University of Kansas School of Law honors Topeka graduate Jill Moenius

Related Media

Jill Moenius

LAWRENCE, KS (05/25/2012)(readMedia)-- LAWRENCE - The University of Kansas School of Law honored more than 140 graduates at a hooding ceremony May 12. During the ceremony, seven students received awards for distinguishing themselves in scholarship, leadership and service to the law school and the community, including Jill Moenius, Topeka.

Moenius received the Samuel Mellinger Scholarship, Leadership and Service Award, given to the graduate who has most distinguished him or herself in the combined areas of scholarship, leadership and service. Moenius and her partner won the 2011 In-House Moot Court Competition before sweeping the regional rounds of the National Moot Court Competition and placing among the top eight in the national rounds. She served on the Moot Court Council and was executive note and comment editor of the Kansas Law Review. She received several CALI designations for the best performance in a course, and her Law Review note about the Supreme Court case Citizens United was published in Volume 59 of the Kansas Law Review. Moenius is the daughter of John and Chandler Moenius and a graduate of Topeka High School and the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville.

Funds for the awards and scholarships are managed by KU Endowment, the independent, nonprofit foundation serving as the official fundraising and fund-management organization for KU. Founded in 1891, KU Endowment was the first foundation of its kind at a U.S. public university.