Continuing Student Prize Recipients

Charles Bathgate Beck Prize

Awarded annually to the students submitting the best examination paper in the course relating to the law of real property.


Class of 1912 Prize

Awarded annually to the first-year students most proficient in the subject of contracts.


Robert Stephen Haft Moot Court First-Year Brief Prize

Awarded to the first-year student who submits the best brief in Moot Court competition.


Paul R. Hays Prize

Awarded annually to outstanding first-year students in civil procedure.


Richard J. Lipson and Paul S. Lipson Prize

Awarded annually to the first-year law students showing the greatest proficiency in the subject of contracts.


Young B. Smith Prize

Awarded annually to the first-year student most proficient in the law of torts.


Robert Noxon Toppan

Awarded annually to the student in the School of Law who submits the best written examination to the professor of Constitutional Law, based on regulations established by the Faculty of Law.


Simon H. Rifkind Prize

Awarded for the best overall performance in the first-year moot court program at Columbia Law School.