{"id":11365,"date":"2016-05-27T08:48:22","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T15:48:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/law\/2016\/05\/27\/congratulations-to-the-class-of-2016\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T16:22:41","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T16:22:41","slug":"congratulations-to-the-class-of-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/law\/2016\/05\/27\/congratulations-to-the-class-of-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to the Class of 2016!"},"content":{"rendered":"

One hundred and eighty-five Chapman University Dale E. Fowler School of Law graduates walked their way from students to alumni at the class of 2016’s commencement ceremony held on Wilson Field last Friday as family and friends looked proudly on.
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\"Justice

\n Justice Liu addresses students<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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\nThis year’s keynote speaker was California Supreme Court Justice Goodwin Liu. Justice Liu was invited to speak by Professor Tom Campbell during his tenure as dean of the Fowler School of Law. Justice Liu is a prolific and influential scholar on constitutional law and education policy who currently serves on the California Access to Justice Commission, the governing board of the American Law Institute, the Committee on Science, Technology, and Law of the National Academy of Sciences, and the American Bar Association Task Force on Financing Legal Education. He has previously served on the Board of Trustees of Stanford University and the board of directors of the Alliance for Excellent Education, the American Constitution Society, the National Women’s Law Center, and the Public Welfare Foundation.
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\nJustice Liu first met Professor Campbell when Justice Liu was a student at Stanford University and Professor Campbell was a member of the Stanford Law School faculty.
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\nJustice Liu encouraged the graduates to take risks in their careers, using moments from throughout his life, including his own struggles with the bar exam and career setbacks, to illustrate that perceived failures are not always so negative.
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\n“It would be wrong to conclude that the best way to go about life is to always play it safe. Not only would that be wrong, it would be a betrayal of the great gifts of talent and education. All of you have demonstrated great intelligence, motivation, savvy and grit,” he said. “For accomplished people like yourselves, my worry is not that you won’t succeed, it’s that you will never fail. It’s that you will live successful, comfortable lives, while never leaving your comfort zone, never taking risks that could lead to disappointment or failure.”
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\"Annie

\n Annie Lin’s husband and son accept her degree posthumously<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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\nFowler School of Law Interim Dean Scott Howe addressed the outgoing students, commending their hard work and part in the law school’s legacy. He also expressed his confidence in and admiration for their work over the last three years.
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\n“I find not just by preponderance but by clear convincing evidence that you would meet the legal test, if there were such a test, of being pretty darned awesome,” Dean Howe said.  “As you leave us to go out into the profession and create your own destinies, my charge to you is this: be kind, be courageous, and be yourself. Be as kind as possible to others, consistent to your obligations with your clients.”
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\nA special JD was awarded posthumously to 3L Annie Lin, who passed away in the fall after a battle with cancer. Before presenting Annie’s degree to her husband and son, Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Administration Jayne Kacer emphasized Annie’s commitment to her education and helping others, and noted the great loss felt by the Fowler School of Law community.
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\"April

\n April Cristal delivers the JD response<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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\nApril Cristal delivered the JD response, thanking her fellow graduates for the lessons they taught her beyond the classroom, and the encouragement they provided in unexpected ways.
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\n“Graduating today represents so much more than learning the rule against perpetuities or first amendment jurisprudence. It also represents the education that we received outside of a classroom, and beyond the four corners of our degree. In our time here at Chapman we have learned a lot about the law, but we have learned even more about life,” she said.
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\nShe urged her fellow graduates to continue encouraging others through five unorthodox actions that she said served as some source of inspiration throughout her law school career: brining food to events to encourage unlikely people to show up and to show their interest in others in a fundamental way, encouraging others, saying hello, remaining humble, and being themselves.
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\"Fahima

\n Fahima Amini delivers the LL.M. response<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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\nFahima Amini delivered the LL.M. response. She illustrated for her fellow students and guests the unique experience of international students studying American law. Originally from Afghanistan, Amini highlighted the significance of the opportunity to learn the legal system of another country in order to better serve the global community.
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\n“Through this program we have learned many things that we could not have learned from books. We have experienced a new environment that we could not have in our country,” she said. “Let’s make a new brilliant future, together, for everyone everywhere in this world. Let’s make a just and peaceful world by our rightful decisions. And let’s make this world free from violence and war by our legal contributions. We can do it if we are passionate about law and humanity.”
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\nThe ceremony closed with the announcement of the 2016 M. Katherine Baird Darmer Outstanding Professor of the Year Award, given to Susanna Ripken, a beloved Fowler School of Law faculty member. Professor Tom Campbell provided a closing benediction.
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\nOn Thursday, May 19, several graduates were honored at the graduation banquet for JD students and the LL.M. graduation reception. The 2016 Valedictorian and recipient of the Carmelina Doti Academic Excellence Award was Jade McKenzie, who was also recognized at the commencement ceremony.
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\nCongratulations to the class of 2016! <\/p>\n

View a slideshow of commencement<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Watch the webcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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2016 Graduates with Academic Honors<\/strong>
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Summa cum Laude:<\/em><\/strong>
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\nJade McKenzie
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Magna cum Laude:<\/em><\/strong>
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\nJohn Scoville Evans
\nCharles David Henninger
\nLindsay R. Niles
\nTrevor Thomas Sullivan
\nSheri Ann Wright
\nMorgan Lee Yaeger
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Cum Laude:<\/em><\/strong>
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\nLeanne Brett
\nTristan P. Espinosa
\nDaniel M. Ferguson
\nCraig Powell Hayes
\nRebekah Lange
\nDanielle Dalene Maland
\nThomas M. Mann
\nKaitlin Peterson
\nHanna Marie Ramsey
\nSarah Brooke Romero
\nSamuel Quinn Schleier
\nJacob Shin
\nAlexa P. Stephenson
\nAndrew B. Still
\nJeremy Talcott
\nDenise H.D. Tran
\nNelson N. Vu
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2016 Juris Doctor Graduates<\/strong>
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\nAllen Steele Aho
\nAlberto E. Algaze
\nMaheen Ali
\nShiva Anari
\nGeorge Peter Anezinos
\nWilliam J. Antisdale
\nJohn R. Arends
\nVicente Cesar Ayala Lopez
\nVictor A. Bachand
\nRachel Nicole Bardwell
\nChristopher D. Barnes
\nKatherine Frances Biadasz
\nOliver J. Braunwalder
\nBridget Ann Brennan
\nLeanne Brett
\nMaria E. Brosnan-Faltas
\nMegan R. Callaghan
\nAnna E. Caludac
\nAlexander Louis Carasso
\nRebecca Jane Carlson
\nMichael J. Cefali
\nEdward C. Chen
\nJeffery C. Crissman
\nApril Mara Cristal
\nDane C. Cummaro
\nAshley Daniel
\nRyan Thomas Deegan
\nEdward B. Dennis
\nAndrew J. Des Combes
\nElaine Pearl Ponce Dick
\nCameron Thomas Djokovich
\nTristan P. Espinosa
\nJohn Scoville Evans
\nNisa Farhangi
\nElhum Isabel Farrohi
\nDaniel M. Ferguson
\nMichelle N. Fraser
\nJessica N. Frey
\nMelissa Nicole Frisco
\nNeilofar Neusha Ghaedi
\nSherri L. Godfrey
\nShannon Lynn Grady
\nAllison Lee Grandy
\nRachel Jennifer Greenberg
\nAaron C. Griffin
\nSusie Grigoryan
\nNathan M. Grosch
\nLisa M. Hardebeck
\nChristine J. Harrah
\nLillian C. Harwell
\nJamileh B. Hawatmeh
\nCraig Powell Hayes
\nCharles David Henninger
\nLauren S. Henry
\nScott R. Hernandez
\nLorin M. Herzfeldt
\nKatie Louise Hill
\nKyle Jordan Vincent Hindin
\nKathryn E. Hokom
\nApril Horn
\nDanielle Christine Hunt
\nBrian Huynh
\nMark T. Ibrahim
\nKasim Idrees
\nLynda E. Jacobs
\nSharmin Jalali-Bidgoli
\nMonika Juszli
\nImran A. Kamil
\nRebecca O. Kaplan
\nEman Kazempour
\nChanel Hwang
\nAlexander Patrick Koehler
\nGregory K. Koeller
\nElliot T. Landreth
\nRebekah Lange
\nJonathan D. Lee
\nWendy Lei
\nGilbert H. Leon
\nElise Rachel Levy
\nAlexandra L. Lewke
\nMadeline B. Liebreich
\nAnnie Anjung Lin*
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\nVirginia Liu
\nShannon Christine Losinski
\nMichael John Lowell
\nNicholas William Lynes
\nDanielle Dalene Maland
\nThomas M. Mann
\nJohannes M. Marler
\nRoberto R. Martinez
\nJade McKenzie
\nMolly Megan McManimie
\nMaral Nicole Mehrabian
\nShane T. Micheil
\nCameron M. Miller
\nJustin Walter Mitchell
\nMegan A. Moghtaderi
\nCorbin S. Moore
\nLauren Brittney Murray
\nNeema Naderi
\nJennifer Neufeld
\nJimmy T. Nguyen
\nVuong Q. Nguyen
\nKirill Nielson
\nAshley Renee Nijinski
\nLindsay R. Niles
\nJustin M. Odell
\nHiromasa Onizuka
\nBo Ram Park
\nHiromi Ikeda Parks
\nJatin Patel
\nJulia Pavel
\nEmily Pepper
\nKaitlin Peterson
\nNathanael Peterson
\nSteven H. Pham
\nVu Hai Ngoc Phan
\nHanna Marie Ramsey
\nLindsey Rank
\nBreanne L. Reese
\nRebecca A. Rheiner
\nJoycelin S. Roh
\nSarah Brooke Romero
\nSean Christopher Rotstan
\nJessica Lynn Roundy
\nCarol R. Rugh
\nHugo Ivan Salazar Gonzalez
\nSamuel Quinn Schleier
\nAndrea Schug
\nGeorge Semaan
\nEmma Zahara Shah
\nAtif M. Sheikh
\nJacob Shin
\nJonathan Y. Shin
\nRukhsar Siddiqui
\nDavid Samuel Silver
\nJohn Sinclair
\nJin Eun J. Song
\nMara Leanne Sork
\nPhilip J. Spinazze
\nAlexa P. Stephenson
\nAndrew B. Still
\nMatthew Strachan
\nJoshua Ryan Strand
\nHeidi Kathleen Stryker
\nTrevor Thomas Sullivan
\nThomas J. Sullivan
\nMarcus B. Sweetser
\nJeremy Brennan Talcott
\nSabrina A. Tanamachi
\nMalina Tavakkoli
\nDenise H.D. Tran
\nJimmy Nguyen Tran
\nKatlin A. Twigger
\nDerrick M. Uhri
\nBastiaan VandenBerg
\nStephanie Ann Vreeland
\nNelson N. Vu
\nJason D. Westerfeld
\nSheri Ann Wight
\nRyan Douglas Yabko
\nMorgan Lee Yaeger
\nBrandon C. Yeaton
\nAlexander Y. Yi
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\nLL.M. Candidates<\/strong>
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\nYasser Abdelmalak
\nMai Nahar Aloraier
\nFahima Amini
\nRahil N. Attawala
\nHamoud Mansour Binobaid
\nDavid Matthew Coats
\nChinweike Peter Ezike
\nEvan James Gautier
\nRui Gong
\nKatarina Grbic
\nAli Hassanzadeh
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Sonya Janneth Jifkins
\nAlexander Michael Kaplan
\nRonald Michael Kogens
\nLiora Kulik
\nJulia Montenegro de Almeida Cunha
\nBrice Kazuaki Nakamura
\nOghenetuvie Loveth Omasheye
\nEric Scott Passman
\nNelaba N. Qaderi
\nKevin L. Van<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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