Fordham Law professors attend the 2023 AALS Annual Meeting

January 18, 2023

FORDHAM LAW NEWS — The 2023 AALS Conference features 12 participants from Fordham Law speaking about a range of topics related to this year’s theme, “How Law Schools Can Make a Difference.”

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University of Montana Law professor Anna Conley recognized for excellence in writing in comparative law

January 18, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA — The Association of American Law Schools recently awarded University of Montana faculty member Anna Conley the 2023 Mark Tushnet Prize in Comparative Law. This prestigious award is given for the year’s best article on comparative law.

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New England Law professor Russell Engler honored by the AALS Section on Pro Bono & Public Service Opportunities

January 18, 2023

YAHOO! — Professor Russell Engler, Director of Clinical Programs at New England Law | Boston, has received the 2023 Pro Bono & Public Service Opportunities Section Lifetime Achievement Award from the Association of American Law Schools (AALS).

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University of Virginia Law professors Douglas Laycock and Bertrall Ross honored for scholarship at 2023 AALS Annual Meeting

January 18, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Professors Douglas Laycock and Bertrall Ross of the University of Virginia School of Law are being recognized by the Association of American Law Schools for their scholarship. Laycock won the remedies section’s Lifetime Scholarly Achievement Award, and Ross was runner-up in the election law section’s Distinguished Scholarship category.

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Penn State Law professor Kit Kinports to co-author new edition of legal treatise

January 16, 2023

PENN STATE LAW — Kit Kinports, Penn State Law in University Park Polisher Family Distinguished Faculty Scholar and professor of law, was recently selected to co-author one of the most well-known and relied upon legal treatises—McCormick on Evidence—originally published in 1954 and now in its eighth edition. The five other co-authors are nationally prominent legal

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University of Connecticut Law professor Jennifer Mailly and student Alona Voronova recognized for pro bono work

December 19, 2022

UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF LAW — The American Association of Law Schools has honored UConn Law Professor Jennifer Mailly and student Alona Voronova ’24 for their pro bono work, naming them to the organization’s inaugural Pro Bono Honor Roll. Mailly, now an emerita member of the faculty, served as director of field placements and

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University of Michigan Law professor Richard D. Friedman honored by the AALS Section on Evidence with lifetime achievement award

December 19, 2022

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW SCHOOL — Richard D. Friedman, the Alene and Allan F. Smith Professor of Law at the University of Michigan, is the 2023 recipient of the John Henry Wigmore Award for Lifetime Achievement. The Section on Evidence of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) bestows the award each year in recognition

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AALS sections honor UC Davis Law dean Kevin R. Johnson with Olivas Award for mentorship efforts

December 12, 2022

THE SACRAMENTO BEE — The dean of the UC Davis School of Law has won a new national award that recognizes his efforts to diversify the law program. On Nov. 28, the Association of American Law Schools announced that Dean Kevin R. Johnson would receive the inaugural Michael A. Olivas Award for Outstanding Leadership in

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Indiana University McKinney Law assistant dean Patricia Kinney recognized by AALS section

December 5, 2022

INDIANA UNIVERSITY ROBERT H. MCKINNEY SCHOOL OF LAW — The Association of American Law Schools announced the Section on Pre-Law Education and Admission to Law School is a co-winner of the sixth annual Section of the Year Award. IU McKinney Assistant Dean of Diversity and Inclusion Patricia Kinney, J.D. ’02, serves on the section’s executive

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Notre Dame Law professor Emily Bremer honored by AALS Section on Administrative Law with emerging scholar award

December 5, 2022

NOTRE DAME LAW SCHOOL — Notre Dame Law Professor Emily Bremer is the winner of the American Association of Law Schools Section on Administrative Law’s Emerging Scholar Award for 2023. Bremer won the recognition for her article The Rediscovered Stages of Agency Adjudication, which was published last year in the Washington University Law Review.

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