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2025 CLEA Awards for Outstanding Clinical and Externship Students: Suffolk’s Sierra Jamros and James Bynoe

By Jeff Baker

Each year, the Clinical Legal Education Association invites law schools to nominate students as their Outstanding Clinic Student or Team and Outstanding Externship student. This series includes submissions from law schools celebrating their outstanding students. 

From Suffolk University Law School:  

CLEA Outstanding Clinic Student: Sierra Jamros

Sierra Jamros, of the Family Law Clinic at Suffolk Law, exemplifies what it means to be a dedicated, compassionate, and highly skilled lawyer and juvenile defender. As an advocate for survivors of domestic violence. She put hard and efficient-work into her representation.  Whether producing thoughtful and precise legal writing or clear, confident, and persuasive oral advocacy, her advanced skills always stood out. As she approaches her work with humility and deep respect for her clients, classmates, and the court, she uses her strong emotional, procedural, and legal intelligence to represent individuals in crisis.  What also sets Sierra apart is not only her ability to handle her own, complex cases and serve victims in violence in crisis, but also support and assist her colleagues through their own restraining order hearings.  For her commitment to going above and beyond to serve her colleagues and those in need, she is well deserving of the CLEA Outstanding Student Award.

CLEA Outstanding Externship Student: James Bynoe

James Bynoe is a graduating evening student at Suffolk Law who completed an Externship at a Biotechnology Company that seeks to find cures for serious illnesses.  James was the most frequent contributor to discussions in the externship seminar and demonstrated a level of curiosity and interest that elevated class discussions. In addition, James’ journal entries consistently included constructive self-reflection with an emphasis on how he could maximize his experience, driven by a strong motivation to support his and his company’s work to find cures for serious illnesses.