIC CLAEYS RACHELLE HOLMES PERKINS BRUCE KOBAYASHI LLOYD R. COHEN DANIEL D. POLSBY Associate Dean for Research & Faculty Development and Professor of Law JAMES COOPER JEREMY RABKIN ROSS E. DAVIES NEOMI RAO ANNAMARIA NIELDS MICHAEL DAVIS DAVID K. REHR Associate Dean for Administration and Student Affairs STEVEN J. EAGLE KARI SANDERSON SUZANNE FITZGERALD ILYA SOMIN ALISON H. PRICE DAMIEN GERADIN ELINA TREYGER Associate Dean for Admissions and Enrollment Management DOUGLAS H. GINSBURG J.W. VERRET MICHAEL GREVE JOSHUA D. WRIGHT VICTORIA M. HUBER HARRY G. HUTCHISON IV SUSAN YEH Associate Dean for Career, Academic and Alumni Services D. BRUCE JOHNSEN TODD J. ZYWICKI BRUCE H. KOBAYASHI DEBORAH M. KEENE Associate Dean for Library and Technology

PATRICIA J. HUPALO Assistant Dean, Student Records

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BOARD LEADERSHIP The academic robes worn at American ceremonies today go back to the Middle Ages. In Medieval Europe, men and women typically wore gowns or robes that evolved to TOM DAVIS, Rector include different colors that signified various professions, trades, and religious orders. STUART MENDELSOHN, Vice Rector KELLY MCNAMARA CORLEY, Secretary The oldest universities of northern Europe, such as Oxford or Paris, grew out of church schools, and both faculty and student were regarded in the Middle Ages as part of the BOARD MEMBERS clergy. Hence they wore clerical garb, largely borrowed from the monastic dress of the day, not merely on special occasions, but as their regular clothing. In the United States MAHFUZ AHMED today, the American Council on Education Administration administers the Academic KAREN ALCALDE STEPHEN M. CUMBIE Costume Code, which provides guidelines for the wearing of academic robes. KIMBERLY O. DENNIS CLAIRE DWOSKIN In the Middle Ages, the level of elaborate decorations on their gowns could distinguish ANNE GRUNER undergraduates, bachelors, and masters. The wide velvet borders extending down the JOHN JACQUEMIN ROBERT F. PENCE front of the doctoral gown, as well as the velvet bars on the sleeves, are either black DAVID PETERSEN velvet, or are colored according to the scholarly field of the wearer. JON PETERSON SHAWN PURVIS The hood of the academic robe was originally designed as a utilitarian head cover worn in TRACY SCHAR M. SIDDIQUE SHEIKH bad weather and otherwise dropped to the shoulders. Students and faculty alike initially wore the hood; but in the early sixteenth century, the hood was restricted to graduates, FACULTY REPRESENTATIVE becoming the mark of a degree holder. Each college of study has a distinctive, color- lined hood by which graduates may be recognized in the academic procession. The CHARLENE DOUGLAS length of the hood worn for the master’s degree must be three and one-half feet, and STUDENT REPRESENTATIVES for the doctor’s degree, four feet. The hoods are lined with the official color or colors of the college or university conferring. KHUSHBOO BHATIA JUSTIN VAN BUREN In today’s ceremony, you will see Juris Doctor and Master of Laws graduates wearing the doctoral robe with velvet cap and tassel. Each of the graduates will be wearing a purple hood lined with green, signifying education in the area of law at George Mason.

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