The CLEO EDGE Award Nominees for
DIVERSITY
Kate Adams – Apple, Inc.
Reyes Aguilar Jr. – University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law
Carolyn Benton Aiman – Shell Oil
Carla Anderson – University of Pennsylvania School of Law
Mari Carmen Aponte
Dennis Archer – Dickinson Wright
Ruthe Ashley – California LAW, Inc.
Jay Austin – UC Irvine School of Law
Leonard M. Baynes – University of Houston Law Center
*Derrick Bell – New York University School of Law
Hon. Sanford Bishop – United States House of Representatives
Hon. Jeff Bohm – Southern District of Texas
John C. Brittain – University of the District of Columbia – David A. Clarke School of Law
Yannick Brookes – University of Connecticut School of Law
Paulette Brown – Locke Lord LLP
Stephen G. Brown – New York University
Krystal J. Brumfield – Airport Minority Advisory Council (AMAC)
Margaret Burnham – Northeastern University School of Law
Devon W. Carbado – UCLA School of Law
Jennifer Carpenter – Duke University School of Law
Gilbert Casellas – Omnitru Technologies
Alvin O. Chambliss, Jr. – Civil Rights Lawyer
Hon. Denny Chin – United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Aubrey Coleman – T-Mobile
Hon. Laura A. Cordero – DC Superior Court
Theresa Cropper – Perkins Coie LLP
John Crump – NBA Crump Law Camp
Alba Cruz-Hacker – Hispanic National Bar Association
Lindsey D.G. Dates – Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jeremiah DeBerry – Mayer Brown
Hon. David Delgado – Circuit Court of Cook County Illinois (ret.)
Hon. Bernice B. Donald – United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
John E. Echohawk – Native American Rights Fund
Nathaniel E. Gozansky – Emory University School of Law
Fred D. Gray – Gray, Langford, Sapp, McGowan, Gray, Gray & Nathanson
Hon. Roger L. Gregory – United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Robert J. Grey, Jr. – Hunton & Williams LLP
Vanita Gupta – Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
Cheryl I. Harris – UCLA School of Law
John Harris – Ford of Europe, Middle East and Africa
Wade Henderson – Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
Tanya Holcomb – Honeywell International Inc.
Dora L. Irizarry – United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Shirley Jefferson – Vermont Law School
Wallace B. Jefferson – Supreme Court of Texas
E. Chris Johnson – Center for Justice, Rights & Dignity
Broderick Johnson, Esq. – Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, LLP
Lloyd M. Johnson – Minority Corporate Council Association
Shontavia Johnson – Clemson University
Elaine R. Jones – NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Christopher Kang – National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA)
Lisa Parlato LeDonne – Honeywell
Bill Lann Lee – Civil Rights Lawyer
Patricia D. Lee
*Walter J. Leonard, Esq. – Harvard University
Don Liu – Xerox Corporation
Kent Lollis – Law School Admission Council
Hilton Lucas
Sandra Madrid – University of Washington
Policarpio Marmolejos – United States Department of Energy’s Office of Hearings and Appeals
Shauntrice Martin – Bay Area Urban Debate League
Tina Matsuoka – Asian American Bar Association
Michele Coleman Mayes – New York Public Library
Evangeline Mitchell – National Pre-Law Diversity Initiatives, Inc.
Vernā Myers – The Vernā Myers Company
Peggy Nagae – Center for Asian Pacific American Women
John Nausbummer – Thomas M. Cooley Law School
William Neukom – World Justice Project
Kim Norwood – Washington University
Rose Matsui Ochi, Esq.
Roderick A. Palmore – Dentons
Hon. Ed Pastor – Former Member United States House of Representatives, 7th District of Arizona
Deval L. Patrick, Esq. – Bain Capital
Rachel Patrick, Esq.
Rachel Patterson – AccessLex Institute
William G. Paul – Crowe & Dunlevy
Thomas Perez – Democratic National Committee
Hon. Hiram E. Puig-Lugo – Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Erin N. Reeves – Nextions LLC
Donald Remy – National Collegiate Athletic Association
Veta Richardson – Association of Corporate Counsel
William Robinson – University of the District of Columbia’s David A. Clarke School of Law
Bruce J. Ruzinsky – Jackson Walker, LLP
Tom Sager – Ballard Spahr
Pauline Schneider, Esq. – Federal Law Enforcement Nominating Commission
Scott Seifert – United States Department of Justice
Dayrel Sewell – Law Firm of Dayrel Sewell
Peter Shane – The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
Theodore Shaw – University of North Carolina School of Law at Chapel Hill
Wendy C. Shiba
Elisa Shieh – UC Davis Audit & Management Advisory Services
Dennis Shields – The University of Wisconsin-Platteville
Brad Smith – Microsoft
Brandy Smith – Lincoln Financial Group
*Charles Z. Smith
Dexter Smith – Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law
Mary L. Smith – American Bar Association
Michael States – Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
Rennard Strickland – University of Oklahoma College of Law
Walter Sutton – Sutton Consulting Services
Yasmine Taeb – The Center for Victims of Torture
Charlotte Taylor – Touro Law Center
Leigh Taylor – Southwestern Law School
Sondra Tennessee – University of Houston Law Center
Hon. Ricardo M. Urbina – United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Retired
Moises (Moe) Vela, Jr. – Stein Mitchell Cipollone Beato & Missner
Mauricio Videla – U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
H. Thomas Wells, Jr. – Maynard Cooper Gale
Joseph K. West – Duane Morris
Hon. Ann C. Williams – Jones Day
Sidney Williams – Central State University
Benjamin F. Wilson – Beveridge & Diamond, P.C.
Frank Wu – UC Hastings College of the Law
Sandra Yamate – The Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession
Ruqaiijah Yearby – Saint Louis University School of Law
Yolanda Young – Lawyers of Color
Stephen Zack – Boies Schiller Flexner
*Posthumously
American University Washington College of Law
University of Baltimore School of Law
University of California Davis School of Law (King Hall)
University of California Hastings College of the Law
University of California, Irvine School of Law
University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
Chicago-Kent College of Law Illinois Institute of Technology
City University Of New York School of Law (CUNY)
University of Denver Sturm College of Law
University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law
Emory University School of Law
Florida A&M University College of Law
The George Washington University Law School
Harvard Law School
University of Hawaii at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law
University of Houston Law Center
Howard University School of Law
University of La Verne College of Law
The University of Mississippi School of Law
Mitchell Hamline School of Law
The University of New Mexico School of Law
North Carolina Central University School of Law
The Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson Law
Seattle University School of Law
St. Thomas University School of Law
Southwestern Law School
Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Western State College of Law at Argosy University
AccessLex
Alaska Court System Color of Justice
American Bar Association
Asian Pacific American Bar Association-DC (APABA-DC)
Association of Law Firm Diversity Professionals
California LAW
City University of New York School of Law Pipeline to Justice Program
Corporate Counsel Women of Color
The Critical Race Studies Program at UCLA School of Law
Greater Washington Area Chapter, Women Lawyers Division, National Bar Association (GWAC)
Hispanic Bar Association of the District of Columbia
Hispanic National Bar Foundation
Hogan Lovells US LLP
Indian Legal Program at Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
Just the Beginning – A Pipeline Organization
Justice & Diversity Center
The Law Firm of Dayrel Sewell, PLLC
Law School Admission Council
Legal Prep Charter Academy
The National Association for Law Placement (NALP)
Nashville Bar Association
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
National Assoc. of Minority & Women Owned Law Firms
National Bar Association
National Bar Institute
National Native American Bar Association
New Jersey Law and Education Empowerment Project (LEEP)
New York City Bar Diversity Committee
Pre-Law Advisors National Council (PLANC)
Society of American Law Teachers (SALT)
SEO Career – Sponsors for Educational Opportunity
The Legal Education Opportunity Program (LEOP)
The Pipeline to Justice Program
UCLA Law Fellows Program
University Prelaw Program (University of Texas at El Paso)
Walmart
- Individuals
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Kate Adams – Apple, Inc.
Reyes Aguilar Jr. – University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law
Carolyn Benton Aiman – Shell Oil
Carla Anderson – University of Pennsylvania School of Law
Mari Carmen Aponte
Dennis Archer – Dickinson Wright
Ruthe Ashley – California LAW, Inc.
Jay Austin – UC Irvine School of Law
Leonard M. Baynes – University of Houston Law Center
*Derrick Bell – New York University School of Law
Hon. Sanford Bishop – United States House of Representatives
Hon. Jeff Bohm – Southern District of Texas
John C. Brittain – University of the District of Columbia – David A. Clarke School of Law
Yannick Brookes – University of Connecticut School of Law
Paulette Brown – Locke Lord LLP
Stephen G. Brown – New York University
Krystal J. Brumfield – Airport Minority Advisory Council (AMAC)
Margaret Burnham – Northeastern University School of Law
Devon W. Carbado – UCLA School of Law
Jennifer Carpenter – Duke University School of Law
Gilbert Casellas – Omnitru Technologies
Alvin O. Chambliss, Jr. – Civil Rights Lawyer
Hon. Denny Chin – United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Aubrey Coleman – T-Mobile
Hon. Laura A. Cordero – DC Superior Court
Theresa Cropper – Perkins Coie LLP
John Crump – NBA Crump Law Camp
Alba Cruz-Hacker – Hispanic National Bar Association
Lindsey D.G. Dates – Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jeremiah DeBerry – Mayer Brown
Hon. David Delgado – Circuit Court of Cook County Illinois (ret.)
Hon. Bernice B. Donald – United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
John E. Echohawk – Native American Rights Fund
Nathaniel E. Gozansky – Emory University School of Law
Fred D. Gray – Gray, Langford, Sapp, McGowan, Gray, Gray & Nathanson
Hon. Roger L. Gregory – United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Robert J. Grey, Jr. – Hunton & Williams LLP
Vanita Gupta – Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
Cheryl I. Harris – UCLA School of Law
John Harris – Ford of Europe, Middle East and Africa
Wade Henderson – Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
Tanya Holcomb – Honeywell International Inc.
Dora L. Irizarry – United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
Shirley Jefferson – Vermont Law School
Wallace B. Jefferson – Supreme Court of Texas
E. Chris Johnson – Center for Justice, Rights & Dignity
Broderick Johnson, Esq. – Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, LLP
Lloyd M. Johnson – Minority Corporate Council Association
Shontavia Johnson – Clemson University
Elaine R. Jones – NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Christopher Kang – National Council of Asian Pacific Americans (NCAPA)
Lisa Parlato LeDonne – Honeywell
Bill Lann Lee – Civil Rights Lawyer
Patricia D. Lee
*Walter J. Leonard, Esq. – Harvard University
Don Liu – Xerox Corporation
Kent Lollis – Law School Admission Council
Hilton Lucas
Sandra Madrid – University of Washington
Policarpio Marmolejos – United States Department of Energy’s Office of Hearings and Appeals
Shauntrice Martin – Bay Area Urban Debate League
Tina Matsuoka – Asian American Bar Association
Michele Coleman Mayes – New York Public Library
Evangeline Mitchell – National Pre-Law Diversity Initiatives, Inc.
Vernā Myers – The Vernā Myers Company
Peggy Nagae – Center for Asian Pacific American Women
John Nausbummer – Thomas M. Cooley Law School
William Neukom – World Justice Project
Kim Norwood – Washington University
Rose Matsui Ochi, Esq.
Roderick A. Palmore – Dentons
Hon. Ed Pastor – Former Member United States House of Representatives, 7th District of Arizona
Deval L. Patrick, Esq. – Bain Capital
Rachel Patrick, Esq.
Rachel Patterson – AccessLex Institute
William G. Paul – Crowe & Dunlevy
Thomas Perez – Democratic National Committee
Hon. Hiram E. Puig-Lugo – Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Erin N. Reeves – Nextions LLC
Donald Remy – National Collegiate Athletic Association
Veta Richardson – Association of Corporate Counsel
William Robinson – University of the District of Columbia’s David A. Clarke School of Law
Bruce J. Ruzinsky – Jackson Walker, LLP
Tom Sager – Ballard Spahr
Pauline Schneider, Esq. – Federal Law Enforcement Nominating Commission
Scott Seifert – United States Department of Justice
Dayrel Sewell – Law Firm of Dayrel Sewell
Peter Shane – The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
Theodore Shaw – University of North Carolina School of Law at Chapel Hill
Wendy C. Shiba
Elisa Shieh – UC Davis Audit & Management Advisory Services
Dennis Shields – The University of Wisconsin-Platteville
Brad Smith – Microsoft
Brandy Smith – Lincoln Financial Group
*Charles Z. Smith
Dexter Smith – Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law
Mary L. Smith – American Bar Association
Michael States – Ohio State University Moritz College of Law
Rennard Strickland – University of Oklahoma College of Law
Walter Sutton – Sutton Consulting Services
Yasmine Taeb – The Center for Victims of Torture
Charlotte Taylor – Touro Law Center
Leigh Taylor – Southwestern Law School
Sondra Tennessee – University of Houston Law Center
Hon. Ricardo M. Urbina – United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Retired
Moises (Moe) Vela, Jr. – Stein Mitchell Cipollone Beato & Missner
Mauricio Videla – U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
H. Thomas Wells, Jr. – Maynard Cooper Gale
Joseph K. West – Duane Morris
Hon. Ann C. Williams – Jones Day
Sidney Williams – Central State University
Benjamin F. Wilson – Beveridge & Diamond, P.C.
Frank Wu – UC Hastings College of the Law
Sandra Yamate – The Institute for Inclusion in the Legal Profession
Ruqaiijah Yearby – Saint Louis University School of Law
Yolanda Young – Lawyers of Color
Stephen Zack – Boies Schiller Flexner
*Posthumously
- Law Schools
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American University Washington College of Law
University of Baltimore School of Law
University of California Davis School of Law (King Hall)
University of California Hastings College of the Law
University of California, Irvine School of Law
University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA)
Chicago-Kent College of Law Illinois Institute of Technology
City University Of New York School of Law (CUNY)
University of Denver Sturm College of Law
University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law
Emory University School of Law
Florida A&M University College of Law
The George Washington University Law School
Harvard Law School
University of Hawaii at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law
University of Houston Law Center
Howard University School of Law
University of La Verne College of Law
The University of Mississippi School of Law
Mitchell Hamline School of Law
The University of New Mexico School of Law
North Carolina Central University School of Law
The Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson Law
Seattle University School of Law
St. Thomas University School of Law
Southwestern Law School
Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law
Thomas Jefferson School of Law
Western State College of Law at Argosy University - Organizations
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AccessLex
Alaska Court System Color of Justice
American Bar Association
Asian Pacific American Bar Association-DC (APABA-DC)
Association of Law Firm Diversity Professionals
California LAW
City University of New York School of Law Pipeline to Justice Program
Corporate Counsel Women of Color
The Critical Race Studies Program at UCLA School of Law
Greater Washington Area Chapter, Women Lawyers Division, National Bar Association (GWAC)
Hispanic Bar Association of the District of Columbia
Hispanic National Bar Foundation
Hogan Lovells US LLP
Indian Legal Program at Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
Just the Beginning – A Pipeline Organization
Justice & Diversity Center
The Law Firm of Dayrel Sewell, PLLC
Law School Admission Council
Legal Prep Charter Academy
The National Association for Law Placement (NALP)
Nashville Bar Association
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
National Assoc. of Minority & Women Owned Law Firms
National Bar Association
National Bar Institute
National Native American Bar Association
New Jersey Law and Education Empowerment Project (LEEP)
New York City Bar Diversity Committee
Pre-Law Advisors National Council (PLANC)
Society of American Law Teachers (SALT)
SEO Career – Sponsors for Educational Opportunity
The Legal Education Opportunity Program (LEOP)
The Pipeline to Justice Program
UCLA Law Fellows Program
University Prelaw Program (University of Texas at El Paso)
Walmart
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