Notre Dame Law School celebrates outstanding third-year students at Champions for Justice Reception

Each year, the Notre Dame Law School recognizes a number of graduating students who have exhibited an exemplary commitment to public service during their time in law school.

The Champions for Justice ceremony, held on April 10, is named in honor of Father Theodore Hesburgh’s call for Notre Dame’s law students to cultivate a hunger for justice and "realize that competence in the law without compassion leads the lawyer to use the law for other purposes than the works of justice and blinds him to the sad plight of persons who suffer injustice for want of a lawyer champion."

The event celebrated recipients of the Law School's Shaffer and Bank of America Foundation Fellowships, those selected for the Department of Justice's Attorney General's Honors Program and other Government Honors Programs, students committed to the Judge Advocate General Corps, and those who earned the Tia B. Paulette & Erica S. Gustin Award for their commitment to furthering the mission of the Law School’s Exoneration Justice Clinic.

Additionally, several students were recognized as Champions for Justice, highlighting their significant and impactful contributions to public service during their time at the Law School.

Government Honors recipients:

• Anne Daly, United States Department of Justice

• Sam Gellen, Nuclear Regulatory Commission

• Jackie Muallem, United States Department of Justice

• Alexander Yun, United States Department of Justice

Judge Advocate General Corps recipients:

• Erin Owens, United States Army

• William White, United States Army

Public Interest Fellowship recipients:

• Maura Burke, Bank of America Foundation Fellowship

• Claire Crites, Thomas L. Shaffer Fellowship

• Ally Morcus, Bank of America Foundation Fellowship

• Sebastian Ramirez, Bank of America Foundation Fellowship

Tia B. Paulette & Erika S. Gustin Award recipients:

• Callie Chaney

• Alexandra Lesnik

Champions for Justice Medal recipients:

• Maura Burke

• Skylar Cerbone

• Callie Chaney

• K’Reisa Cox

• Anne Daly

• Jared Huber

• Anthony Imburgia

• Jacqueline Kamel

• Alexandra Lesnik

• Ally Morcus

• Daryl Naquin

• Hubert Ning

• Anne Bennett Osteen

• Christopher Ostertag

• Claire Ramsey

• Bernadette Shaughnessy

• Andrea Testin

• Sandra Weir