This award recognizes an individual who has served as a voice for clinical teachers and who has contributed to the advancement of clinical legal education, particularly in the political arena.  The criteria for the award are: commitment to the field of clinical legal education; advancement of the field (e.g. work within organizations that affect the contours of legal education, or by writing and speaking about the field, or by serving as a spokesperson for the field in the litigation, legislative, administrative or other arenas); and fostering a spirit of community (e.g., by planning or leading conferences or sponsoring initiatives).

 

Prior recipients of the award are:

 

2002          Mark Heyrmann (Chicago) and Liz Ryan Cole (Vermont)

2003          Nancy Cook and Robert Seibel (then at Cornell)

2004          Paul Tremblay (Boston College)

2005          Jay Pottenger (Yale)

2006          Margaret Martin Barry (Catholic)

2007          Roy Stuckey (So. Carolina)

2008          Karen Tokarz (Washington U. in St. Louis)

2009          Ann Shalleck (American)

2010          Jane Barett (Maryland)

2011          Deborah Epstein (Georgetown)

EXCELLENCE IN A PUBLIC INTEREST CASE OR PROJECT

 

CLEA established this award to honor and recognize a case or project that truly contributes to the public good.  An award may be given to an individual law student or law students in a clinical program or a clinical program.

 

The criteria for the award are:

 

            1.  A case or project that either:

 

            (A)  effectively calls attention to and/or significantly redresses a high priority need of low income residents or communities; or

(B) makes a notable or meaningful contribution to the advancement of civil rights, civil liberties, legal services for the under-represented, environmental protection, or consumer protection; and

 

2.  The case or project has been carried out in conformity with the highest standards of professional conduct and competence; and

 

3.  The case or project serves as an inspiring model for engaging in legal work under challenging conditions in furtherance of the common good.

 

OUTSTANDING STUDENT AWARD

The criteria for the award are:

 1.            Excellence in the field work component of the clinical course determined by the quality of the student's performance in assisting or representing individual clients or in undertaking group advocacy or policy reform projects;

 

2.            Excellence in the seminar component of the clinical course determined by the quality of the student's thoughtfulness and self-reflection in exploring the legal, ethical, strategic, and other pertinent issues raised in the particular clinic; and

 

3.            The nature and extent of the student's contribution to the clinical community at the student’s  law school, if relevant.

 

Please submit pictures of your awards to the CLEA website committee chair, Laura McNally at laura.mcnally@case.edu.