Each spring the Mithoff Program recognizes students who excel in their commitment to pro bono service. The Mithoff Program’s Pro Bono Awards include:
- Pro Bono Beacons: Recognizes the students in each Texas Law class who have donated the most hours of pro bono service.
- Pro Bono Torchbearers: Recognizes graduating students who have donated 100 or more hours of pro bono service.
- Pro Bono Honors: Recognizes graduating students who have fulfilled their Pro Bono Pledge.
1L and 2L students who’ve met their pro bono benchmarks also are recognized at the annual pro bono awards event.
2026 Pro Bono Award Honorees
Beacons
Students in each Texas Law Class who have donated the most hours of pro bono service.
1L
Heaven Baylor
Jack Gashler
Cassandra Schwartz
2L
Taoshu Ren
Maple (Lingyan) Shan
James Westenhaver
3L
Shelby Alexander
MaKenna McGraw
Sean Steck
LLM
Emma Blanchard
Paulina Garcia
Roxanne Parisot
Pro Bono Honors
3Ls who have fulfilled the 50-hour pro bono pledge
(Torchbearers with 100 or more hours of service are starred)
Shelby Alexander*
Nathan Alexander
Emily Anaya*
Lori Avital
Emma Blanchard
Liz Castillo
Katherine Cheng
Piper Christenson*
Francesca Chu
Chloe Cropper
Seyedeh Panteha Daryabari
Caroline Deale
Meredith Dickson*
Noelle Files
Paulina Garcia
Jack Goss
Holly Gray*
Abbey Gutierrez
Kate Hamilton*
Travis Hueber*
Amy Grace Humber*
Ethan Hunter
Monique Jones
Khadeeja Kissoon
Antonela Knapic
Michael Lakey
William Lavallo
Emily Layton
Maria Alejandra Lenis Pedrozo
Rehm Maham
Kit Matthews
MaKenna McGraw*
Anna McGuffee
Sara Medina Espinosa
Brady Miller*
Sam Miller
Camila Mosier
Joy Ohikhuare
Bonev Omondi
Jack O’Neil
Roxanne Parisot
Matthew Pollock
Kallie Quintero*
Camila Quintero-Vargas
Angelina Ramirez
Maria Rodriguez
Noor Saleh
Brooke Sanders
Chipp Schwab
Sri Senthilkumar
Grant Shellhouse
Sumaya Siddiqui
Matthew Sjostrom
Bailey Spear*
Sean Steck*
Van Tran
Gabrielle Trudo
Amy Worscheh
Aleyna Young*
Laura Zhang