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Washington, D.C. (December 29, 2022) – The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) is proud to announce the winners of its 2023 section awards.
The awards are hosted by several of the association’s 106 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 2023 AALS Annual Meeting on January 5.
“AALS sections are active communities that help foster connections, scholarship, and professional development for law school faculty, staff, and administrators,” said Erwin Chemerinsky, AALS President and Dean of University of California, Berkeley School of Law. “The association is honored to present section awards to these outstanding individuals and organizations that are truly making a difference in legal education through research, teaching, advocacy, and action.”
The 2023 AALS section award winners are:
Deborah L. Rhode Award from Sections on Leadership, Pro Bono & Service Opportunities, Professional Responsibility, and Women in Legal Education
Maryam Ahranjani, University of New Mexico School of Law
Jamelia N. Morgan, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Michael A. Olivas Award for Outstanding Leadership in Diversity and Mentoring in the Legal Academy
Kevin R. Johnson, Dean, University of California, Davis, School of Law
Section on Academic Support Impact Award
Jamie Kleppetsch, DePaul University College of Law
Section on Academic Support Legacy in Leadership
Kris Franklin, New York Law School
Section on Administrative Law Emerging Scholar Award
Emily Bremer, Notre Dame Law School
Honorable Mention: Noah Rosenblum, New York University School of Law
Section on Aging and the Law Lifetime Achievement Award
Rebecca Morgan, Stetson University College of Law
Section on Animal Law Excellence in Animal Law: Scholarship Teaching Service
Sherry Colb, Cornell Law School
Section on Balance & Well-Being in Legal Education Annual Award
Heidi Brown, Brooklyn Law School
Section on Criminal Law Junior Scholars Paper Competition Award
Sheldon Evans, St. Johns University School of Law
Honorable Mention: Alexis Hoag-Fordjour, Brooklyn Law School
Honorable Mention: Kathryn Miller, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law
Honorable Mention: Roseanna Sommers, University of Michigan Law School
Section on East Asian Law and Society Jerome A. Cohen Award for Lifetime Achievement
John Haley, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law
Section of Election Law John Hart Ely Prize in the Law of Democracy
Pamela S. Karlan, Stanford Law School
Section of Election John Henry Wigmore Award for Lifetime Achievement
Richard D. Friedman, The University of Michigan Law School
Section on Family & Juvenile Law Achievement Award
Elizabeth Scott, Columbia Law School
Section on Federal Courts Best Untenured Article Award
Benjamin Johnson, The Pennsylvania State University – Penn State Law
Section on Global Engagement Outstanding Achievement Award
David Austin, California Western School of Law
Section on Intellectual Property Award
Dmitry Karshtedt, The George Washington University Law School
Section on International Human Rights Nelson Mandela Award
Gay McDougall, Fordham University School of Law
Section on Jurisprudence Hart – Dworkin Award in Legal Philosophy
Seana Shiffrin, University of California, Los Angeles School of Law
Section on Jurisprudence Section Article Award
Rebecca Stone, University of California, Los Angeles School of Law
Section on Jurisprudence Future Promise Award
Nina Varsava, University of Wisconsin Law School
Erin Miller, University of Southern California, Gould School of Law
Section on Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies Chai Feldblum Award
Arlene Kanter, Syracuse University College of Law
Katherine Macfarlane, Southern University Law Center
Section on Law and Religion Harold Berman Award for Excellence in Scholarship
Zalman Rothschild, The University of Chicago Law School
Section on Law and Sports Award
Josephine (Jo) R. Potuto, University of Nebraska College of Law
Section on Law Libraries and Legal Information Outstanding Service & Contributions to the Profession
Anne Klinefelter, University of North Carolina School of Law
Section on Law Professors with Disabilities and Allies Chai Feldblum Award
Arlene Kanter, Syracuse University College of Law
Katherine MacFarlane, Southern University Law Center
Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research Award
Laura Graham, Wake Forest University School of Law
Section on Minority Groups Clyde Ferguson Award
Tamara F. Lawson, University of Washington School of Law
Section on Minority Groups Derrick A. Bell Jr. Award
Daniel Scott Harawa, Washington University in St. Louis School of Law
Section on Part-Time Division Programs Part-Time Program Excellence
Liam Skilling, University of Hawaii William S. Richardson School of Law
Section on Pre-Law and Admission to Law School Up-and-Comer Award
Hannah Berman, University of Alabama
Alicia Miles, Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana
Section on Pre-Law and Admission Excellence in Pre-Law Advising Award
Tina Coco, The City University of New York, Baruch College
Section on Pre-Law and Admission to Law School Programmatic Changemaker Award
The Dillard Legal Education Advancing Diversity (LEAD) Program
Section on Pre-law and Admission to Law School Organizational Changemaker Award
UndocuLaw Northwest
Section on Pre-law and Admission Unsung Hero Award
Bekah Saidman-Krauss, The Pennsylvania State University – Dickinson Law
Section on Pre-law and Admission Up-and-Comer Award
Hannah Berman, University of Alabama College of Arts and Sciences
Section on Pre-law and Admission Unsung Hero Award
Alicia Miles, Alexander Blewett III School of Law at the University of Montana
Section on Pro Bono & Access to Justice Award
Stephen Rispoli, Baylor University School of Law
Section on Pro Bono & Access to Justice Emerging Leader Award
Deborah Schlosberg, University of California, Berkeley School of Law
Section on Pro Bono & Access to Justice Lifetime Achievement
Russell Engler, New England Law | Boston
Section on Professional Responsibility Fred C. Zacharias Memorial Prize for Scholarship
Matthew Kim, Harvard Law School
Section on Remedies Lifetime Scholarly Achievement Award
Douglas Laycock, University of Virginia School of Law
Section on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues Award
Arthur Leonard, New York Law School
Section on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues Institutional Award
Northeastern University School of Law
Section on Student Services Peter N. Kutulakis Award
Elizabeth Bangs, The University of Texas School of Law
Section on Technology, Law, and Legal Education Award
Amy Schmitz, The Ohio State University, Michael E. Moritz College of Law
Section on Torts and Compensation Systems Prosser Award
John Goldberg, Harvard Law School
Benjamin Zipursky, Fordham University School of Law
Section on Women in Legal Education Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lifetime Achievement Award
Cynthia Nance, University of Arkansas School of Law
About the AALS
The Association of American Law Schools (AALS), founded in 1900, is a nonprofit association of 176 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 uphold and advance excellence in legal education. In support of this mission, AALS promotes the core values of excellence in teaching and scholarship, academic freedom, and diversity, including diversity of backgrounds and viewpoints, while seeking to improve the legal profession, to foster justice, and to serve its many communities—local, national and international.
