2025 Diploma Ceremony
Watch the 2025 Diploma Ceremony and award recipients.
Graduation Award Recipients
Teacher of the Year Award
Aaron Saiger
Professor of Law
This award is presented by the Student Bar Association to a professor who students identify as being a master teacher.
Adjunct Teacher of the Year Award
Yazmine Nichols
Adjunct Professor of Law
This award is presented by the Student Bar Association to a professor who students identify as being a master teacher.
Dean’s Medal of Recognition
Leah Hill
Ann Moynihan Distinguished Clinical Scholar, Professor of Law
This award, the highest honor the Dean can confer, is presented to a person selected by the Dean who has shown outstanding commitment to the ideals of the Law School through their service to its community across their career.
Russell Pearce
Edward and Marilyn Bellet Chair in Legal Ethics, Morality, and Religion, Professor of Law
This award, the highest honor the Dean can confer, is presented to a person selected by the Dean who has shown outstanding commitment to the ideals of the Law School through their service to its community across their career.
Eugene J. Keefe Award
Dora Galacatos
Adjunct Professor of Law and Executive Director, Feerick Center for Social Justice
This award is presented to the person or organization that has made the most important contribution to the Fordham Law community. It is presented by the Student Bar Association in memory of a beloved faculty member who served at Fordham Law from 1926 to 1968