The Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association awarded Priscilla Jimenez, Class of 2011, with a James J. Manderino Award for Trial Advocacy.

The association confers the award to graduating law students who have shown outstanding achievement in trial advocacy. They are presented each year in memory of the late speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives James Manderino.

Frank C. DePasquale Jr., co-chairman of the association’s Trial Advocacy Committee, conferred the award during the organization’s annual meeting on June 16.