2008 Prizegiving Ceremony

On Thursday, 22 May 2008, the Sydney Law School held its annual prize giving ceremony to celebrate the achievements of outstanding students. Joining the prize winners in the celebrations were their family and friends, prize donors, and Sydney Law School staff.

The support of the community and the profession for the Sydney Law School is invaluable and the prizes awarded to our students wouldn’t be possible without it. We therefore warmly thank all donors for their continuing support.

2008 marked the first Sydney Law School Prize Giving Ceremony for the Dean, Professor Gillian Triggs, who acknowledged the efforts of the students and the significant role played by the previous Dean, Professor Ron McCallum AO, in their achievements.

The University Medallist, Fiona Roughley gave the student address at the Ceremony. View Medallist Address.

The Sydney Law School would like to warmly congratulate all of the prize winners.

The complete list of prizewinners is below.

Prize winners

Name		Prize
Noni Austin		Minter Ellison Prize for Intellectual Property
Thomas Beamish		Chartered Institute of Arbitrators Prize
Sophie Bentwood		LexisNexis Book Prize No 1 for most proficient in Combined Law I
Anish Bhasin		Nancy Gordon Smith Memorial Prize for honours at graduation Peter Cameron Sydney Oxford Scholarship
Dora Chan		ED Roper Memorial Prize for second for Equity and Corporate Law
Karen Cheng		John Warwick McCluskey Memorial Prize for highest aggregate mark for Federal Constitutional Law and Family Law
Andrew Cork		George and Matilda Harris Scholarship No 2A for proficiency in 2nd year of graduate law
Naomi Cook		Victoria Gollan Memorial Scholarship
Monique Cowden		JH McClemens Memorial Prize for Criminology Tuh Fuh and Ruby Lee Memorial Prize for Criminology
Pietro Di Ciaccio		Sir Peter Heydon Prize for best undergraduate contribution to the Sydney Law Review in Federal Constitutional Law, Administrative Law or International Law
Astron Douglas		John Geddes Prize for Equity
Lauren Flood		C A Hardwick Prize for Federal Constitutional Law; Pitt Cobbet Prize for Federal Constitutional Law
Kay Freedman		Judge Samuel Redshaw Prize
Maggie Fung		Christopher C Hodgekiss Prize for Competition Law; Allens Arthur Robinson Prize for Competition Law
Anna Garsia		Margaret Ethel Peden Prize for Real Property; Edward John Culey Prize for proficiency in Real Property and Equity
Robert Ghanem		Alan Ayling Prize in Environmental Law
Joel Gilbourd		Pitt Cobbett Prize for International Law; Edward and Emily McWhinney Prize for International Law
Skye Glenday		Playfair Prize for Migration Law
Fiona Graney		Zoe Hall Scholarship
Michael Granziera		Julius and Reca Stone Award in International Law and Jurisprudence for creative achievement displayed in essays in International Law and Jurisprudence
Kim Hamilton		Law Press Asia Prize for Chinese Legal Studies for Chinese Laws and Chinese Legal Systems
Jia Jie John Hao		The Tomonari Akaha Memorial Prize for Equity (international student from the Asia Pacific region)
Gwenda Happ		GW Hyman Memorial Prize in Labour Law
Fletcher Heinemann		Carolyn Mall Memorial Prize in Indirect Taxes
Sally Johnston		Pitt Cobbett Prize for International Law; Edward and Emily McWhinney Prize for International Law; Sir John Peden Memorial Prize for proficiency in Foundations of Law, Federal Constitutional Law, International Law and Real Property
Laura Johnston		Pitt Cobbett Prize for Administrative Law; New South Wales Justices' Association Prize for Administrative Law; John Geddes Prize for Equity
Nikki Joson		Walter Ernest Savage Prize for Foundations of Law
Antoine Kazzi		NSW Women Justices' Association Prize for Family Law - highest mark for an essay
Thomas Kearney		Gustav & Emma Bondy PG Prize in Jurisprudence
Dominic Kennelly		Thomas P Flattery Prize for Roman Law
Kwok Lee		Bruce Panton Mcfarlan Prize for Advanced Corporate Law
Meagan Lee		Law Press Asia Prize for Chinese Legal Studies for Chinese Laws and Chinese Legal Systems
David Lewis		Caroline Munro Gibbs Prize for Torts
Michael Long		Bruce Panton Mcfarlan Prize for Advanced Corporate Law
Kristen Lopes		Advanced Employment Law Prize
Andrew McLeod		Minter Ellison Scholarship
Norm Maamary		Peter Paterson Prize for best contribution in the Sydney Law Review
Joanna Mascarenhas		Sir Alexander Beattie Prize for Employment and Industrial Law; Harmer's Workplace Lawyers Prize for Employment and Industrial Law
Alexandra Meagher		Pitt Cobbett Prize for International Law; Edward and Emily McWhinney Prize for International Law
Melissa Miller		Mr Justice Stanley Vere Toose Memorial Prize for Family Law
Paul Neumann		Margaret Ethel Peden Prize for Real Property
David Nguyen		Harmer's Workplace Lawyers Prize for Anti-Discrimination Law
Ines Nurboja		Mr Justice Stanley Vere Toose Memorial Prize for Family Law
Rita Wai Tak Pang		Minter Ellison Prize for Intellectual Property
Amanda Porter		Zoe Hall Scholarship
Thomas Prince		Allens Arthur Robinson Prize for Advanced Contracts; Sybil Morrison Prize for Jurisprudence Part 2; Blake Dawson Prize 1A for Personal Taxation; John George Dalley Prize for proficiency in final year by a candidate proceeding from combined law; Joye Prize in Law for student(s) gaining University Medal; Dudley Williams Prize for second at graduation; Nancy Gordon Smith Memorial Prize for honours at graduation
Fiona Roughley		RG Henderson Memorial Prize for student gaining University Medal; Joye Prize in Law for student(s) gaining University Medal; Ian Joye Prize in Law for proficiency in Law II and III; Nancy Gordon Smith Memorial Prize for honours at graduation; Rose Scott Prize for proficiency at graduation by a woman candidate
Naomi Sadler		Pitt Cobbett Prize for Administrative Law; New South Wales Justices' Association Prize for Administrative Law; Monahan Prize for Litigation
Nicole Sammel		Nancy Gordon Smith Memorial Prize
Dino Sawaya		John George Dalley Prize 1B for proficiency in final year by a candidate proceeding from graduate law
Srihari Sharma		Australian Securities and Investments Commission Prize for Corporate Law; ED Roper Memorial Prize for first in Equity and Corporate Law
Felicity Shaw		AMPLA Prize in Energy Law
Meredith Simons		LexisNexis Book Prize No 2 for most proficient in Combined Law II; EM Mitchell Prize for Contracts; Freehills Prize for Contracts
Dominic Skerritt		Law Press Asia Prize for Chinese Legal Studies
Amy Spira		ED Roper Memorial Prize for first for Equity and Corporate Law
Lucinda Stitt		Caroline Munro Gibbs Prize for Torts; Wigram Allen Scholarship No 1A for proficiency in first year of Graduate Law; LexisNexis Book Prize No 4 for most proficient in Graduate Law I
Joanna Sutton		Nancy Gordon Smith Memorial Prize for honours at graduation
Symmie Swil		Blake Dawson Prize for Business Taxation
Daniel Thompson		Julius and Reca Stone Award in International Law and Jurisprudence for creative achievement displayed in essays in International Law and Jurisprudence
Emma Truswell		Margaret Dalrymple Hay Prize for Law, Lawyers and Justice; Law Society of NSW Prize for Law, Lawyers and Justice; Andrew M Clayton Memorial Prize - Clayton Utz for proficiency in Federal Constitutional Law and Law, Lawyers and Justice; George and Matilda Harris Scholarsip No 2B for proficiency in 3rd year of Combined Law; LexisNexis Book Prize No 3 for most proficient in Combined Law III
Gabrielle Wanner		JH McClemens Memorial Prize in Criminology 2
Shelley Wheeler		Blake Dawson Prize for Business Taxation
Evan Williams		Blake Dawson Prize for Environmental Law
Reina Wit		Julius Stone Prize for Sociological Jurisprudence
Ka Sen Wong		University of Sydney Foundation Prize
Zelie Wood		Joye Prize in Law for student(s) gaining University Medal; Dudley Williams Prize for second at graduation; Nancy Gordon Smith Memorial Prize for honours at graduation
Vanessa Workman		Bill Wallace Memorial Prize for Stamp Duties
Alice Yan		Zoe Hall Scholarship
Ciara Yeo		Law Press Asia Prize for Chinese Legal Studies for Chinese Laws and Chinese Legal Systems
Daniel Zeman		Maddocks' Prize in Labour Law
Lily Zhang		Aaron Levine Prize for Criminal Law
Tina Zhuo		Pitt Cobbett Prize for International Law; Edward and Emily McWhinney Prize for International Law; Monahan Prize for Litigation; George and Matilda Harris Scholarship No 1 for proficiency in Law II; LexisNexis Book Prize No 5 for most proficient in Law 2 (Graduate Law II and Combined Law IV)