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Washington, DC (December 17, 2024) – The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) is proud to announce the winners of its 2024 section awards.
The awards are hosted by several of the association’s 108 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 2025 AALS Annual Meeting on January 9.
“AALS sections are vital communities within our association, fostering collaboration, innovation, and excellence in legal education,” said Melanie D. Wilson, AALS President and Dean and Roy L. Steinheimer, Jr., Professor of Law at Washington and Lee University School of Law. “It is with great pride that we recognize these distinguished individuals and institutions that have been honored by their sections for outstanding contributions to scholarship, teaching, mentorship, and service. The theme for the AALS this year and the upcoming Annual Meeting is ‘Courage in Action.’ These honorees represent courage in our profession and inspire us all.”
The 2024 AALS section award winners are:
Section on Academic Support Impact Award
Steven Foster, Oklahoma City University School of Law
Section on Academic Support Legacy in Leadership Award
Ronda Harrison, Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law
Section on Administrative Emerging Scholars Award for Outstanding Scholarly Publication
Brian Feinstein, The University of Pennsylvania
Section on Aging and the Law Emerging Scholar Award
Ela Leshem, Fordham University School of Law
Section on Aging and the Law Lifetime Achievement Award
Richard Kaplan, University of Illinois College of Law
Section on Alternative Dispute Resolution Best Scholarly Article Award for 2023
Inga Laurent, Gonzaga University School of Law
Section on Alternative Dispute Resolution New Voices in Dispute Resolution
Ylli Dautaj, Penn State Law
Hossein Fazilatfar, Creighton University School of Law
Section on Animal Law Excellence in Animal Law-Scholarship-Teaching-Service
Joyce Tischler, Lewis and Clark Law School
Section on Balance & Well-Being in Legal Education Annual Award
Rosario Lozada, Florida International University College of Law
Section on Civil Procedure 2024 Best Junior Scholarship Award
Justin Weinsten-Tull, Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
Honorable Mention: Edith Beerdsen, Temple University, James E. Beasley School of Law
Honorable Mention: John Harland Giammatteo, University at Buffalo School of Law, The State University of New York
Honorable Mention: Tiffany Yang, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
Section on Clinical Legal Education Shanara Gilbert Award
Gautam Hans, Cornell Law School
Section on Clinical Legal Education Stephen Ellmann Memorial Clinical Scholarship Award
Ascanio Piomelli, University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
Section on Clinical Legal Education William Pincus Award for Outstanding Service and Commitment Award
Jon Dubin, Rutgers Law School
Karen Tokarz, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law
Section on Commercial and Consumer Law Award
Charles Mooney, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Section on Commercial and Consumer Law Mentorship Award
Candace Zierdt, Stetson University College of Law
Juliet Moringello, Widener University Commonwealth Law School
Section on Commercial and Consumer Law Scholarship Award
Melissa Jacoby, University of North Carolina School of Law
Section on Comparative Law Mark Tushnet Prize
Oren Tamir, The University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law
Section on Criminal Law Junior Scholars Paper Competition Award
Daniel Harawa, New York University School of Law
Honorary Mention: Joel Johnson, Pepperdine University School of Law
Section on East Asian Law and Society Jerome A. Cohen Lifetime Achievement Award
Donald Clarke, The George Washington University Law School
Section on Election Law 2023 Distinguished Scholarship Award
Jacob Eisler, Florida State University College of Law
Section on Election Law 2024 Distinguished Scholarship Award
Travis Crum, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law
Honorary Mention: Nick Stephanopoulos, Harvard Law School
Section on Election Law John Hart Ely Prize in the Law of Democracy
Dan Lowenstein, University of California, Los Angeles School of Law
Section on Empirical Study of Legal Education and the Legal Profession Judith Welch Wegner Award
Meera Deo, Southwestern Law School
Section on Evidence John Henry Wigmore Award for Lifetime Achievement
Christopher Mueller, University of Colorado Law School
Section on Family and Juvenile Law Achievement Award
Nancy Dowd, University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law
Section on Family and Juvenile Law Emerging Scholar Award
Emily Stolzenberg, Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
Lisa Washington, University of Wisconsin Law School
Section on Federal Courts Best Untenured Article Award
John Giammatteo, University at Buffalo School of Law, The State University of New York
Section on International Human Rights Nelson Mandela Award
Claudio Grossman, American University, Washington College of Law
Section on Jurisprudence Future Promise Award
Crescente Molina, Rutgers Law School
Section on Jurisprudence Hart-Dworkin Award
Antony Duff, University of Minnesota Law School
Section on Jurisprudence Article Award
Mitchell Berman, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Section on Law and Religion Harold Berman Award for Excellence in Scholarship
Patrick Reidy, Notre Dame Law School
Section on Law and Sports Annual Award
Michael McCann, University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law
Section on Law Libraries and Legal Information Award
Mark Engsberg, Emory University School of Law
Section on Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies Chai Feldblum Award
Katherine Pérez, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Section on Law, Medicine and Health Care Distinguished Community Service Award
Kate Mitchell, Loyola University Chicago School of Law
Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research Award
Cindy Archer, University of California, Irvine School of Law
Section on Litigation Leading Scholar Award
Jonathan Lipson, Temple University, James E. Beasley School of Law
Section on Litigation Outstanding Practitioner Award
Christopher Ayers, Seeger Weiss LLP
Benjamin Crump, Ben Crump Law PLLC
Section on Minority Groups Clyde Ferguson Award
Suzette Malveaux, Washington and Lee University School of Law
Section on Minority Groups Derrick A. Bell, Jr. Award
Alexis J. Hoag-Fordjour, Brooklyn Law School
Section on Minority Groups Impact Legacy Award
Deleso Alford, Southern University Law Center
Section on Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School Excellence in Pre-Law Advising Award
Larry Hayman, Ohio University
Section on Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School Financial Aid Change Maker Award
Rebecca Schreiber, The Pennsylvania State University – Dickinson Law
Section on Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School Spotlight Award
Sydney Montgomery, Barrier Breakers, Inc.
Section on Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School Up-and-Comer Award
Priscilla Samarripa, Washburn University School of Law
Section on Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School Unsung Hero Award
April Fox, The University of Tulsa College of Law
Section on Pro Bono & Access to Justice Award
Naomi Mann, Boston University School of Law
Section on Pro Bono & Access to Justice Emerging Leader Award
Nicole Belbin, Western New England University School of Law
Section on Pro Bono & Access to Justice Lifetime Achievement Award
Dora Galacatos, Fordham University School of Law
Section on Professional Responsibility Fred C. Zacharias Memorial Prize
Scott Cummings, University of California, Los Angeles School of Law
Honorable Mention: Nora Freeman Engstrom, Stanford Law School
Honorable Mention: James Stone, United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Section on Scholarship Award for Excellence in Mentoring and Supporting Legal Scholarship
Sidney Watson, Saint Louis University School of Law
Honorable Mention: Mark A. Lemley, Stanford Law School
Section on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues 2024 Individual LGBTQ+ Inclusive Excellence Awards
Marie-Amélie George, Wake Forest University School of Law
Section on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues 2024 Institutional LGBTQ+ Inclusive Excellence Awards
McGeorge School of Law
Section on Student Services Peter N. Kutulakis Student Services Award
Darren Nealy, The Ohio State University, Michael E. Moritz College of Law
Section on Taxation Lifetime Achievement Award
Ellen Aprill, Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Beverly Moran, Vanderbilt University Law School
Section on Technology, Law and Legal Education Award
Jennifer Wondracek, Capital University Law School
Section on Technology, Law and Legal Education Ethics Award
Wendy Muchman, Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
Section on Technology, Law and Legal Education Mentorship Award
Carla Reyes, Southern Methodist University, Dedman School of Law
Section on Torts and Compensation Systems William L. Prosser Award
Nora Engstrom, Stanford Law School
Section on Trusts and Estates Browne E. Lewis Section Award
Elena Marty-Nelson, Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad College of Law
Section on Women in Legal Education Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lifetime Achievement Award
Stacy Leeds, Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
About AALS
The Association of American Law Schools (AALS), founded in 1900, is a nonprofit association of 175 member and 19 fee-paid law schools. Its members enroll most of the nation’s law students and produce the majority of the country’s lawyers and judges, as well as many of its lawmakers. The mission of AALS is to improve and advance legal education. AALS carries out its mission by promoting the core values of excellence in teaching and scholarship, academic freedom, and diversity, including diversity of backgrounds and viewpoints, while seeking to foster justice, and to serve our many communities–local, national, and international. In support of its mission, AALS serves as both the institutional membership organization for law schools, and as the learned society for law faculty.
