LAWRENCE — Three University of Kansas School of Law alumni will receive the law school’s highest alumni honor, the Distinguished Alumni Award, this year. The award celebrates graduates for their professional achievements, contributions to the legal field and service to their communities and the university.
Three professors of law, L. Camille Hébert, James May and Irma Stephens Russell, will receive the 2022 Distinguished Alumni Award at a private dinner April 9 in Lawrence.
L. Camille Hébert, L’82, has distinguished herself through her dedication to educating the next generation of lawyers. Hébert currently serves as the Carter C. Kissell Professor of Law at Ohio State University College of Law and has served as the associate dean for academic affairs and as director of the Center for Law, Policy, and Social Science. Hébert has been teaching at Ohio State since 1988. She is also an affiliated faculty member with Ohio State’s department of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies. Hébert has written or co-written four books and published law review articles on issues including sexual harassment, pregnancy discrimination, sexual orientation and gender identity, and labor law. Before starting her lifetime career in higher education, Hébert practiced labor and employment law, representing management for five years with Spencer, Fane, Britt, and Browne in Kansas City. Hébert clerked for the Hon. James Logan of the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals after graduation. During law school,...
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