Mia Arbona was the recipient of the 26th Annual Blaine E. Capehart Legal Writing Award, sponsored by the law firm of Capehart Scatchard. The award recipient is a graduate of Rutgers Law School in Camden. On May 22, 2025, School Law Department attorney, Stacey R. Gorin, presented Ms. Arbona with the award during the Camden Class Day Awards ceremony.
The Mt. Laurel-based firm awarded Ms. Arbona with a $2,500 prize in recognition of her exemplary legal writing and research abilities. The Firm offers this award to a graduating Rutgers law student on an annual basis in honor of the late Blaine E. Capehart, who was the Firm’s leader and patriarch until his death in 2012.
Rutgers’ Associate Professor of Law, Pam Jenoff, had this to say about the winning article, “In her article, Unsportsmanlike Conduct: The Equal Pay for Team USA Act of 2022 Needs Practice, Mia Arbona addresses the important issue of inequity in pay for female athletes. Combining meticulous and thorough research with skilled writing, Mia brings together complex, underexamined issues of gender discrimination and sports law in a timely and insightful manner. After teaching Mia in Legal Analysis, Writing & Research II and working with her as a teaching assistant, I was proud and grateful to have the opportunity to supervise this project. The end product is one of the strongest pieces of student writing I have seen in more than two decades of teaching and law practice and is well-deserving of the Capehart Award. I am confident that Mia will continue to pursue her commitment to gender equality issues in her work following graduation.”
PHOTO L to R: Mia Arbona and Stacey R. Gorin, Esq.
