The Class of 2023 Celebrates a Strong Commitment to Pro Bono Service
This year’s graduating class contributed more than 15,100 pro bono hours throughout their time at the Law School, the second year in a row that the graduating class has worked over 15,000 hours. Seventy-six members of the Class of 2023 completed the Pledge to work at least 50 pro bono hours. Thirty-two members of the Class completed more than 250 hours, earning Pro Bono Honors recognition.
Krysta Kilinski, ’23, earned the Pro Bono Award of Excellence, logging more than 850 hours throughout her time in Law School. Susan Curry, senior director of public service and pro bono, and Hannah Fine, assistant director of public service and pro bono, presented additional public interest awards. Isabelle Argueta, ’24, earned the 2L Public Service Award and Ale Clark-Ansani, ’23, was honored with the James C. Hormel Public Service Award. The Student Organization Pro Bono Award went to the Latinx Law Students Association.
Michael Stone, ’96, legal director at the Center for Disability & Elder Law, delivered a keynote address prior to students receiving their awards. Stone highlighted the importance of engaging in pro bono work, not only as students but also throughout their entire professional career, particularly for those who will work at law firms.
Students who earned Pro Bono Honors recognition:
- Isaiah Beaton
- Laryssa Bedley
- Alessandro Clark-Ansani
- Gabrielle Dohmen
- McKenna Gilliland
- Alexander Green
- Kelly Hall
- Robert Johnson
- Katharine Kaplan
- Krysta Kilinski
- So Jung Kim
- Vatsala Kumar
- Jace Lee
- Jaden Lessnick
- Shang-Chi Liu
- Colin Maloney
- Julian Manasse-Boetani
- Olivia Miller
- Marin Murdock
- Stella Park
- Jacqueline Pecaro
- Ursula Poole
- Kristen Powell
- Arjun Prakash
- Elena Prieto
- Nicholas Riley
- Conner Robinson
- Mary Salvi
- Dylan Salzman
- Christopher Stoj
- Alice Thompson
- Darice Xue
Students who completed the Pro Bono Pledge:
- Arielle Ambra-Juarez
- Lina Bader
- Abigail Barney
- Avery Broome
- Maggie Bushell
- Clare Chiodini
- Rebecca Chong
- Cheridan Christnacht
- Tanvi Dattani
- Samuel Ellis
- Brynne Follman
- Shelly Gold
- Connie Gong
- Joaquin Gonzalez
- Justin Holiman
- Charlie Hu
- Jordan Jenkins
- Leigh Johnson
- Tori Keller
- Benjamin Klein
- Katherine Koza
- Danyang Li
- Matthew Makowski
- Alexandra Maloney
- Martin Martinez
- Narayan Narasimhan
- Robert Okada
- Jilliann Pak
- Paige Petrashko
- Bradley Posdal
- Peter Povilonis
- Claire Rice
- Solène Roizard
- Camille Sanches
- Nicholas Schcolnik
- Hayleigh Shobar
- Erin Simmonds
- Rhemé Sloan
- Lauren Smith
- Molly Stepchuk
- Fernando Stepensky
- Nicolas Thompson-Lleras
- Alberto Vargas
- Rebecca Zhu