Honorary Order of the Coif Recipients
College of Law
The Order of the Coif is legal education's national honorary society. The purpose of the Order of the Coif is “to encourage excellence in legal education by fostering a spirit of careful study, recognizing those who as law students attained a high grade of scholarship, and honoring those who as lawyers, judges, and teachers attained high distinction for their scholarly or professional accomplishments.”
Since the University of Wyoming became a Chapter of the Order of the Coif in 1985, membership has been reserved for those students at the top of their class.
In order to recognize graduates from law classes prior to 1985, the University of Wyoming is allowed to select one Honorary Member each year as selected by the faculty. Recipients are chose on their merits as students, scholars, and their legal careers.
2024 Honoree
Frank Mendicino
Past Recipients
2023 Michael Davis
2022 Marla Mansfield
2021 Jack Speight and Tom C. Toner
2020 Michael Murphy
2019 Timothy Beppler
2018 J. Nicholas Murdock
2017 Catherine L. MacPherson
2016 Terry Mackey
2015 Gerry Spence
2014 Robert P. Schuster
2013 Ann M. Rochelle
2012 Rebecca Noecker
2011 William U. Hill
2009 Paul J. Hickey
2008 E. James Burke
2007 Carol W. Statkus
2006 Michael Golden
2005 Gregory C. Dyekman
2004 Jeffrey A. Donnell
2003 Nancy D. Freudenthal
2002 Alan B. Johnson
2001 Frank R. Nelson
2000 Marilyn S. Kite
1999 Michael J. Sullivan
1998 William A. Taylor
1997 Jerry W. Housel
1996 Richard V. Thomas
1995 Lawrence A. Yonkee
1994 Elizabeth A. Kail
1993 James E. Barrett
1992 John F. Raper, Jr.
1991 Robert R. Rose, Jr.
1990 Teno Roncalio
1989 Charles G. Kepler
1988 William H. Brown
1987 Sherrow Glenn Parker
1986 Winston S. Howard
1985 Archie G. McClintock
