Established in 1978 to mark the 100th anniversary of the College of Law, the Justitia Officium is the highest honor bestowed by the faculty.
The award is traditionally presented at Commencement in May. A panel bearing the names of recipients is displayed in the lobby at the College of Law.
The following are recipients of the Justitia Officium, 1978-present:
2024
Cathy "Cat" McConnell
Judge Joanna Tabit
2023
Paul T. Farrell
2022
Dr. Roslyn Clark Artis
Robert S. Whitehill
2021
Elliot G. Hicks
2020
No Commencement/Award due to COVID-19
2019
John W. Fisher, II
J. Franklin Long
2018
Hon. Michael J. Aloi
Bruce E. Stanley
2017
Elisabeth H. Rose
Hon. Stephanie D. Thacker
2016
Allan N. Karlin
Robert G. Lathrop
2015
Franklin D. Cleckley
Darrell Vivian McGraw, Jr.
Justice Larry V. Starcher
2014
Forest J. Bowman
Judge O.C. “Hobby” Spaulding
2013
Susan Brewer
Lloyd G. Jackson, II
2012
Ellen S. Cappellanti
Scott S. Segal
2011
Charles M. Love, III
Robert M. Steptoe, Jr.
2010
Hon. Irene C. Berger
Stanley M. Hostler
2009
Hon. Joseph P. Albright
John Robert Clifford
2008
Thomas B. Bennett
Charlotte R. Lane
2007
George R. Farmer, Jr.
J. Davitt McAteer
2006
Thomas R. Goodwin
Joseph R. Goodwin
2005
Hon. Irene M. Keeley
Hon. Frederick P. Stamp
2004
Amb. Joseph Simpson Farland
Sue Seibert Farnsworth
2003
Hon. Robert B. King
Hon. M. Blane Michael
2002
Hon. John T. Copenhaver
John E. Jenkins, Jr.
2001
Hon. Charles H. Haden, II
John L. McClaugherty
2000
Willard O. Lorensen
Hon. Margaret L. Workman
1998
Hon. Thomas E. McHugh
1997
Hon. Elizabeth V. Hallanan
Hon. Arthur M. Recht
1996
Hon. Wm. T. Brotherton, Jr.
Paul Selby
1995
Hon. Thomas B. Miller
1994
Hon. Robert E. Maxwell
1992
Kenneth D. Gray
1991
Frances Lopinsky Horn
1990
Vincent Chaney
1988
Herbert Henderson
1987
Guy O. Farmer
Harry E. Moats
1986
Paul N. Bowles
1985
Judith A. Herndon
1984
Robert C. Byrd
Thomas N. Chambers
1983
Paul J. Kaufman
Harry G. Shaffer
1982
Russell C. Dunbar
Cyrus Vance
1981
Stephen Ailes
Robert G. Kelly
1980
Frank C. Haymond
Hale J. Posten
1979
Charles C. Wise, Jr.
John E.F. Wood
1978
Herbert S. Boreman
Robert T. Donley
