Section awards are granted to individual law faculty by AALS Sections, the 108 communities within AALS organized around subject matter, administrative area, and affinity groups. The nature and frequency of Section awards vary.
Recipients
2024
| Section | Award Name | Recipient | Law School |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academic Support | Impact Award | Ashley London | Duquesne University Kline School of Law |
| Academic Support | Legacy Award | Russell McClain | University of Maryland Carey School of Law |
| Administrative Law | Emerging Scholar Award | Todd Phillips | Georgia State University Robinson College of Business |
| Aging and the Law | Emerging Scholar Award | Genevieve Mann | Gonzaga University School of Law |
| Aging and the Law | Lifetime Achievement Award | Lawrence Frolik | University of Pittsburgh School of Law |
| Alternative Dispute Resolution | Best Scholarly Article | Leslie Bellwood | Anthony Ostlund Louwagie Dressen & Boylan P.A. |
| Alternative Dispute Resolution | Best Scholarly Article | Mitchell Zamoff | University of Minnesota Law School |
| Alternative Dispute Resolution | New Voices in Dispute Resolution | Ashley Votruba | University of Nebraska Department of Psychology |
| Alternative Dispute Resolution | New Voices in Dispute Resolution | Henry Wang | Florida State University College of Law |
| Animal Law | Excellence in Animal Law-Scholarship-Teaching-Service | Steven Wise | Nonhuman Rights Project |
| Antitrust and Economic Regulation | Antitrust and Economic Regulation Section Lifetime Achievement Award | Harry First | New York University School of Law |
| Antitrust and Economic Regulation | Antitrust and Economic Regulation Section Lifetime Achievement Award | William Kovacic | The George Washington University Law School |
| Balance & Well-Being in Legal Education | Annual Award of the Section on Balance & Well-Being in Legal Education | Marjorie Silver | Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center |
| Civil Procedure | Junior Scholarship Award | Luke P. Norris | University of Richmond |
| Civil Procedure | Junior Scholarship Honorable Mention | Seth Endo | Seattle University School of Law |
| Civil Procedure | Junior Scholarship Honorable Mention | Monica Haymond | Harvard Law School |
| Communication, Media, and Information Law | Career Achievement Award | David Anderson | The University of Texas School of Law |
| Comparative Law | Mark Tushnet Prize in Comparative Law | Rose Rameau | Georgia State University College of Law |
| Criminal Law | Junior Scholars Paper Competition Award | Anna VanCleave | University of Connecticut School of Law |
| Criminal Law | Junior Scholars Paper Competition Runner Up | Daniel Harawa | New York University School of Law |
| Criminal Law | Junior Scholars Paper Competition Runner Up | Renagh O’Leary | University of Wisconsin Law School |
| Election Law | John Hart Ely Prize in the Law of Democracy | Richard H. Pildes | New York University School of Law |
| Empirical Study of Legal Education and the Legal Profession | The Judith Welch Wegner Award | Deborah Jones Merritt | The Ohio State University, Michael E. Moritz College of Law |
| Evidence | John Henry Wigmore Award for Lifetime Achievement | Paul Rothstein | Georgetown University Law Center |
| Family & Juvenile Law | Section on Family & Juvenile Law Achievement Award | Dorothy Roberts | University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School |
| Federal Courts | Best Untenured Article Award | Payvand Ahdout | University of Virginia School of Law |
| Federal Courts | Best Untenured Article Honorable Mention | Matthew Shapiro | Rutgers Law School |
| Federal Courts | Daniel J. Meltzer Award | Vicki Jackson | Harvard Law School |
| Federal Courts | Daniel J. Meltzer Award | Judith Resnik | Yale Law School |
| International Human Rights | Nelson Mandela Award | Dinah Shelton | The George Washington University Law School |
| International Law | New Scholar’s Award | Melissa Stewart | University of Hawaii, William S. Richardson School of Law |
| Jurisprudence | Future Promise Award | Steven Schaus | The University of Michigan Law School |
| Jurisprudence | Hart-Dworkin Award | John Goldberg | Harvard Law School |
| Jurisprudence | Hart-Dworkin Award | Benjamin Zipursky | Fordham University School of Law |
| Jurisprudence | Jurisprudence Section Article Award | Courtney Cox | Fordham University School of Law |
| Law and Religion | Harold Berman Award for Excellence in Scholarship | Xiao Wang | University of Virginia School of Law |
| Law and South Asian Studies | Law and South Asian Studies Award | Deepa Das Acevdo | Emory University School of Law |
| Law and Sports | Law and Sports Award | Dionne Koller | University of Baltimore School of Law |
| Law Libraries and Legal Information | AALS Section on Law Libraries and Legal Information Award | Janet Sinder | Brooklyn Law School |
| Law, Medicine and Health Care | Distinguished Community Service Award | Lindsay Wiley | University of California, Los Angeles School of Law |
| Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies | Chai Feldblum Award | Robyn Powell | University of Oklahoma College of Law |
| Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research | Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research Award | Sue Liemer | Elon University School of Law |
| Litigation | Practioner Award | Kathryn Fort | Michigan State University College of Law |
| Litigation | Scholar Award | Donna Shestowsky | University of California, Davis, School of Law |
| Litigation | Scholar Award | Scott Dodson | University of California College of the Law, San Francisco |
| Minority Groups | Clyde Ferguson Award | Frank Cooper | University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law |
| Minority Groups | Derrick A. Bell Jr. Award | Daniel Scott Harawa | Washington University in St. Louis School of Law |
| Part-Time Division Programs | Part-Time Program Excellence | Liam Skilling | University of Hawaii, William S. Richardson School of Law |
| Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School | Excellence in Pre-Law Advising Award | Tina Coco | The City University of New York, Baruch College |
| Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School | Organizational Change-Maker Award | Undoculaw Northwest | Undoculaw Northwest |
| Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School | Programmatic Change-Maker Award | The Dillard Legal Education Advancing Diversity (LEAD) Program | Dillard University |
| Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School | Presidential Spotlight Award | Bekah Saidman-Krauss | The Pennsylvania State University – Dickinson Law |
| Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School | Up-and-Comer Award | Hannah Berman | The University of Alabama College of Arts and Sciences |
| Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School | Unsung Hero Award | Alicia Miles | Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana |
| Pro Bono & Access to Justice | Access to Justice Award | Stephen Rispoli | Baylor University School of Law |
| Pro Bono & Access to Justice | Emerging Leader Award | Deborah Schlosberg | University of California, Berkeley School of Law |
| Pro Bono & Access to Justice | Lifetime Achievement Award | Russell Engler | New England Law | Boston |
| Professional Responsibility | Fred C. Zacharias Memorial Prize | Matthew Kim | Judicial Law Clerk on the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Miami, Florida |
| Remedies | Lifetime Scholarly Achievement Award | Douglas Laycock | University of Virginia School of Law |
| Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues | 2023 Individual LGBTQ+ Inclusive Excellence Awards | Arthur Leonard | New York Law School |
| Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues | 2023 Institutional LGBTQ+ Inclusive Excellence Awards | Northeastern University School of Law | Northeastern University School of Law |
| Student Services | Peter N. Kutulakis Award | Elizabeth Bangs | The University of Texas School of Law |
| Technology, Law and Legal Education | Technology, Law and Legal Education Section Award | Amy Schmitz | The Ohio State University, Michael E. Moritz College of Law |
| Torts and Compensation Systems | Prosser Award | Benjamin C. Zipursky | Fordham University School of Law |
| Torts and Compensation Systems | Prosser Award | John Goldberg | Harvard Law School |
| Women in Legal Education | Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lifetime Achievement Award | Cynthia Nance | University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Robert A. Leflar Law Center |
Past
2023
| Section | Award Name | Recipient | Law School |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academic Support | Impact Award | Jamie Kleppetsch | DePaul University College of Law |
| Academic Support | Legacy in Leadership | Kris Franklin | New York Law School |
| Administrative Law | Emerging Scholar Award | Emily Bremer | Notre Dame Law School |
| Administrative Law | Emerging Scholar Honorable Mention | Noah Rosenblum | New York University School of Law |
| Aging and the Law | Lifetime Achievement Award | Rebecca Morgan | Stetson University College of Law |
| Animal Law | Excellence in Animal Law-Scholarship-Teaching-Service | Sherry Colb | Cornell Law School |
| Balance & Well-Being in Legal Education | Annual Award of the Section on Balance & Well-Being in Legal Education | Heidi K. Brown | Brooklyn Law School |
| Clinical Legal Education | Ellmann Memorial Clinical Scholarship Award | Anna Carpenter | University of Utah S.J. Quincy College of Law |
| Clinical Legal Education | Ellmann Memorial Clinical Scholarship Award | Colleen Shanahan | Columbia Law School |
| Comparative Law | Mark Tushnet Prize in Comparative Law | Anna Conley | Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana |
| Criminal Law | Junior Scholars Paper Competition Award | Sheldon Evans | St. Johns University School of Law |
| Criminal Law | Junior Scholars Paper Competition Award Runner Up | Alexis Hoag-Fordjour | Brooklyn Law School |
| Criminal Law | Junior Scholars Paper Competition Award Runner Up | Kathryn Miller | Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law |
| Criminal Law | Junior Scholars Paper Competition Award Runner Up | Roseanna Sommers | University of Michigan Law School |
| East Asian Law and Society | Jerome A. Cohen Award for Lifetime Achievement in East Asian Law and Society | John Haley | Washington University in St. Louis School of Law |
| Election Law | Distinguished Scholarship Award | Tabatha Abu El-Haj | Drexel University Thoams R. Kline School of Law |
| Election Law | Distinguished Scholarship Award Runner Up | Bertrall Ross | Univeristy of Virginia School of Law |
| Election Law | Distinguished Scholarship Award Runner Up | Douglas M. Spencer | The University of Colorado Law School |
| Election Law | John Hart Ely Prize in the Law of Democracy | Pamela S. Karlan | Stanford Law School |
| Evidence | John Henry Wigmore Award for Lifetime Achievement | Richard D. Friedman | The University of Michigan Law School |
| Family & Juvenile Law | Section on Family & Juvenile Law Achievement Award | Elizabeth Scott | Columbia Law School |
| Federal Courts | Best Untenured Article Award | Benjamin Johnson | The Pennsylvania State University – Penn State Law |
| Global Engagement | Outstanding Achievement Award | David Austin | California Western School of Law |
| Intellectual Property | Intellectual Property Section Award | Dmitry Karshtedt | The George Washington University Law School |
| International Human Rights | Nelson Mandela Award | Gay McDougall | Fordham University School of Law |
| Jurisprudence | Hart-Dworkin Award in Legal Philosophy | Seana Shiffrin | University of California, Los Angeles School of Law |
| Jurisprudence | Jurisprudence Section Article Award | Rebecca Stone | University of California, Los Angeles School of Law |
| Jurisprudence | Future Promise Award | Nina Varsava | University of Wisconsin Law School |
| Jurisprudence | Future Promise Award | Erin Miller | University of Southern California, Gould School of Law |
| Law and Religion | Harold Berman Award for Excellence in Scholarship | Zalman Rothschild | The University of Chicago, The Law School |
| Law and Sports | Law and Sports Award | Josephine (Jo) R. Potuto | University of Nebraska College of Law |
| Law Libraries and Legal Information | Outstanding Service & Contributions to the Profession | Anne Klinefelter | University of North Carolina School of Law |
| Law, Medicine and Health Care | Distinguished Health Law Service Award | Kathy Cerminara | Nova Southeastern Shepard Broad College of Law |
| Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies | Chai Feldblum Award | Arlene Kanter | Syracuse University College of Law |
| Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies | Chai Feldblum Award | Katherine MacFarlane | Southern University Law Center |
| Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research | Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research Award | Laura Graham | Wake Forest University School of Law |
| Minority Groups | Clyde Ferguson Award | Tamara F. Lawson | University of Washington School of Law |
| Minority Groups | Derrick A. Bell Jr. Award | Daniel Scott Harawa | Washington University in St. Louis School of Law |
| Part-Time Division Programs | Part-Time Program Excellence | Liam Skilling | University of Hawaii, William S. Richardson School of Law |
| Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School | Excellence in Pre-Law Advising Award | Tina Coco | The City University of New York, Baruch College |
| Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School | Organizational Change-Maker Award | Undoculaw Northwest | Undoculaw Northwest |
| Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School | Programmatic Change-Maker Award | The Dillard Legal Education Advancing Diversity (LEAD) Program | Dillard University |
| Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School | Presidential Spotlight Award | Bekah Saidman-Krauss | The Pennsylvania State University – Dickinson Law |
| Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School | Up-and-Comer Award | Hannah Berman | The University of Alabama College of Arts and Sciences |
| Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School | Unsung Hero Award | Alicia Miles | Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana |
| Pro Bono & Access to Justice | Access to Justice Award | Stephen Rispoli | Baylor University School of Law |
| Pro Bono & Access to Justice | Emerging Leader Award | Deborah Schlosberg | University of California, Berkeley School of Law |
| Pro Bono & Access to Justice | Lifetime Achievement Award | Russell Engler | New England Law | Boston |
| Professional Responsibility | Fred C. Zacharias Memorial Prize | Matthew Kim | Judicial Law Clerk on the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Miami, Florida |
| Remedies | Lifetime Scholarly Achievement Award | Douglas Laycock | University of Virginia School of Law |
| Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues | 2023 Individual LGBTQ+ Inclusive Excellence Awards | Arthur Leonard | New York Law School |
| Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues | 2023 Institutional LGBTQ+ Inclusive Excellence Awards | Northeastern University School of Law | Northeastern University School of Law |
| Student Services | Peter N. Kutulakis Award | Elizabeth Bangs | The University of Texas School of Law |
| Technology, Law and Legal Education | Technology, Law and Legal Education Section Award | Amy Schmitz | The Ohio State University, Michael E. Moritz College of Law |
| Torts and Compensation Systems | Prosser Award | Benjamin C. Zipursky | Fordham University School of Law |
| Torts and Compensation Systems | Prosser Award | John Goldberg | Harvard Law School |
| Women in Legal Education | Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lifetime Achievement Award | Cynthia Nance | University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Robert A. Leflar Law Center |
2022
| Section | Award Name | Recipient | Law School |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academic Support | Trailblazer Award | Sarah Schendel | Suffolk University Law School |
| Administrative Law | Emerging Scholar Award | Benjamin Eidelson | Harvard Law School |
| Administrative Law | Emerging Scholar Award | Blake Emerson | University of California, Los Angeles School of Law |
| Alternative Dispute Resolution | Best Article of the Year Award | David Horton | University of California, Davis School of Law |
| Animal Law | Excellence in Animal Law-Scholarship-Teaching-Service | Mariann Sullivan | New York University School of Law |
| Balance & Well-Being in Legal Education | Annual Award of the Section on Balance & Well-Being in Legal Education | Shailini George | Suffolk University Law School |
| Clinical Legal Education | M. Shanara Gilbert Award | Anita Sinha | American University, Washington College of Law |
| Clinical Legal Education | Ellmann Memorial Clinical Scholarship Award | Deborah Archer | New York University School of Law |
| Clinical Legal Education | Ellmann Memorial Clinical Scholarship Award Honorable Mention | Richard J. Wilson | American University, Washington College of Law |
| Comparative Law | Mark Tushnet Prize in Comparative Law | Mark Jia | Harvard Law School |
| Comparative Law | Mark Tushnet Prize in Comparative Law Runner Up | Paul Figueroa | The University of New Mexico School of Law |
| Criminal Justice | Criminal Justice Junior Scholar Award | Aaron Littman | University of California, Los Angeles School of Law |
| Criminal Justice | Criminal Justice Junior Scholar Award | Renagh O’Leary | University of Wisconsin Law School |
| East Asian Law and Society | Lifetime Achievement Award | Jerome Cohen | New York University School of Law |
| Election Law | Distinguished Scholarship Award | Joshua S. Sellers | Arizona State University, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law |
| Election Law | Distinguished Scholarship Award | Roger Michalski | University of Oklahoma College of Law |
| Evidence | John Henry Wigmore Award for Lifetime Achievement | Eleanor Swift | University of California, Berkeley School of Law |
| Family & Juvenile Law | Section on Family & Juvenile Law Achievement Award | Barbara Bennett-Woodhouse | Emory University School of Law |
| Federal Courts | Best Article the Law of Federal Jurisdiction Award | Rachel Bayefsky | University of Virginia School of Law |
| Global Engagement | Outstanding Achievement Award | Mark Wojcik | The John Marshall Law School |
| Jurisprudence | Hart-Dworkin Award in Legal Philosophy | Frederick Schauer | University of Virginia School of Law |
| Law and Sports | Law and Sports Award | Gabriel Feldman | Tulane University Law School |
| Law Libraries and Legal Information | Outstanding Service & Contributions to the Profession | Carol Watson | University of Georgia School of Law |
| Law, Medicine and Health Care | Law, Medicine and Health Care Community Service Award | Kathryn Ramsey Morgan | The University of Memphis, Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law |
| Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies | Chai Feldblum Award | Chai Feldblum | EEO and DEI Advocate |
| Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research | Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research Award | Karin Mika | Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law |
| Minority Groups | Clyde Ferguson Award | Dean Leonard Baynes | University of Houston Law Center |
| Minority Groups | Clyde Ferguson Award | Laura W. Gómez | University of California, Los Angeles School of Law |
| Minority Groups | Derrick A. Bell Jr. Award | Monica C. Bell | Yale Law School |
| Part-Time Division Programs | Part-Time Program Excellence | Kirk Walter | Loyola University Chicago College of Law |
| Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School | Excellence in Pre-Law Advising Award | Glenn D. Magpantay | Hunter College, The City University of New York |
| Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School | Organizational Change-Maker Award | AccessLex Institute | AccessLex Institute |
| Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School | Programmatic Change-Maker Award | TFIU Law Path to the Legal Profession | FIU Law Path to the Legal Profession |
| Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School | Unsung Hero Award | Madelyn Ferrans | Fairleigh Dickinson University School of Public and Global Affairs |
| Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School | Up-and-Comer Award | Jean Pierre Bonnet-Laboy | Saint Louis University School of Law |
| Pro Bono & Access to Justice | Access to Justice Award | Ryan Sullivan | University of Nebraska College of Law |
| Pro Bono & Access to Justice | Emerging Leader Award | Allison Constance | University of North Carolina School of Law |
| Pro Bono & Access to Justice | Lifetime Achievement Award | Marjorie McDiarmid | West Virginia University College of Law |
| Professional Responsibility | Fred C. Zacharias Memorial Prize | W. Bradley Wendel | Cornell Law School |
| Professional Responsibility | Fred C. Zacharias Memorial Prize | Angela Onwuachi-Willig | Boston University School of Law |
| Professional Responsibility | Fred C. Zacharias Memorial Prize | Anthony V. Alfieri | University of Miami School of Law |
| Student Services | Peter N. Kutulakis Award | Janet Stearns | University of Miami School of Law |
| Technology, Law and Legal Education | Technology, Law and Legal Education Section Award | Alyson Carrel | Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law |
| Torts and Compensation Systems | Prosser Award | Martha Chamallas | The Ohio State University, Michael E. Moritz College of Law |
| Women in Legal Education | Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lifetime Achievement Award | Camille deJorna | Law School Admission Council |
2021
| Section | Award Name | Recipient | Law School |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academic Support | Legacy in Leadership Award | Paula Manning | University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law |
| Academic Support | Trailblazer Award | Marsha Griggs | Washburn University School of Law |
| Administrative Law | Emerging Scholar Award | Joy Milligan | University of California, Berkeley School of Law |
| Alernative Dispute Resolution | Best Scholarly Article Award | Michael Moffitt | University of Oregon School of Law |
| Clinical Legal Education | William Pincus Award | Susan Bennett | American University, Washington College of Law |
| Clinical Legal Education | Legacy in Leadership Award | Nancy Maurer | Albany Law School |
| Comparative Law | Trailblazer Award | Pamela Bookman | Fordham University School of Law |
| Comparative Law | Emerging Scholar Award | Jonathan L. Marshfield | Nebraska Law School |
| Comparative Law | Best Scholarly Article Award | Yuvraj Joshi | Yale Law School |
| Criminal Justice | William Pincus Award | Jamelia Morgan | University of Connecticut School of Law |
| Criminal Justice | William Pincus Award | Stephanie Holmes Didwania | Temple University James E. Beasley School of Law |
| Criminal Justice | Mark Tushnet Prize in Comparative Law | Kate Weisburd | George Washington University Law School |
| Election Law | Mark Tushnet Prize in Comparative Law | Richard Briffault | Columbia Law School |
| Election Law | Mark Tushnet Prize in Comparative Law | Nicholas Stephanopoulos | Harvard Law School |
| Election Law | Criminal Justice Junior Scholar Award | Justin Levitt | Loyola Law School |
| Evidence | Criminal Justice Junior Scholar Award | Edward Imwinkelried | University of California Davis School of Law |
| Family & Juvenile Law | Criminal Justice Junior Scholar Award | Andrew Schepard | Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University |
| Family & Juvenile Law | John Hart Ely Prize in the Law of Democracy | Susan Frelich Appleton | Washington University in St. Louis School of Law |
| Federal Courts | Distinguished Scholarship Award | Merritt McAlister | University of Florida Fredric G. Levin College of Law |
| Federal Courts | Distinguished Scholarship Award | Richard Fallon | Harvard Law School |
| Federal Courts | John Henry Wigmore Award for Lifetime Achievement | Martin Redish | Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law |
| Jurisprudence | Section on Family & Juvenile Law Achievement Award | Deborah Hellman | University of Virginia School of Law |
| Jurisprudence | Section on Family & Juvenile Law Achievement Award | Michael Moore | University of Illinois College of Law |
| Law and Mental Disability | Best Article the Law of Federal Jurisdiction Award | John Jacobi | Seton Hall University School of Law |
| Law and Religion | Daniel J. Meltzer Award | Elizabeth Katz | Washington University in St. Louis School of Law |
| Law and Sports | Daniel J. Meltzer Award | Stephen Ross | The Pennsylvania State University – Penn State Law |
| Law Libraries and Legal Information | Best Article Award | Pauline Aranas | University of Southern California Gould School of Law |
| Law, Medicine and Health Care | Hart-Dworkin Award in Legal Philosophy | Jennifer Oliva | Seton Hall University School of Law |
| Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research | Elyn R. Saks Lifetime Achievement Award | Cassandra Hill | Northern Illinois University College of Law |
| Minority Groups | Harold Berman Award for Excellence in Scholarship | Charlton Copeland | University of Miami School of Law |
| Minority Groups | Law and Sports Award | Carliss Chatman | Washington and Lee University School of Law |
| Pro Bono & Public Service Opportunities | Law Libraries and Legal Information Award | Erwin Chemerinsky | University of California, Berkeley School of Law |
| Pro Bono & Public Service Opportunities | Law, Medicine and Health Care Community Service Award | Pamela Robinson | University of South Carolina, School of Law |
| Professional Responsibility | Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research Award | Irene Joe | University of California Davis School of Law |
| Professional Responsibility | Clyde Ferguson Award | Noah Rosenblum | New York University School of Law |
| Remedies | Derrick A. Bell Jr. Award | Doug Rendleman | Washington and Lee University School of Law |
| Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues | Deborah L. Rhode Award | Clifford Rosky | University of Utah, S. J. Quinney College of Law |
| Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues | Father Robert Drinan Award | N/A | Golden Gate University School of Law |
| Student Services | Fred C. Zacharias Memorial Prize | Aaron Taylor | AccessLex Center for Legal Education Excellence |
| Technology, Law and Legal Education | Fred C. Zacharias Memorial Prize | April Dawson | North Carolina Central University School of Law |
| Torts and Compensation Systems | Lifetime Scholarly Achievement Award | Jack Weinstein | United States District Court Judge for the Eastern District of New York |
| Women in Legal Education | 2021 Individual LGBTQ+ Inclusive Excellence Awards | Kimberle Crenshaw | Columbia Law School |
2020
| Section | Award Name | Recipient | Law School |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academic Support | Academic Support Award | Laurie Zimet | UC Hastings College of Law |
| Alernative Dispute Resolution | Best Scholarly Article Award | Donna Shestowsky | UC Davis School of Law |
| Animal Law | Excellence in Animal Law: Scholarship-Teaching-Service Award | Kathy Hessler | Lewis and Clark Law School |
| Clinical Legal Education | William Pincus Award | Paul Tremblay | Boston College Law |
| Comparative Law | Mark Tushnet Prize in Comparative Law | Jorge Farinacci | Inter American University of Puerto Rico School of Law |
| Criminal Justice | Criminal Justice Junior Scholar Award | Erin Collins | University of Richmond School of Law |
| Evidence | Wigmore Award | David Kaye | The Pennsylvania State University – Penn State Law |
| Federal Courts | Best Article Award | Maggie Gardner | Cornell Law School |
| Jurisprudence | Best Article Award | Margaret Jane Radin | University of Michigan Law School |
| Jurisprudence | Best Article Award | Robin B. Karr | Illinois College of Law |
| Jurisprudence | Future Promise Award | Kevin Tobia | ETH Zurich |
| Jurisprudence | Hart/Dworkin Award for Jurisprudence | John Gardner | Oxford University |
| Jurisprudence | Hart/Dworkin Award for Jurisprudence | Anthony T. Kronman | Yale Law School |
| Law and Mental Disability | Distinguished Service Award | Elyn Saks | University of Southern California Gould School of Law |
| Law and Religion | Harold Berman Award for Excellence in Scholarship | Mark Storslee | The Pennsylvania State University – Penn State Law |
| Law Libraries and Legal Information | Law Libraries and Legal Information Award | Michelle Wu | Georgetown University Law Center |
| Law, Medicine and Health Care | Law, Medicine and Health Care Community Service Award | Leo Beletsky | Northeastern University School of Law |
| Law and Sports | Law and Sports Award | Maureen Weston | Pepperdine University School of Law |
| Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research | Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research Award | Grace Tonner | University of California, Irvine School of Law |
| Minority Groups | Clyde Ferguson Award | Jerry Kang | University of California Los Angeles School of Law |
| Minority Groups | Derrick A. Bell Jr. Award | Jennifer Lee | Temple University, James E. Beasley School of Law |
| Pro Bono & Public Service Opportunities | Father Robert Drinian Award | Laurie Barron | Roger Williams University School of Law |
| Pro Bono & Public Service Opportunities | Deborah L. Rhode Award | Aviam Soifer | University of Hawaii, William S. Richardson School of Law |
| Professional Responsibility | Fred C. Zacharias Memorial Prize | Michael Moffit | University of Oregon School of Law |
| Professional Responsibility | Fred C. Zacharias Memorial Prize | Jessica A. Roth | Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University |
| Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues | LGBTQ+ Inclusive Excellence Award | Susan Hazeldean | Brooklyn Law School |
| Student Services | Kutulakis Award | Sondra Tennessee | University of Houston Law Center |
| Technology, Law and Legal Education | Technology, Law and Legal Education Section Award | Michele Pistone | Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law |
| Torts and Compensation Systems | William L. Prosser Award | Anita Bernstein | Brooklyn Law School |
| Women in Legal Education | Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lifetime Achievement Award | Robin West | Georgetown University Law Center |
2019
| Section | Award Name | Recipient | Law School |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academic Support | Academic Support Award | David Nadvorney | City University of New York School of Law |
| Alernative Dispute Resolution | Best Scholarly Article Award | Ellen Deason | The Ohio State University, Michael E. Moritz College of Law |
| Animal Law | Animal Law Award | Rebecca Huss | Valparaiso University School of Law |
| Antitrust | Antitrust Lifetime Achievement Award | Steven Salop | Georgetown University Law Center |
| Clinical Legal Education | William Pincus Award | Alexander Scherr | University of Georgia School of Law |
| Clinical Legal Education | William Pincus Award | David Santaroce | University of Michigan Law School |
| Criminal Justice | Criminal Justice Junior Scholar Award | Sandra Mayson | University of Georgia School of Law |
| Evidence | Wigmore Award | Paul C. Giannelli | Case Western Reserve University, School of Law |
| Jurisprudence | Hart/Dworkin Award for Jurisprudence | Andrew Koppelman | Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law |
| Law and Religion | Law and Religion Award | Kellen Funk | Columbia Law School |
| Law Libraries and Legal Information | Law Libraries and Legal Information Award | Barbara Bintliff | University of Texas School of Law |
| Law, Medicine and Health Care | Law, Medicine and Health Care Community Service Award | Wendy Parmet | Northeastern University School of Law |
| Law and Sports | Law and Sports Award | Matthew Mitten | Marquette University Law School |
| Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research | Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research Award | Charles Calleros | Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law |
| Minority Groups | Clyde Ferguson Award | Robin Lenhardt | Fordham University School of Law |
| Minority Groups | Derrick A. Bell Jr. Award | Ifeoma Ajunwa | Cornell Law School |
| Pro Bono & Public Service Opportunities | Pro Bono & Public Service Opportunities Father Robert Drinian Award | Louis Rulli | University of Pennsylvania Law School |
| Pro Bono & Public Service Opportunities | Deborah L. Rhode Award | Vivian Neptune-Rivera | University of Puerto Rico School of Law |
| Professional Responsibility | Fred C. Zacharias Memorial Prize | Eric Fish | Federal Defenders of San Diego Inc. |
| Student Services | Kutulakis Award | David Jaffe | American University, Washington College of Law |
| Torts and Compensation Systems | William L. Prosser Award | Kenneth Simons | UC Irvine School of Law |
| Women in Legal Education | Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lifetime Achievement Award | Phoebe Haddon | Rutgers University-Camden |
2018
| Section | Award Name | Recipient | Law School |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academic Support | Academic Support Award | Linda Feldman | Brooklyn Law School |
| Animal Law | Animal Law Award | John Schaffner | George Washington University Law School |
| Business Associations | Outstanding Mentor Award | Afra Afsharipour | University of California, Davis School of Law |
| Business Associations | Outstanding Mentor Award | James D. Cox | Duke University School of Law |
| Business Associations | Outstanding Mentor Award | Lisa M. Fairfax | Geroge Washington University Law School |
| Business Associations | Outstanding Mentor Award | Jill Fisch | University of Pennsylvania Law School |
| Business Associations | Outstanding Mentor Award | Lyman P.Q. Johnson | Washington & Lee School of Law |
| Business Associations | Outstanding Mentor Award | Joan MacLeod Heminway | University of Tennessee College of Law |
| Business Associations | Outstanding Mentor Award | Brett McDonell | University of Minnesota Law School |
| Business Associations | Outstanding Mentor Award | David Millon | Washington & Lee School of Law |
| Business Associations | Outstanding Mentor Award | Donna M. Nagy | Indiana University Maurer School of Law |
| Business Associations | Outstanding Mentor Award | Frank Partnoy | University of San Diego School of Law |
| Business Associations | Outstanding Mentor Award | Randall S. Thomas | Vanderbilt University School of Law |
| Business Associations | Outstanding Mentor Award | Robert B. Thompson | Georgetown University Law Center |
| Clinical Legal Education | William Pincus Award | Carol Izumi | University of California, Hastings School of Law |
| Clinical Legal Education | Shanara Gilbert Award | Alina Ball | University of California, Hastings School of Law |
| Criminal Justice | Criminal Justice Junior Scholar Award | John Rappaport | University of Chicago Law School |
| Evidence | Evidence Award | Roger Park | University of California, Hastings School of Law |
| Federal Courts | Daniel J. Meltzer Award | David Shapiro | Harvard Law School |
| Federal Courts | Daniel J. Meltzer Award | Henry Monaghan | Columbia Law School |
| Law, Medicine and Health Care | Law, Medicine and Health Care Community Service Award | Charity Scott | Georgia State University School of Law |
| Law and Religion | Law and Religion Award for Excellence in Scholarship | Christopher Lund | Wayne State University Law School |
| Law and Sports | Law and Sports Award | Timothy Davis | Wake Forest University School of Law |
| Law Libraries and Legal Information | Law Libraries and Legal Information Award | Richard A. Danner | Duke University School of Law |
| Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research | Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research Award | Darby Dickerson | The John Marshall Law School |
| Minority Groups | Clyde Ferguson Award | Dorothy Brown | Emory University School of Law |
| Minority Groups | Clyde Ferguson Award | Guy Charles | Duke University School of Law |
| Minority Groups | Derrick A. Bell Jr. Award | Stacy Hawkins | Rutgers University School of Law |
| Pro Bono & Public Service Opportunities | Pro Bono & Public Service Opportunities Father Robert Drinian Award | Thomas Schoenherr | Fordham University School of Law |
| Pro Bono & Public Service Opportunities | Deborah L. Rhode Award | Angela Drake | University of Missouri School of Law |
| Professional Responsibility | Fred C. Zacharias Memorial Prize | Robert Gordon | Stanford Law School |
| Torts and Compensation Systems | William L. Prosser Award | Marshall Shapo | Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law |
| Student Services | Kutulakis Award | National Association of Law Student Affairs Professionals | N/A |
| Women in Legal Education | Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lifetime Achievement Award | Tamar Frankel | Boston University School of Law |
2017
| Section | Award Name | Recipient | Law School |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Law | Animal Law Award | David S. Favre | Michigan State Univeristy College of Law |
| Antitrust | Antitrust Lifetime Achievement Award | Eleanor M. Fox | New York University School of Law |
| Clinical Legal Education | William Pincus Award | Frank Askin and Thomas F. Geraghty | Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law |
| Clinical Legal Education | Shanara Gilbert Award | Chi Mgbako | Fordham University School of Law |
| Criminal Justice | Criminal Justice Junior Scholar Award | Mila Sohoni | University of San Diego School of Law |
| Evidence | Evidence Award | Michael Risinger | Seton Hall University School of Law |
| Federal Courts | Best Article Award | Richard M. Re | University of California, Los Angeles School of Law |
| Law, Medicine and Health Care | Law, Medicine and Health Care Community Service Award | Sidney D. Watson | University of Georgia School of Law |
| Law and Religion | Law and Religion Award for Excellence in Scholarship | Nathan Chapman | University of Georgia School of Law |
| Law and Sports | Law and Sports Award | Gary R. Roberts | Indiana University Robert H. M |
| Law Libraries and Legal Information | Law Libraries and Legal Information Award | Joan Howland | University of Minnesota Law School |
| Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research | Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research Award | Linda Berger | University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law |
| Minority Groups | Clyde Ferguson Award | Devon Wayne Carbado | University of California, Los Angeles School of Law |
| Minority Groups | Derrick A. Bell Jr. Award | Vinay Harpalani | Savannah Law School |
| Pro Bono & Public Service Opportunities | Pro Bono & Public Service Opportunities Father Robert Drinian Award | Paolo Annino | Florida State University |
| Professional Responsibility | Fred C. Zacharias Memorial Prize | Leslie C. Levin and Kate Levine | University of Connecticut School of Law and St. John’s University School of Law |
| Torts and Compensation Systems | William L. Prosser Award | Stephen Sugarman | University of California, Berkeley School of Law |
| Women in Legal Education | Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lifetime Achievement Award | Martha Albertson Fineman | Emory University School of Law |
2016
| Section | Award Name | Recipient | Law School |
|---|---|---|---|
| Animal Law | Animal Law Award | Pamela Frasch | Lewis and Clark Law School |
| Clinical Legal Education | William Pincus Award | Bryan L. Adamson | Seattle University School of Law |
| Clinical Legal Education | Shanara Gilbert Award | Perry Moriearty | University of Minnesota Law School |
| Criminal Justice | Criminal Justice Junior Scholar Award | Andrew Manuel Crespo | Harvard Law School |
| Federal Courts | Best Article Award | Samuel L. Bray | University of California, Los Angeles School of Law |
| Law, Medicine and Health Care | Law, Medicine and Health Care Award | John V. Jacobi | Seton Hall University School of Law |
| Law and Sports | Law and Sports Award | Paul C. Weiler | Harvard Law School |
| Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research | Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research | Suzanne E. Rowe | University of Oregon School of Law |
| Minority Groups | Clyde Ferguson Award | Catherine E. Smith | University of Denver Sturm College of Law |
| Minority Groups | Trailblazer Award | Lisa M. Fairfax | The George Washington University Law School |
| Pro Bono & Public Service Opportunities | Deborah L. Rhode Award | James H. Rosenblatt | Mississippi College School of Law |
| Pro Bono & Public Service Opportunities | Father Robert Drinan Award | Janet Weinstein | California Western School of Law |
| Professional Responsibility | Fred C. Zacharias Memorial Prize | Elizabath Chamblee Burch and Morris A. Ratner | University of Georgia School of Law and University of California, Hastings College of Law |
| Student Services | Peter N. Kutulakis Student Services Award | Lawrence S. Krieger | Florida State University |
| Torts and Compensation Systems | William L. Prosser Award | Aaron Twerski | Brooklyn Law School |
| Women in Legal Education | Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lifetime Achievement Award | Marina Angel | Temple University, James E. Beasley School of Law |
2015
| Section | Award Name | Recipient | Law School |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academic Support | Academic Support Award | Paula Lustbader | Seattle University School of Law |
| Clinical Legal Education | William Pincus Award | Ann C. Shalleck | American University, Washington College of Law |
| Clinical Legal Education | Shanara Gilbert Award | JoNel Newman | University of Miami School of Law |
| Criminal Justice | Criminal Justice Junior Scholar Award | Saira Mohamed | University of California, Berkeley School of Law |
| Evidence | Wigmore Award | Peter Tillers | Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University |
| Federal Courts | Best Article Award | Seth Davis | University of California, Irvine School of Law |
| Law Libraries and Legal Information | Law Libraries and Legal Information Award | Billie Jo Kaufman | American University, Washington College of Law |
| Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research | Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research Award | Mark E. Wojcik | The John Marshall Law School |
| Minority Groups | Clyde Ferguson Award | Mario Barnes | University of California, Irvine School of Law |
| Minority Groups | Clyde Ferguson Award | Angela Onwuachi-Willig | University of Iowa College of Law |
| Minority Groups | Derrick A. Bell Jr. Award | César Cuauhtémoc García Hernández | Capital University Law School |
| Pro-Bono & Public Service Opportunities | Deborah L. Rhode Award | Gerald Lopez | University of California, Los Angeles School of Law |
| Pro-Bono & Public Service Opportunities | Father Robert Drinan Award | William P. Quigley | Loyola University New Orleans College of Law |
| Professional Responsibility | Fred C. Zacharias Memorial Prize | Russell M. Gold | New York University School of Law |
| Torts and Compensation Systems | William L. Prosser Award | Michael Green | Wake Forest University School of Law |
| Women in Legal Education | Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lifetime Achievement Award | Herma Hill Kay | University of California, Berkeley School of Law |
2014
| Section | Award Name | Recipient | Law School |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academic Support | Academic Support Award | Ruth Ann McKinney | University of North Carolina School of Law |
| Clinical Legal Education | William Pincus Award | Jeanne Charn | Harvard Law School |
| Clinical Legal Education | Shanara Gilbert Award | Lisa Bliss | Georgia State University School of Law |
| Criminal Justice | Junior Scholar Award | Aziz Huq | University of Chicago Law School |
| Federal Courts | Best Article Award | Paul R. Gugliuzza | Boston University School of Law |
| Law Libraries and Legal Information | Law Libraries and Legal Information Award | Nancy P. Johnson | Georgia State University School of Law |
| Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research | Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research Award | Jan M. Levine | Duquesne University School of Law |
| Minority Groups | Clyde Ferguson Award | Steven Bender | Seattle University School of Law |
| Minority Groups | Derrick A. Bell Jr. Award | Osamudia James | University of Miami School of Law |
| Pro-Bono & Public Service Opportunities | Deborah L. Rhode Award | Matthew Diller | Benjamin Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University |
| Pro-Bono & Public Service Opportunities | Father Robert Drinan Award | Linda McGuire | University of Iowa College of Law |
| Student Services | Peter N. Kutulakis Student Services Award | Catherine Glaze | Stanford Law School |
| Torts and Compensation Systems | William L. Prosser Award | James A. Henderson Jr. | Cornell Law School |
| Women in Legal Education | Ruth Bader Gindsburg Lifetime Achievement Award | Catharine MacKinnon | University of Michigan Law School |
2013
| Section | Award Name | Recipient | Law School |
|---|---|---|---|
| AALS Triennial Award for Lifetime Service | Derrick A. Bell, Jr. | ||
| Academic Support | Academic Support Award | Kent Lollis | Law School Admission Council |
| Clinical Legal Education | William Pincus Award | Philip G. Schrag | Georgetown University Law Center |
| Clinical Legal Education | Shanara Gilbert Award | Sarah Gerwig-Moore | Mercer University College of Law |
| Criminal Justice | Junior Scholar Award | Janet Moore | University of Cincinnati College of Law |
| Federal Courts | Best Article Award | Tara Leigh Grove | William & Mary Law School |
| Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research Award | Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research Award | Terrill Pollman | University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law |
| Minority Groups | Clyde Ferguson Award | Henry J. Richardson, III | Temple University, James E. Beasley School of Law |
| Minority Groups | Derrick A. Bell Jr. Award | Janai S. Nelson | St. John’s University School of Law |
| Pro Bono & Public Service Opportunities | Deborah L. Rhode Award | Douglas A. Blaze | University Tennessee College of Law |
| Pro Bono & Public Service Opportunities | Father Robert Drinan Award | J.P. “Sandy” Ogilvy | The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law |
| Torts and Compensation Systems | William L. Prosser Award | Jane Stapleton | The University of Texas School of Law |
| Women in Legal Education | Lifetime Achievement Award | Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg | The Supreme Court of the United States |
2012
| Section | Award Name | Recipient | Law School |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical Legal Education | William Pincus Award | Robert R. Kuehn | Washington University School of Law |
| Clinical Legal Education | Shanara Gilbert Award | Kimberly Ambrose | University of Washington School of Law |
| Criminal Justice | Junior Scholar Award | Lisa Kern Griffin | Duke University School of Law |
| Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research | Legal Writing, Reasoning and Research Award | Susan L. Brody | The John Marshall Law School |
| Minority Groups | Clyde Ferguson Award | Keith Aoki | University of California, Davis School of Law and Twila Perry, Rutgers School of Law-Newark |
| Minority Groups | Clyde Ferguson Award | Twila Perry | Rutgers School of Law-Newark |
| Minority Groups | Derrick Bell Award | L. Song Richardson | American University Washington College of Law |
| Pro Bono & Public Service Opportunities | Deborah L. Rhode Award | Claudio Grossman | American University Washington College of Law |
| Pro Bono & Public Service Opportunities | Father Robert Drinan Award | Christine Smith | of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law |
| Torts and Compensation Systems | William L. Prosser Award | Richard A. Posner | United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and Senior Lecturer, University of Chicago Law School |
| Student Services | Peter Kutulakis Award | Deborah Felice | Oklahoma City University School of Law |