MLS recognises student achievements
The law has the power to change our society and is far more dynamic and creative than many people understand, guest speaker Norman O'Bryan AM SC told those in attendance at the Melbourne Law School annual awards ceremony last night.
The Hon Justice Joseph Santamaria giving his address. Photo: Jorge de Araujo.
"The law is dynamic…and you learn something new every day," Mr O'Bryan said.
He urged students and recent graduates to "go get what you want".
"To thine own self be true," he said, quoting Shakespeare.
Mr O'Bryan (LLB 1980), an MLS alumnus and Supreme Court Prize winner, preceded an address by The Hon Justice Joseph Santamaria in which His Honour also proffered valuable advice to his audience; he said those in a fortunate position to study the law had an obligation to use that advantage to help others.
More than 130 current and former students received awards, with those in attendance presented with their awards by Dean Professor Carolyn Evans and their benefactors on the Wilson Hall stage.
Professor Evans said the ceremony was fitting recognition of the achievements of MLS students.
"I congratulate all students and recent graduates who received awards at the ceremony. Their achievements within the Law School will hopefully be a step towards success in their careers and lives in the future. My sincere thanks also to the many law firms, families and individuals who supported the scholarships and awards. It is their generosity that makes the awards possible," she said.
Among the winners were Douglas Porteous, who took home the Supreme Court Prize for the highest grade average for a graduating student, and Michael Allen, recipient of six awards.
A full list of winners appears below.
THE MELBOURNE JD
Ms Claire Alexander
The Jessie Leggatt Scholarship for Comparative Law (jointly awarded)
Mr Shaan Ali
The Edward Walter Outhwaite Prize for International Human Rights Law
Mr Michael Allen
The Raynes Dickson Memorial Exhibition for the Rule of Law in Theory and Practice (jointly awarded)
Sir Charles Lowe Prize for Legal Ethics (jointly awarded)
The Ruth Campbell-Betty Hayes Prize for Legal Research (jointly awarded)
Melbourne JD Award (Third Year)
TAC Prize for Advocacy
Law Institute of Victoria Award for Legal Research (jointly awarded)
Ms Cathryn Andersen
The Valerie and Lawrence Kennedy Scholarship
Mr Louis Andrews
The Raynes Dickson Memorial Exhibition for Media Law
Mr Houston Ash
The Raynes Dickson Memorial Exhibition for the Rule of Law in Theory and Practice (jointly awarded)
Ms Jenny Au
Melbourne JD Harold Ford Scholarship
Ms Lisa Bain
The JAMAKEPE Foundation Scholarship
Ms Olivia Barlow
Australia India Institute Scholarship
Ms Stephanie Batsakis
Joan Rosanove QC Memorial Prize
Ms Kate Beirne
Melbourne JD Harold Ford Scholarship
Mr Clinton Benjamin
The Alastair Nicholson Law Scholarship
Mr Peter Botros
The Raynes Dickson Memorial Exhibition for Murder
Mr Justin Browne
The Melbourne Law School Scholarship
Mr Shane Chandra
The Zelman Cowen Scholarship
Mr Bobby Chen
The Zelman Cowen Scholarship
Mr Eric Chen
Australia India Institute Scholarship
Ms Jordonne Colley
The Zelman Cowen Scholarship
Mr Scott Colvin
The DLA Piper Geoff Masel Prize (jointly awarded)
Mr Blake Connell
The Melbourne Law School Scholarship
Mr James Daff
The Melbourne Law School Scholarship
Ms Elizabeth Davenport
Pinkerton Scholarship in Property in Invention and Creation
Ms Merinda Davis
The John and Alison Kearney Overseas Scholarship
Ms Tarishi Desai
The Raynes Dickson Memorial Exhibition for Equality and Discrimination Law (jointly awarded)
Mr Alexander Di Stefano
The Melbourne Law School Scholarship
Mr Thomas Diaz
The Nathan and Pamela Jacobson Scholarship
Mr Sam Dimopoulos
The Zelman Cowen Scholarship
Ms Katarina Dizdar
The Raynes Dickson Memorial Exhibition for the Rule of Law in Theory and Practice (jointly awarded)
Ms Shelly Drenth
The Wright Prize for Family Law
Ms Caitlin Edwards
Sir Charles Lowe Prize for Legal Ethics (jointly awarded)
Ms Mariana Estifo
The John C Walker Scholarship
Ms Kaitlin Ferris
Holding Redlich Prize for Environmental Law (jointly awarded)
Ms Kate Fitzgerald
The Victoria Law Foundation Chief Justice's Medal for Excellence and Community Service
Ms Katherine France
The Danny Sandor Prize in Children's Rights
Mr Dylan Gardner
The Melbourne Law School Scholarship
Ms Lauren Gasparini
The John and Alison Kearney Overseas Scholarship
The Geoff Hone Scholarship (jointly awarded)
Ashurst Award for Trusts
Mr Mark Giuseppini
The Philip Solomon Scholarship
Mr Alper Gokoglu
The Zelman Cowen Scholarship
Mr Daniel Golder
The Robert Craig Exhibition for International Capital Markets
Mr Shane Gotama
The Zelman Cowen Scholarship
Ms Irene Han
The John and Alison Kearney Overseas Scholarship
The Jessie Leggatt Scholarship for Property
Ashurst Award for Property in the Melbourne JD
Ms Alexandra Haydock
The Malcolm DH Smith Memorial Scholarship
Ms Hannah Hofmann
The Melbourne Law School Scholarship
Mr Mark Johnson
The Valerie and Lawrence Kennedy Scholarship
Mr Christopher Kaias
The Valerie and Lawrence Kennedy Scholarship
Ms Jacqueline Katona
The Frank and Nicole Azzopardi Scholarship
Ms Skye Kavanagh
Piper Alderman Award for Cyber Law
Ms Sophie Kearney
Sullivan & Cromwell Award for Competition Law
Ms Mary Kozlovski
Australia India Institute Scholarship
John Madden Exhibition for the Jessup Moot (jointly awarded)
Ms Sanaya Khisty
Harry Emmerton Law Scholarship for Criminal Law and Procedure
Mr Timothy Kyriakou
Howells' List Award for Evidence and Proof
Mr Daniel Lau
Dwight's Prize for Insolvency Law (jointly awarded)
Mr Jonathan Lau
The Zelman Cowen Scholarship
Ms Kalia Laycock-Walsh
Dwight's Prize for Constitutional Law (jointly awarded)
Sir George Turner Exhibition for Constitutional Law
The JR Maguire Exhibition for Torts
Herbert Smith Freehills Melbourne JD Award (First Year)
Minter Ellison Lawyers Prize for Torts
Mr Alex Lee
DLA Piper Prize for Remedies
Ms Lucienne Le Miere
Harry Emmerton Law Scholarship for Contracts
The Jessie Leggatt Scholarship for Obligations
Allens Award for Obligations in the Melbourne JD
Mr Paris Lettau
Melbourne JD Harold Ford Scholarship
Ms Rachel Liebhaber
The John Madden Exhibition for Employment Law
Minter Ellison Lawyers Prize for Employment Law
Mr Gary Lim
Australian Taxation Office Award for Taxation Law and Policy
Ms Caitlin Louth
The Ian Malkin Internship Scholarship (jointly awarded)
Ms Erin MacMullin
The John and Alison Kearney Overseas Scholarship
Ms Emma Macphee
The Brian John Shaw Scholarship
Mr Philip Marquet
Maddocks Award for Construction Law
Ms Clare McIlwraith
Holding Redlich Prize for Environmental Law (jointly awarded)
Ms Cynthia Mercuri
The DLA Piper Geoff Masel Prize (jointly awarded)
Mr William Moisis
Melbourne JD Harold Ford Scholarship
Mr John Morrissey
The Barbara Hocking Memorial Award
Ms Shakti Nambiar
The SF Pond Prize for Legal Theory
Routledge Award for Legal Theory
Ms Sarah Nega
The Dean A Cinque Scholarship
Ms Minh-Quan Nguyen
The Geoff Hone Scholarship (jointly awarded)
The Arnold Bloch Leibler Melbourne JD Award (Second Year)
Russell Kennedy Prize for Administrative Law
The Raynes Dickson Memorial Exhibition for Public International Law
Mr John O'Hagan
The Ian Malkin Internship Scholarship (jointly awarded)
Ms Sophie Parr
The Daniel James McCluskey Social Justice Prize
Mr Adam Percy
The Melbourne Law School Scholarship
Mr Douglas Porteous
Supreme Court Prize
Spero Wilson Memorial Scholarship
Dwight's Prize for Insolvency Law (jointly awarded)
The Raynes Dickson Memorial Exhibition for Cross Border Litigation
Mr Robert Prosser
Holding Redlich Award for Mergers, Acquisitions and Capital Markets
Mr Matthew Psycharis
The Sir George Paton Prize for International Investment Law
Mr Joshua Quinn-Watson
The Victorian Bar Justice Kenneth Hayne Scholarship
John Madden Exhibition for the Jessup Moot (jointly awarded)
Mr Shawn Rajanayagam
The Professor Colin Howard Memorial Prize
Ms Kamala Rangarajan
Jessie Leggatt Scholarship for Comparative Law (jointly awarded)
Mr Raoul Renard
John Madden Exhibition for the Jessup Moot (jointly awarded)
Ms Natasha Robbins
The Melbourne Law School Scholarship
Mr Marcus Roberts
The Zelman Cowen Scholarship
Ms Dinika Roopani
Linklaters Award for Deals in Asia Pacific
Ms Anna Saunders
The Valerie and Lawrence Kennedy Scholarship
Ms Jane Shaker
The Zelman Cowen Scholarship
Ms Katherine Stewart
Jessie Leggatt Scholarship for Property
Ms Lisette Stevens
The Ruth Campbell-Betty Hayes Prize for Legal Research (jointly awarded)
Law Institute of Victoria Award for Legal Research (jointly awarded)
Mr Michael Stojanovski
The Zelman Cowen Scholarship
Ms Samantha Sutton
The Raynes Dickson Memorial Exhibition for Equality and Discrimination Law (jointly awarded)
Mr Mark Tyndall
The John Gibson Memorial Prize for Refugee Law
Ms Jennifer Vogan
King & Wood Mallesons Award for Corporations Law
Mr Simon Walker
King & Wood Mallesons Award for Deals
The Raynes Dickson Memorial Exhibition for Deals
The Raynes Dickson Memorial Exhibition for the Rule of Law for Theory and Practice (jointly awarded)
Mr Andrew Williams
The Corrs Chambers Westgarth Indigenous Scholarship
Mr Angus Willoughby
John Madden Exhibition for the Jessup Moot (jointly awarded)
Harry Emmerton Law Scholarship for Principles of Public Law
Mr Alexander Woolford
The Beach-McGauran Scholarship
Mr Thomas Wu
John Madden Exhibition for the Jessup Moot (jointly awarded)
The Foley's List Henry Jolson Award for Dispute Resolution
Clayton Utz Prize for Dispute Resolution
Mr Geoffrey Zhu
The John and Alison Kearney Overseas Scholarship
THE MELBOURNE LAW MASTERS
Mr James Arklay
The Society of Construction Law Australia Award for Construction Law
Mr Joshua Buckland
Australian Italian Lawyers Association Prize for International and Comparative Competition Law (jointly awarded)
Mr Dario Buso
Pinkerton Scholarship for Fundamentals of Patent Drafting
Mr Declan Byrne
Corrs Chambers Westgarth Prize for Remedies in the Construction Context
Ms Julie Charles
Piper Alderman Award for Construction Dispute Resolution (jointly awarded)
Ms Christine Danos
Pinkerton Scholarship for Designs Law and Practice
Ms Cassandra Devine
The Tom Zucker Scholarship in Labour Relations
Ms Katherine Flynn
Clayton Utz Prize for Advanced Construction Law (jointly awarded)
Mr Angus Frean
DLA Piper Award for Construction Contract Analysis and Drafting (jointly awarded)
Ms Stella Gold
Student Published Research Prize - Melbourne Law Masters
Ms Stella Guettinger
DLA Piper Award for Construction Contract Analysis and Drafting (jointly awarded)
Mr Colin Harris
DLA Piper Award for Construction Contract Analysis and Drafting (jointly awarded)
Ms Sonia Harvey
Ashurst Award in Principles of Construction Law (jointly awarded)
Ms Emma Hassaram
BJ Shaw Law Prize for Corporate Tax A
Mr Stephen Ipp
Piper Alderman Award for Construction Dispute Resolution (jointly awarded)
Ms Valentina Javanoska
Minter Ellison Lawyers Prize for Construction Risk: Allocation and Insurance
Ms Siobhan Keating
The Sir Rupert Hamer Prize for Current Issues in Administrative Law
Mr Michael Lake
MolinoCahill Lawyers Prize for Construction: Principles into Practice
Mr Paul McLachlan
Australian Italian Lawyers Association Prize for International and Comparative Competition Law (jointly awarded)
Ms Tina Middas
DLA Piper Award for Construction Contract Analysis and Drafting (jointly awarded)
Mr Ben Morawetz
Australian Italian Lawyers Association Prize for International and Comparative Competition Law (jointly awarded)
Mr Toby Mullen
Piper Alderman Award for Construction Dispute Resolution (jointly awarded)
Mr Thomas Pearce
Ashurst Award in Principles of Construction Law (jointly awarded)
Ms Amandine Philippart de Foy
Pinkerton Scholarship for International Issues in Intellectual Property
Ms Liandi Raath
Ashurst Award in Principles of Construction Law (jointly awarded)
Ms Sarah Rennie
The Robert Craig Exhibition for Commercial Law in Asia
Mr James Russell
Pinkerton Scholarship for Trademarks and Unfair Competition
Ms Sally Stubbington
The Frank Galbally Memorial Prize for International Criminal Law
Ms Natasha Williams
Clayton Utz Prize for Advanced Construction Law (jointly awarded)
Mr Steve Wong Chung Lung
Griffith Hack Award for Patent Law
GRADUATE RESEARCH DEGREES
Ms Emma Marie Louise Aronsson
Student Published Research Prize - Graduate Research
Ms Wendy Ng
The Harold Luntz Graduate Research Thesis Prize
UNDERGRADUATE
Mr Michael McArdle
Melbourne Law School Award for Human Rights and Global JusticeBy Andy Walsh