At the 2023 Association of American Law Schools’ (AALS) Annual Meeting, 14 ALI members were honored with section awards for excellence in legal education.
“AALS sections are active communities that help foster connections, scholarship, and professional development for law school faculty, staff, and administrators,” said AALS President Erwin Chemerinsky of UC 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.”
ALI members and their respective awards are listed below:
- Richard D. Friedman of University of Michigan Law School
- Evidence, John Henry Wigmore Award for Lifetime Achievement
- John C. P. Goldberg of Harvard Law School (Associate Reporter for Restatement of the Law Fourth, Property)
- Torts and Compensation Systems, William L. Prosser Award
- John O. Haley of Washington University School of Law (Retired)
- East Asian Law and Society, Jerome A. Cohen Award for Lifetime Achievement in East Asian Law and Society
- Alexis J. Hoag of Brooklyn Law School
- Criminal Law, Junior Scholars Paper Competition Award Runners Up
- Pamela S. Karlan of Stanford Law School (Council Member, Reporter for Restatement of the Law, Constitutional Torts)
- Election Law, John Hart Ely Prize in the Law of Democracy
- Tamara F. Lawson of University of Washington School of Law
- Minority Groups, Distinguished Scholarship Award Runner Up
- Douglas Laycock of University of Virginia School of Law (Council Emeritus, Reporter for Restatement of the Law Third, Torts: Remedies)
- Remedies, Lifetime Scholarly Achievement Award
- Rebecca C. Morgan of Stetson University College of Law
- Aging and the Law, Lifetime Achievement Award
- Cynthia E. Nance University of Arkansas School of Law, Leflar Law Center
- Women in Legal Education, Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lifetime Achievement Award
- Josephine R. Potuto of University of Nebraska College of Law
- Law and Sports, Law and Sports Award
- Bertrall L. Ross of University of Virginia School of Law
- Election Law, Distinguished Scholarship Award Runner Up
- Amy J. Schmitz of Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law
- Technology, Law and Legal Education, Technology, Law and Legal Education Section Award
- Elizabeth S. Scott of Columbia Law School (Reporter for Restatement of the Law, Children and the Law)
- Family & Juvenile Law, Section on Family & Juvenile Law Achievement Award
- Benjamin C. Zipursky of Fordham University School of Law
- Torts and Compensation Systems, William L. Prosser Award
Visit the AALS website to view the full list of Section Award Winners.