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ASU Law awards patent law scholarship to 4 students
The 2024–25 Lisa Foundation Advanced Patent Scholarship at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University has been awarded to four deserving students in the patent and intellectual property law program.![A law school room has been turned into a colorful closet, full of professional dresses and suits.](/sites/default/files/styles/block_image_sml/public/2024-03/blsa%201.jpg?itok=NAgRyv_R)
ASU Law students build equity with professional clothing donation closet
One conversation can spark a big idea. That was the case for second-year law students Alyannah Buhman and Kiara Sims when they were working pro bono last year with the Arizona Black Bar Association. The two friends met through the Black Law Students Association.![A woman in black clothing speaks into the microphone.](/sites/default/files/styles/block_image_sml/public/2024-02/ojp%20resized.jpg?itok=te4bKpPv)
O’Connor Justice Prize awarded to Afghanistan’s former education minister
Rangina Hamidi, the former education minister for Afghanistan, was honored with the annual O’Connor Justice Prize on Jan. 27.![A woman in a blue blazer speaks to a crowd with a microphone.](/sites/default/files/styles/block_image_sml/public/2023-11/2023.11.13%20Morris%20Lecture%20AP-9137.jpg?itok=AclrhgQ6)
Annual Morris Lecture challenges students to fill justice gap
Students, staff and faculty gathered on Nov.![Two men in suits teach in a classroom.](/sites/default/files/styles/block_image_sml/public/2023-08/2023.03.16%20Volodymr%20Dzhydzhora%20Talk%20AP-3606.jpg?h=c10bb6bd&itok=lwkIuoz4)
ASU Law students lend a hand in Ukraine
The law touches almost everything, including war. Students, Benjamin Kochenburger and Kateryna Kostiuchenko, from the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law are doing their part in Ukraine as it enters its second year of war with Russia.![Two brunette women and a brown-haired man in formal clothes smile for the camera.](/sites/default/files/styles/block_image_sml/public/2023-08/Fyd9vwCWwAIwNaQ.jpg?h=c06b4994&itok=B6dGM0ST)
ASU Law students win national legal writing awards
Two recent graduates of the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University have been honored with awards for their impressive legal writing skills. Noah Goldenberg was one of 25 recipients of the Law360 Distinguished Legal Writing Award. Claire Newfeld won The Scribes Law-Review Award for her paper “Indian Boarding School Deaths and the Federal Tort Claims Act: A Route to a Remedy.”![A blonde woman smiles in a grey suit.](/sites/default/files/styles/block_image_sml/public/2023-06/lillian.jpg?h=609b1af9&itok=74Lfx7Vd)
Recent ASU Law grad published in prestigious ABA journal
A recent graduate of the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University had an article published in a prestigious journal by the American Bar Association.![A group of graduates in maroon robes sits in folding chairs during a ceremony.](/sites/default/files/styles/block_image_sml/public/2023-05/grad%20roundup%201.jpg?itok=AaMO_Od8)
ASU Law honors outstanding Spring 2023 students
The Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law honored seven outstanding students ahead of Spring 2023 Commencement.![graduating law students](/sites/default/files/styles/block_image_sml/public/2023-04/grad-1.jpg?h=1851c7f5&itok=dX2eDJxT)
ASU Law honors faculty, students with graduation awards
The Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University honored its outstanding faculty members and students at a graduation dinner on April 18.![ASU's Jessup Moot Court team](/sites/default/files/styles/block_image_sml/public/2023-04/338576848_3118242998468125_4897108783026763865_n.jpg?itok=IuUdQpUd)