Lawyering Skills Faculty Awards & Leadership
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Faculty Awards
Professor Sonia Bychkov Green
- 2022 Lex Ancilla Justitiae Award for Outstanding Teaching
- 2014 Professor of the Year Award
- 2010 Professor of the Year Award
- 2009 Professor of the Year Award
Professor Teri A. McMurtry-Chubb
- 2021 LWI/ALWD Thomas F. Blackwell Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Legal Writing
- 2018 Teresa Godwin Phelps Award for Scholarship in Legal Communication
- 2016 Legal Aid Volunteer Association Award for Social Justice Teaching
Professor Hugh Michael Mundy
- 2020 Lex Ancilla Justitiae Award for Outstanding Teaching
- 2019 Lex Ancilla Justitiae Award for Outstanding Teaching
- 2018 Lex Ancilla Justitiae Award for Outstanding Teaching
- 2016 Lex Ancilla Justitiae Award for Outstanding Teaching
Professor Shakira D. Pleasant
- 2019 Southeastern Association of Law Schools Distinguished Service Award
- 2019 ALWD Outstanding Service Award
Faculty Awards Cont.
Professor Kim D. Ricardo
- 2022 Fulbright Scholar: Argentina
- 2015 Distinguished Faculty Service Award
Professor Steven D. Schwinn
- 2021 Lex Ancilla Justitiae Award for Outstanding Teaching
Professor Mark E. Wojcik
- 2022Â AALS Section on Global Engagement Outstanding Achievement Award
- 2021 Pound Civil Justice Institute Civil Justice Scholarship Award
- 2018 Burton Foundation Award for Outstanding Contributions to Legal Writing Education
- 2018 Fulbright Scholar: Italy
- 2017 Fulbright Scholar: Bhutan
- 2015 AALS Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research Award
- 2014 ISBA Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Community Leadership Award
- 2010 Chicago LGBT Hall of Fame
- 2005 ISBA Board of Governors Award
- 2000 CBA Edward J. Lewis II Pro Bono Award
- 1996 Professor of the Year Award
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Recent Faculty Leadership & Service
Professor Joanne Simboli Hodge
- National Association of Women Lawyers
- Amicus Committee: Co-Chair (2007-Present)
- National Association of Legal Advocacy Educators: Member
Professor Teri A. McMurtry-Chubb
- American Bar Association (ABA)
- Legal Opportunity Fund Committee: Member (2019-Present)
- Association of American Law Schools (AALS)
- Committee to Review Scholarly Papers for the 2021 Conference: Chair (2020-present)
- Association of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD): President (2015-2016); Executive Board (2012-2013); Board of Directors (2011-2015)
- ABA Taskforce: Member(2011-2019)
- Georgia Appleseed Center for Law & Justice: Board Member (2013-2016)
- Journal of Educational Controversy: Editorial Board (2006-2010; 2013-Present)
- Law School Admission Council (LSAC)
- Diversity Committee: Member (2019-Present)
- Legal Writing Institute (LWI)
- Diversity Initiatives Committee: Chair (2010-2014)
- The Second Draft: Editorial Board (2010-2014)
- Scribes—The American Society of Legal Writers: Secretary (2020-Present); Board Member (2018-Present)
- Southeast/Southwest People of Color Scholarship Conference: Program Chair (2014-2015)
Professor Hugh Michael Mundy
- Society of American Law Teachers (SALT): Board of Directors (2017-2020)
- First Defense Legal Aid: Board of Directors (2015-2019)
Professor Shakira D. Pleasant
- Association of American Law Schools (AALS)
- Diversity and Inclusion Committee: Member (2015)
- Association of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD): Member (2014-Present)
- Bylaws Committee: Member (2015-2016)
- Legal Writing Institute (LWI): Board of Directors (2018-2022); Member (2012-Present)
- Faces of LWI/LWI Lives: Committee Member (2016)
- Society of American Law Teachers (SALT): Member (2016)
- Southeastern Association of Law Schools (SALS)
- Writing Connections Program Committee: Co-Chair (2018-2019); Member, (2017-2018)
Professor Kim D. Ricardo
- Association of American Law Schools (AALS)
- Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research
- Diversity Committee: Chair (2011-2012);Â Vice-Chair (2009-2011)
- Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research
- Association of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD)
- ALWD-LWI Task Force on Annual Survey: Member (2011)
- Legal Writing Institute Task Force on ABA Standards: Member (2012-2018)
- Legal Writing Institute (LWI): Immediate Past President (2018-2020); President (2016-2018); President-Elect (2014-2016); Board Member (2012-2020)
- Midwest People of Color Legal Scholarship Conference
- Planning Committee: Member (2013-2014)
- Retreat Planning Committee: Co-Chair (2015)
- Society of American Law Teachers (SALT): Executive Board (2014-2016); LWI Liaison (2018-2020)
- Teaching Conference: Co-Chair (2014)
- SALT/LatCrit Junior Faculty Development Workshop: Co-Chair (2012); Committee Member (2010-2011)
Faculty Leadership & Service Cont.
Professor Steven D. Schwinn
- American Bar Association (ABA)
- Committee on Public Education: Member (2018-Present)
- American Constitution Society (ACS)
- Chicago Lawyers Chapter: Board Member (2010-Present)Â
Professor David E. Sorkin
- Legal Writing Institute (LWI)
- Listserv Committee: Chair (2018–2020)
Professor Julie M. Spanbauer
- Legal Writing Institute (LWI)
- Awards Committee: Chair (2007-2008)
Professor Mark E. Wojcik
- American Bar Association (ABA)
- Commission on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity: Commissioner (2011-2014)
- Section on Criminal Justice
- The State of Criminal Justice: Editor (2014-2020)
- Section of International Law: Diversity Officer (2016-2018); Publications Officer (2006-2009); Council Member (2004-2011; 2016-2018);Â AALS Liaison (2012-2019); ASIL Liaison (2014-2019);Â CRED Liaison (2016-2018);Â ISBA Liaison (2013-2018)
- International Courts Committee: Senior Advisor (2015-2017)
- International Litigation Committee: Vice Chair (2013-2017)
- International Law Year in Review: Editor/Co-Editor (2008-2015)
- International Law News: Editor (2004-2008);Â Deputy Editor (2000-2004)
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Network: Vice Chair (2018-2021)
- Standing Committee on the Law Library of Congress: Chair (2018-2019); Member (2015-2018; 2019-2020)
- Advisory Commission: Member (2014-2015)
- Tort, Trial, and Insurance Practice Section
- Appellate Advocacy Committee: Vice Chair (2015-2020)
- Diversity and Inclusion Standing Committee: Member (2014-2020)
- International Law Committee: Chair (2012-2013); Vice Chair (2006-2012; 2013-2020)
- Media, Privacy, and Advertising Law Committee: Vice Chair (2015-2020)
- Robert B. McKay Law Professor Awards Committee: Chair (2014-2015); Member (2011-2020)
- American Branch of the International Law Association (ABILA)
- Teaching International Law Committee: Chair (2008-2016)
- American Society of International Law (ASIL)
- Teaching International Law Interest Group: Co-Chair (2005-2008)
- Association of American Law Schools (AALS)
- Section on Art Law: Treasurer (2016-2017); Executive Committee (2015-2016)
- Section on Comparative Law: Chair (2022-Present); Secretary (2019-2020)
- Section on Defamation and Privacy: Treasurer (2019-2020); Executive Committee (2016-2019)
- Section on Graduate Programs for Non-U.S. Lawyers: Chair (2002-2003; 2015-2016); Treasurer (2007-2009); Newsletter Editor (1999-2006; 2008-2009)
- Section on International Human Rights: Chair (2007-2008); Executive Committee (2002-2011; 2016-2017); Newsletter Editor (2006-2008)
- Section on International Law: Chair (2010-2011; 2020-2021); Secretary (2017-2018); Treasurer (2008-2009; 2016-2017); Executive Committee (2007-2009; 2015-2019; 2022-Present)
- Section on International Legal Exchange: Chair (1998-1999; 2017-2018); Secretary (2015-2016); Treasurer (2007-2008; 2015-2016); Newsletter Editor (1998-2008)
- Section on Law and Anthropology: Chair-Elect (2022-Present)
- Section on Legal Writing, Reasoning, and Research: Chair (2011-2012); Co-Chair (2016-2018); Secretary (2009-1010); Newsletter Editor (2009-2010)
- Nominations Committee: Member (2018-2019)
- Section on North American Cooperation: Chair (2004-2005; 2016-2017); Treasurer (2006-2008); Newsletter Editor (2003-2008); Executive Committee (2008-2009; 2015-2016; 2017-2020)
- Section on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Issues: Chair (2008-2009); Treasurer (2006-2007); Newsletter Editor (2000-2010)
- Chicago Bar Association (CBA): Board of Managers (1998-2000)
- Committee on International and Foreign Law: Chair (2005-2006)
- Committee on Military Law and Veterans Affairs: Chair (1996-1997; 1997-1998; 2013-2014; 2014-2016)
- LGBT Committee: Chair (1997-1998); Co-Chair (2019-2020); Vice Chair (2001-2002; 2004-2005; 2009-2011)
- Illinois Native American Bar Association (INABA): Vice President (2007-2009)
- Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA): Secretary (2010-2011); Board of Governors (2007-2013)
- Assembly, Member (2013-2016)
- Committee on Legal Education, Admission, and Competence: Member (2005-2007)
- Human Rights Section Council: Member (2004-2007; 2014-2019)
- International and Immigration Law Section Council: Chair (2004-2005); Member (2015-2019)
- SOGI Committee: Member (2004-2007)
- Special Committee on GATS: Member (2004-2005)
- Legal Writing Institute (LWI): Board of Directors (1997-2001; 2008-2012; 2014-2018)
- Outreach Committee: Member (1998-2007)
- Lesbian and Gay Bar Association of Chicago (LGBAC): President (2003-2004); Board Member (1996-1997)
- Scribes–The American Society of Legal Writers: President (2018-2020); President-Elect (2015-2018); Treasurer (2012-2015); Board Member (2010-2012)