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Order of the Coif
Newest members | Honorary members
The English Order of the Coif was the most ancient and one of the most honored
institutions of the common law. It was an association of lawyers who for
centuries had the sole right to appear as barristers in the Court of Common
Pleas. The Order takes its name from the word used to designate the cap all the
members of the Order were compelled to wear. This cap or coif was originally of
white lawn or silk, forming a close-fitting hood. Later when wigs came into
fashion, the coif was changed to a circular piece of white lawn fastened to the
top of the wig. The real decline in the power and influence of the Order came
through the appointment of King's counsel but despite efforts to change it, the
Order remained the sole body of accepted practitioners at the Common Pleas Bar
down to the Judicature Act.
The American Order of the Coif is the outgrowth of an earlier society known as
Theta Kappa Nu, founded in 1902 for the purpose of promoting scholarship among
American law students. In 1912 the society was reorganized as the Order of the
Coif "to foster a spirit of careful study and to mark in a fitting manner those
who have attained a high grade of scholarship." Students in the top 10% of their
graduating class are eligible for membership.
New Members, Class
of 2009
Daniel Hackett Ennis
Michelle Lynn Evans
Rachel Marriner Flynn
Christopher William Henry
Garrett Shea Ledgerwood
Peter S. Massaro III
Roger Herbert Miksad
Andrew Howard Morton
Allen C. Myers
Arif Shamsherali Noorani
Oleg V. Nudelman
Gregory Lawson Schinner
Bridget Marie Tainer-Parkins
Emily Ayliffe White
New Members, Class of 2008
Christopher John Brady
Benjamin Joseph Conley
Evan Arthur Fetters
Jonathon Keath Hance
Lisa Joan Hedrick
Kimberly L. Herb
Anna Ku
Robert Leonard Littlehale III
John Michael Power
Megan Martha Reed
Rachel Sederquest
Juliette Ai-Mei Syn
Sean Jeffrey Whittington
Kent Paul Woods
New Members, Class of 2007
Meredith Ann Abernathy
Bradnon David Almond
Dawn Michele Davison
Nathan Emil Deen
Keith James Dunlap
Edmund Murray Ferguson
Donald MacKaye Houser
Aaron James Lockwood
Erin Laurel Pearson
Dwight Rowland Shaper
Robert Vanneman Spake, Jr.
Wilson Douglas Sweitzer
New Members, Class of 2006
Travis Christopher Barham
Cheryl Melissa Berger
Michael Henri Bourdaa
David Donald Christensen
Ryan Allen Corle
Mary Varson Cromer
Lauren Rachel Darden
Tamara Lyn Graham
Lindsay Kate Mahon
Steven Robert Ruby
Justin Bartholomew Shane
Travis Nathan Turner
Sarah Marie Waszmer
New Members, Class of 2005
Jennifer Rose Belcher
Michael Wayne Bloomrose
Shawn Andrew Bone
Christina Leigh Bowden
Brooke Michelle Corby
Ryan Ayers Glasgow
Helena Marie Joly
Melissa Dawn McClellan
Aaron Gregory McCollough
Mitchell Kirks Morris
Charles Adam Nunziato
Jonathan Edward Porter
Maxwell Christopher Smith
Alex Edward Snyder
Leslie Evans Wood
Honorary Members
Herbert F. Fitzpatrick '92 '93L (1951)
John L. O'Brian (1952)
John W. Davis '92 '95L (1953)
James R. Caskie '06 '09L (1954)
Edward S. Graves '30 (1955)
William T. Gossett (1956)
H. Graham Morison '30 '32L (1957)
John J. McCloy (1958)
John W. Eggleston '06 '07M '10L (1959)
Rosser L. Malone Jr. '32L (1960)
E. Barrett Prettyman (1961)
William Oliver Roberts Jr. '58L (1962)
Kermit E. Hundley '53L (1963)
Wilbur C. Hall '15L (1964)
Walter E. Hoffman '31L (1967)
Ted Dalton (1968)
Oswald B. McEwan '40L (1969)
John DeW. Carter (1970)
Paul A. Holstein '32L (1971)
Fred M. Vinson Jr. '48 '51L (1972)
Richard Hanes (1973)
William W. Sweeney (1974)
Thornton G. Berry Jr. '34L (1975)
H. Emory Widener Jr. '53L (1976)
Robert M. Campbell (1977)
John W. Drye Jr. '20L (1978)
Manuel M. Weinberg '31L (1981)
Charles F. Clarke '38 (1982)
Roscoe B. Stephenson Jr. '43 '47L (1984)
Sol Wachtler '51 '52L (1985)
Raymond W. Haman '52L (1986)
Johnny E. Morrison '74 '77L (1987)
Alexander M. Harman Jr. '44L (1988)
Thomas W. Mapp (1989)
Thomas Hal Clarke Jr. '73 '76L (1990)
Isadore M. Scott '37L (1992)
Robert J. Grey Jr. '76L (1993)
Pamela J. White '77L (1994)
William Ray Price Jr. '78L (1995)
Linwood Holton '44 (1996)
Carroll L. Wainwright Jr. (1997)
Robert E. Glenn '51 '53L (1998)
H. F. (Gerry) Lenfest '53 (1999)
Frederick P. Stamp Jr. '56 (2000)
Robert E. Stroud '56 '59L (2001)
Gregory W. Wiercioch '92L (2002)
John D. Klinedinst '71 '78L (2003)
Sarah K. Wiant '78L (2004)
Lizanne Thomas '82L (2005)
John Wolf '69,'72L (2006)
W. Donald Bain Jr. '49L (2007)
G. Michael Pace Jr. '84L (2008)
Jessine A. Monaghan '79L (2009)