The Association of American Law Schools is proud to announce the winners of its 2024 section awards for excellence in legal education.
The awards are hosted by several of the association’s 107 sections that are organized around various academic disciplines and topics of interest. This year’s winners will be acknowledged during an awards ceremony at the 2024 AALS Annual Meeting on January 4.
“AALS sections are dynamic academic communities and important facilitators of our mission of advancing excellence in legal education,” said AALS President Mark C. Alexander, Arthur J. Kania Dean and Professor of Law at the Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law. “I am pleased to announce the following individuals who have been recognized by their sections for exceptional achievement in legal scholarship, teaching, mentorship, and service.”
The 2024 AALS section award winners (as of November 15) are:
Section on Academic Support Impact Award
Section on Academic Support Legacy Award
Section on Administrative Law Emerging Scholar Award
Section on Aging and the Law Lifetime Achievement Award
Section on Aging and the Law Emerging Scholar Award
Section on Alternative Dispute Resolution New Voices in Dispute Resolution Award
Section on Alternative Dispute Resolution Best Scholarly Article
Section on Animal Law – Excellence in Animal Law: Scholarship-Teaching-Service Award
Section on Antitrust and Economic Regulation Lifetime Achievement Award
Section on Balance & Well-Being in Legal Education Annual Award
Section on Civil Procedure Junior Scholarship Award
Section on Communication, Media, and Information Law Career Achievement Award
Section on Comparative Law Mark Tushnet Prize in Comparative Law
Section on Criminal Law Junior Scholars Paper Competition
Section on Election Law John Hart Ely Prize in the Law of Democracy
Section on Empirical Study of Legal Education and the Legal Profession Judith Welch Wegner Award
Section on Evidence John Henry Wigmore Lifetime Achievement Award
Section on Family and Juvenile Law Achievement Award
Section on Federal Courts Daniel J. Meltzer Award
Section on Federal Courts Best Untenured Article Award
Section on International Human Rights Nelson Mandela Award
Section on International Law New Scholar’s Award
Section on Jurisprudence Hart-Dworkin Award
Section on Jurisprudence Article Award
Section on Jurisprudence Future Promise Award
Section on Law and Religion Harold Berman Award for Excellence in Scholarship
Section on Law and South Asian Studies Award
Section on Law and Sports Award
Section on Law Libraries and Legal Information Award
Section on Law, Medicine and Health Care Distinguished Community Service Award
Section on Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies Chai Feldblum Award
Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research Section Award
Section on Litigation Practitioner Award
Section on Litigation Scholar Award
Section on Minority Groups C. Clyde Ferguson, Jr. Award
Section on Minority Groups Derrick A. Bell, Jr. Award
Section on Minority Groups Impact Legacy Award
Section on Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School Excellence in Pre-Law Advising Award
Section on Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School Programmatic/Organizational Changemaker Award
Section on Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School Unsung Hero Award
Section on Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School Up-and-Comer Award
Section on Pro Bono & Access to Justice Award
Section on Pro Bono & Access to Justice Emerging Leader Award
Section on Pro Bono & Access to Justice Lifetime Achievement Award
Section on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues LGBTQ+ Individual Inclusive Excellence Award
Section on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues LGBTQ+ Institutional Inclusive Excellence Award
Section on Student Services Peter N. Kutulakis Award
Section on Taxation Lifetime Achievement Award
Section on Technology, Law and Legal Education Section Award
Section on Technology, Law and Legal Education Inaugural Technology & Ethics Award
Section on Technology, Law and Legal Education Technology Mentorship Award
Section on Torts and Compensation Systems William L. Prosser Award
Section on Women in Legal Education Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lifetime Achievement Award