TAMPA BAY, FLA, — On Nov. 20, Cooley Law School’s Tampa Bay campus recognized students in the Michaelmas Term for their achievements during an honors convocation.
Katelyn Hearn, Darrin Robinson, and Tory Sanders were each presented with the Leadership Achievement Award, which acknowledges those students who have consistently, comprehensively, and effectively provided leadership in a variety of capacities. The award is intended to be the culmination of the recipient’s participation in leadership activities at Cooley.
Hearn is a native of Jacksonville, Fla. At Cooley, she served as the lead dean’s fellow for the Academic Resource Center; secretary and senator of the Student Bar Association; vice president of Phi Delta Phi International Legal Honor Society; and managing manuscript editor for the Cooley Law Review. She was also a member of the National Competition Team for the Robert Orseck and Claude Pepper Moot Court competitions.
Robinson is from Newport, Rhode Island. While at Cooley, he served as a graduate assistant and dean’s fellow for the Academic Resource Center; managing manuscript editor, associate editor and interim executive notes editor of the Law Review; secretary and clerk for Phi Delta Phi International Legal Honor Society; and vice president of the Federal Bar Association. He was also a member of the Christian Legal Society, Hispanic Organization of Legal Advocates, and Black Law Students Association.
Sanders is originally from Pensacola, Fla. At Cooley, he served as senator and president of the Student Bar Association; and vice president of the Black Law Students Association. He was also recognized as an “outstanding law student” by the City, County and Local Government Law Section of the Florida Bar and received a $500 scholarship during CCLGL Section’s 48th annual conference.
Hearn, Charles “Scott” Hamrick, and Rose Vital each received the Alumni Association Distinguished Student Award. This award is given to selected graduating students based on academic accomplishments, professionalism and ethics, leadership, extracurricular activities, and post-graduation plans. The recipients are selected by the Scholarship and Awards Committee of the Cooley Alumni Association. Recipients are presented a diploma frame from the law school.
Pictured left to right: Cooley Law School students Katelyn Hearn, Rose Vital, and Charles “Scott” Hamrick received the Alumni Association Distinguished Student Award during the law school’s honors convocation, held at its Tampa Bay campus on Nov. 20, 2025.
Cooley Law School student Tory Sanders was presented with the Leadership Achievement Award during the law school’s honors convocation, held at its Tampa Bay campus on Nov. 20, 2025.