Martha Fineman, '75: Winner of the Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lifetime Achievement Award from the AALS Section on Women in Legal Education

The Association of American Law Schools (AALS) announced the winners of its 2017 awards for excellence in legal education.

The awards are hosted by sections of the association which are organized around various academic disciplines and topics of interest. The winners will be acknowledged during section programming during the 2017 AALS Annual Meeting, January 3-7 in San Francisco.

“Sections are an integral part of the AALS community of teachers and scholars and we are proud to present the following awards to these outstanding individuals,” said Kellye Y. Testy, AALS President and Dean of the University of Washington School of Law. “The recipients represent a commitment to the advancement of legal education and we are honored to acknowledge their achievements at the 2017 AALS Annual Meeting.”

Section on Women in Legal Education Ruth Bader Ginsburg Lifetime Achievement Award
Martha Albertson Fineman, Emory University School of Law