SLS Students and Faculty Honored with Awards, Fellowships

August 4, 2026
By
- Roshni Kumar

During the 2025-26 academic year, Stanford Law School faculty members and academic staff garnered an array of awards for their books, articles, teaching, and other achievements, as well as appointments to new state, federal, and other roles outside Stanford Law.

Similarly, numerous Stanford Law students were the recipients of awards and fellowships for their own achievements, demonstrations of academic excellence, and commitment to public service. The following is a round-up of the recognitions as of August 1, 2026. Also reported here are a handful of student awards and fellowships handed out during the 2025-26 academic year to people who graduated from Stanford Law over the past few years.

Faculty Awards and Appointments

E. Tendayi Achiume 1 — E. Tendayi Achiume

**Top 100 Legal Scholars**, compiled by George Mason University researchers Rob Willey and Melanie Knapp, recognizing scholars whose recent law review articles received the most citations across the field.

Stanford Law School Professor Easha Anand Elected to the American Law Institute — Easha Anand

**Elected to the American Law Institute.**

**Stanford Law School’s Public Interest Faculty Champion Award.**

Robert Bartlett: W. A. Franke Professor of Law and Business and Co-Director, the Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance — Robert Bartlett

**Elected vice chair of the board** of the Practising Law Institute.

Jud Campbell: Professor of Law and Helen L. Crocker Illuminating the law through the lens of history Faculty Scholar — Jud Campbell

**Stanford Law School’s Barbara Allen Babcock Award for Excellence in Teaching**, recognizing instructors who promote “inclusion of learning, intellectual rigor and commitment to the highest standards of professional integrity, mentorship and service.”

Tom Dannenbaum (BA ’03) — Tom Dannenbaum

**Elected to the board of editors** of the *American Journal of International Law.*

David Freeman Engstrom 2 — David Freeman Engstrom

**Civil Justice Scholarship Award** from the National Civil Justice Institute for the co-authored article “Shedding Light on Secret Settlements: An Empirical Study of California’s STAND Act.”
Watch the video : David Freeman Engstrom

Nora Freeman Engstrom 4 — Nora Freeman Engstrom

**Civil Justice Scholarship Award** from the National Civil Justice Institute for the co-authored article *“Shedding Light on Secret Settlements: An Empirical Study of California’s STAND Act.”*
Watch the video : Nora Freeman Engstrom

Daniel Ho

**Stanford University’s Miriam Aaron Roland Volunteer Service Prize**, awarded through the Haas Center for Public Service, recognizing faculty whose work bridges academic research and public impact.

**CodeX Prize**, recognizing noteworthy contributions to legal informatics that have had a significant and enduring positive impact on the field.

**Peter Jackson Award for Best Innovative Application Paper** at the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law for the co-authored article *“Learning When Not To Decide.”*

**Appointed to the California Innovation Council** by California Governor Gavin Newsom, as a member of the working group on modernizing government service delivery.

**AI in Action Award** from the Center for Civic Futures, awarded to RegLab and the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment for developing an AI-assisted tool to assist unemployment benefits adjudicators.

Pamela S. Karlan — Pamela Karlan

**Yale Law School Association Award of Merit**, recognizing leadership, scholarship, and service shaping legal education and the broader legal profession.

Mark G. Kelman 4 — Mark Kelman

**Honored with a day-long festschrift** recognizing nearly five decades of scholarship and service to the law school.
Read about the event : Mark Kelman

Mark Lemley

**24th Annual Jerry S. Cohen Memorial Fund Writing Award**, for the co-authored *Columbia Law Review* article *“Anticompetitive Directors.”*

**Top 100 Legal Scholars**, compiled by George Mason University researchers Rob Willey and Melanie Knapp, recognizing scholars whose recent law review articles received the most citations across the field.

Michael W. McConnell — Michael McConnell

*Financial Times* **FT Law 50**, recognizing influential figures shaping the future of the legal profession.

Anne Joseph O'Connell — Anne Joseph O’Connell

**Stanford Law School’s John Bingham Hurlbut Award for Excellence in Teaching**, honoring a professor who “strives to make teaching an art.”

David Alan Sklansky — David Sklansky

**Roy C. Palmer Prize on Democracy, Civil Liberties, and the Rule of Law** from Chicago-Kent College of Law for the book “Criminal Justice in Divided America: Police, Punishment, and the Future of Our Democracy.”

Mila Sohoni 1 — Mila Sohoni

**Top 100 Legal Scholars**, compiled by George Mason University researchers Rob Willey and Melanie Knapp, recognizing scholars whose recent law review articles received the most citations across the field.

Student Awards and Fellowships

Rayaan Ahmed, JD ’28

Stanford Law School’s Lisa M. Schnitzer Memorial Scholarship, awarded annually to a first-year student who has demonstrated a strong commitment to helping the disadvantaged and who will work for a nonprofit organization or government agency during the summer following the first year.

Dana Alpert, JD ’26

Stanford Alumni Association Community Impact Award, recognizing students who foster a sense of belonging and strengthen the Stanford community through leadership or campus contributions.

Oswaldo Ambrosio Lomeli, JD ’28

Susman Godfrey Prize for law students of color who have demonstrated academic excellence and overall achievement.

Delia Appiah Mensah, JD ’26

Stanford Law School’s Dean’s Award for Excellence in Service, recognizing a graduating student who has made a “distinctive and exceptional contribution to legal education or the quality of student life at Stanford Law.”

Sean Arrieta-Kenna, JD ’25

California Attorney General’s Honors Program at the California Attorney General’s Office, Antitrust Section.

Khurliman Aytniyazova, LLM ’26

Stanford Law’s Leon M. Cain Community Leadership Award, recognizing “a student from each class who has made outstanding contributions to enhancing the Stanford Law School community.”

Jasmine Betancourt, JD ’26

Deborah L. Rhode Public Interest Award, recognizing graduating students who have made outstanding contributions to underrepresented groups or public interest causes outside the law school and/or in public service at the law school.

Stanford Law School’s Rudolf and Bernice Moos Fellowship to work with the Institute for Women in Migration.

Bianca Blanshine, JD ’26

Legal Fellowship at the Crag Law Center.

Sara Bobok, JD ’26

Stanford Law School Postgraduate Public Interest Fellowship to work with the New York State Attorney General's Office.

Sophia Caldera, JD ’25

Gellhorn-Sargentich Law Student Essay Award Competition, sponsored by the American Bar Association Section of Administrative Law and Regulatory Practice, for student scholarship in administrative law and engagement with the field.

Katie Chang, LLM ’26

Stanford Law School International Postgraduate Fellowship to work with ClientEarth.

Nicolas Coleman, JD ’28

Susman Godfrey Prize for law students of color who have demonstrated academic excellence and overall achievement.

Claire Dinshaw, JD ’26

Jane Kahn Legal Fellowship at the Prison Law Office.

Pablo Donoso, JSM ’26

Stanford Law School International Postgraduate Fellowship to work with the g7+ Rapid Response Centre.

Emily Dwyer, JD ’26

Stanford Law School Postgraduate Public Interest Fellowship to work with Earth Law Center.

Kaisa Goodman, JD ’26

ePluribus Stanford Award, recognizing students whose commitment to inquiry, dialogue, and pluralism and contributions to campus culture are exemplary.

Rebecca Han, JD ’26

Stanford Law’s Leon M. Cain Community Leadership Award, recognizing “a student from each class who has made outstanding contributions to enhancing the Stanford Law School community.”

Nya Hardaway, JD ’24

Stanford Law School’s Richard S. Goldsmith Award for the paper "Rethinking Settlement."

Zachary Harris, JD ’26

Equal Justice Works Fellowship to work with MacArthur Justice Center.

Lucia Jiang, JD ’27

American Constitution Society Next Generation Leader, recognizing law students “who have shown exceptional leadership.”

Sheen Kim, JD ’26

Community Justice Fellowship to work with the Legal Aid Center of Southern Nevada.

Gretchen Knaut, JD ’26

Justice Catalyst Fellowship to work with the Center for Asset Retirement Accountability.

Tanvi Kohli, JD ’26

Stanford Law School Deane F. Johnson Public Interest Fellowship to work with the Global Strategic Litigation Council.

Selene Kung, JD ’26

Stanford Law School Civitas Postgraduate Public Interest Fellowship to work with the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office.

Halim Labi, JD ’28

Stanford Law’s Leon M. Cain Community Leadership Award, recognizing “a student from each class who has made outstanding contributions to enhancing the Stanford Law School community.”

Nicolas Lama, JD ’27

First place, Stanford Law School’s Murie, Olaus & Adolph Award for Environmental Law for the paper "Good Cause in the Age of Abundance."

Emma Leeds Armstrong, JD ’24

Cochran Fellowship to work with Neufeld Scheck Brustin Hoffmann & Freudenberger, LLP.

Evan Lehmann, JD ’26

Skadden Fellowship at Community Economic Defense Project.

Alison Lira, JD ’26

Stanford Law School Deane F. Johnson Public Interest Fellowship to work with the Environmental Defender Law Center.

Emily F. Liu, JD ’28

Susman Godfrey Prize for law students of color who have demonstrated academic excellence and overall achievement.

Riley Martinez, JD ’27

Susman Godfrey Prize for law students of color who have demonstrated academic excellence and overall achievement.

Lane Miles, JD ’25

24th Annual Jerry S. Cohen Memorial Fund Writing Award, for the co-authored Columbia Law Review article “Anticompetitive Directors.”

Conner O’Brien, JD ’26

Stanford Law School Postgraduate Public Interest Fellowship to work on Senator Chris Coons’s Senate Judiciary Committee.

Will Paisley, JD ’26

Stanford Alumni Association Community Impact Award, recognizing students who foster a sense of belonging and strengthen the Stanford community through leadership or campus contributions.

Isabel Parkey, JD ’26

Stanford Law School Postgraduate Public Interest Fellowship to work with Doctors Without Borders.

Ayesha Pasha, JD ’27

Honorable mention, Stanford Law School’s Legal History Paper Prize for "Slavery and the Rise of Legal Positivism."

Krishna Pathak, JD ’27

Stanford Alumni Association Community Impact Award, recognizing students who foster a sense of belonging and strengthen the Stanford community through leadership or campus contributions.

Sophie Plantamura, JD ’26

Honorable mention, Stanford Law School’s Legal History Paper Prize for "Salmon Fishing on the Klamath: A Reversal of Traditional Indigenous and Settler Property Rights."

Frishta Qaderi, JD ’26

Lisa Qian, JD ’26

Ninth Circuit Distinguished Bankruptcy Law Student Award from the American College of Bankruptcy.

Stanford Alumni Association Community Impact Award, recognizing students who foster a sense of belonging and strengthen the Stanford community through leadership or campus contributions.

Ling Ritter, JD ’24

Geoffrey Wright Solicitor General Fellowship to work with the California Office of the Solicitor General.

Zoe Robertson, JD ’26

Litigation Fellowship to work with the Animal Legal Defense Fund’s Animal Law Institute.

Second place, Stanford Law School’s Murie, Olaus & Adolph Award for Environmental Law for the paper "The End of Antibiotics: How Opioid-Style Litigation Against Industrial Animal Agriculture Could Forfend a Pandemic."

Heather Robinson, JD ’27

Stanford Alumni Association Community Impact Award, recognizing students who foster a sense of belonging and strengthen the Stanford community through leadership or campus contributions.

Maya Rodriguez, JD ’26

Supreme Court Assistance Project Fellowship to work with Public Citizen.

Sahvannah Rodriguez, JD ’27

Stanford Alumni Association Community Impact Award, recognizing students who foster a sense of belonging and strengthen the Stanford community through leadership or campus contributions.

Nissim Roffe Piket, JD ’26

Stanford Alumni Association Community Impact Award, recognizing students who foster a sense of belonging and strengthen the Stanford community through leadership or campus contributions.

Daniel Sharp, JD ’26

Stanford Law School Postgraduate Public Interest Fellowship to work with REDRESS.

Stanford Law School’s Carl Mason Franklin Prize in International Law for the paper "Deify: Why the International Court of Justice Can and Does Make Law."

Paige Singer, JD ’25

Stanford Law School Postgraduate Public Interest Fellowship to work with MacArthur Justice Center.

Saj Sri-Kumar, JD ’24

Bristow Fellowship to work with the United States Department of Justice’s Office of the Solicitor General, a prestigious one-year fellowship that allows lawyers to work on Supreme Court cases just a few years out of law school.

Regina Ta, JD ’27

Stanford Alumni Association Community Impact Award, recognizing students who foster a sense of belonging and strengthen the Stanford community through leadership or campus contributions.

Jocelyn Tapia, JD ’27

Stanford Law’s Leon M. Cain Community Leadership Award, recognizing “a student from each class who has made outstanding contributions to enhancing the Stanford Law School community.”

Aidel Townsley, JD ’26

Bryce Tuttle, JD ’26

Stanford Law School Postgraduate Public Interest Fellowship to work with Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.

Kiran Wattamwar, JD ’25

William J. Brennan Fellowship to work with the ACLU's Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project.

Erin Wenokur, JD ’26

Stanford Law School Postgraduate Public Interest Fellowship to work with Washington Litigation Group.

Micaela Wibberly, JD ’26

Legal Fellowship to work with the Equal Justice Initiative.

Stanford Law School’s Legal History Paper Prize for "A Principle Higher than the Law Is on Trial: Radical Lawyering in Lynchburg, Virginia, 1960-1963."

Brian Xu, JD ’26

Stanford Law School Postgraduate Public Interest Fellowship to work with Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles County.