Six Cornell Law School alumni received 2007 Exemplary Public Service Awards Feb. 8 at a Cornell Club reception in New York City.

The alumni, who won the awards for putting public interest foremost in their work, continue the law school's tradition of producing "lawyers in the best sense."

"These alumni represent people and issues that otherwise lack meaningful representation in the legal system," said law school Assistant Dean Karen Comstock. "They believe in the power of law and the ideal of equal protection."

The winners were:

Eight members of the Class of 2007 also were honored at the event. Ariel Harman, Charlotte Lanvers and Justin Pfeiffer were awarded the Freeman Award for Civil-Human Rights; Lara Newmark, Kristen Stanley and Moriah Radin were awarded the Stanley E. Gould Prize for Public Interest Law; and Miles Norton and Evan Parness were awarded the Seymour Herzog Memorial Prize.