Tag: Virgil C. Lott Medal

The U.S. district judge will be honored with the award named for a pioneering law school alum.

DeMetris Sampson ’80, a longtime lawyer and community leader in Dallas, has been named the winner of the Virgil C. Lott Medal for 2023.

Gary Bledsoe '76, the longtime president of the NAACP's Texas chapter and currently the Dean of the Thurgood Marshall School of Law, was presented with the Virgil C. Lott Medal during a gala dinner on February 7.

Gary Bledsoe ’76 has been named the winner of the 2019 Virgil C. Lott Medal, an honor presented every two years by the School of Law to recognize those who uphold the values of Virgil Lott ’53, the school’s first African-American graduate.