Category: AALS Awards

Stephen W. Mazza, Dean of the University of Kansas School of Law, has been selected as the recipient of the 2026 AALS Award for Excellence in Mentoring Future Legal Education Leaders. The inaugural award was presented by the AALS Deans Forum Steering Committee during a session at the AALS Annual Meeting in New Orleans in […]

The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) is proud to announce the winners of its 2026 section awards.  The awards are hosted by several of the association’s 108 sections organized around various academic disciplines and topics of interest. This year’s winners will be acknowledged at the awards ceremony during the 2026 AALS Annual Meeting on January 9.  “AALS sections […]

The Michael A. Olivas Award for Outstanding Leadership in Diversity and Mentoring in the Legal Academy is an annual award presented jointly by four sections of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS): Civil Rights, Education Law, Minority Groups, and Student Services. Kathleen C. Kim, Professor of Law at LMU Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, and Rachel F. Moran, Professor of Law […]

The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) Committee on Sections has selected the AALS Section on Children and the Law as the organization’s Section of the Year.     First established in 2018, the AALS Section of the Year Award recognizes excellence in member support and other activities that promote the association’s core values. Such activities include […]

The recipients of the 2026 Deborah L. Rhode Award are Joanna Grossman, Professor of Law at SMU Dedman School of Law, and Kimberly Mutcherson, Professor of Law at Rutgers Law School. The annual award honors the legacy of Deborah L. Rhode, who died in January 2021 after a distinguished career in law. She was the […]

Ela Leshem, Associate Professor at Fordham University School of Law, is the winner of the 2026 AALS Scholarly Papers Competition for “Law’s Shifting Circles.”