Cynthia Nance, dean of the U of A School of Law, will receive the Association of American Law Schools Section on Women in Legal Education's Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lifetime Achievement Award in January.
"This award is richly deserved," said Lisa Mazzie, chair of the AALS Section on Women in Legal Education and professor of legal writing at Marquette University Law School. "The purpose of the award is to honor an individual who has had a distinguished career of teaching, service and scholarship for at least 20 years. The recipient is someone who has impacted women, the legal community, the academy and the issues that affect women through mentoring, writing, speaking, activism and by providing opportunities for others."
Previous recipients of the award include Kimberlé Crenshaw of Columbia Law School and the inaugural recipient and the award's namesake, United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
"It was an amazing surprise and a terrific honor," said Nance when notified of her selection. "I'm still in shock, honestly."
Nance, the Nathan G. Gordon Professor of Law at the school, is serving as dean of the school for a second time. She joined the faculty in 1994 and served as dean from 2006 to 2011. She was the first woman and the first person of color to serve as dean in the school's then-82-year history. Her leadership, teaching, mentorship, generosity and success have inspired countless students, particularly women, to excel as lawyers, educators and public...
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