Ten Elon University School of Law students received book awards recently for their outstanding performance in first semester classes. The books were donated by legal publishers Aspen, Lexus Nexus and West Group, and include a bookplate with the students’ name and the name of the award.
Law schools traditionally give book awards for the highest grade on the end of semester exam in a course. Scoring highest on the semester exam is known in law school circles as “booking” a course, because of the tradition of presenting books to the highest scorers.
Elon Law faculty took comprehensive class performance into account for these awards, instead of making awards based on one grade.
The strongest comprehensive performance award winners by subject area for fall 2006 are listed below:
Barron Thompson
Civil Procedure I
Peter Van Roten
Civil Procedure I
Tracy Williams
Civil Procedure I
Matthew Covington
Civil Procedure I
Keri Sigler
Contracts I
John Paschal
Contracts I
Norman Leonard
Property I
Ted Johnson
Property I
Melanie Crenshaw
Torts I
Miriam Heard
Torts I