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Faculty Awards

The Boalt Hall faculty is known for its academic excellence and commitment to teaching. Students learn from legal scholars who are nationally and internationally recognized as authorities in their fields. Faculty members are actively engaged in research and in service to the public and to the profession locally, nationally and internationally.

Boalt's faculty has long been recognized and honored for its outstanding teaching. These teaching skills are recognized by two awards programs:

The UC Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award
Established in 1959, the UC Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award encourages and celebrates teaching excellence. Each year several Berkeley professors are chosen from more than 1,300 faculty members to receive the award.

Boalt Hall is proud to have had 11 award recipients from the law school faculty. They are:

2000 Eleanor Swift
1998 Jesse H. Choper
1995 Rachel F. Moran
1993 William A. Fletcher
1990 Melvin A. Eisenberg
1987 Robert C. Berring Jr. '74
1984 James R. Gordley
1983 Caleb Foote
1983 Marjorie M. Shultz
1962 Herma Hill Kay
1960 Sho Sato

The Rutter Award for Teaching Distinction
The Rutter Award for Teaching Distinction honors Boalt Hall professors who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to teaching. The annual award was established in 1995 by William A. Rutter, philanthropist, lawyer, educator and author, who has been part of the legal profession for more than 45 years. The award recipients are:

2006 Jesse Choper
2005 Herma Hill Kay
2004 Howard Shelanski '92
2003 Angela P. Harris
2002 Melvin A. Eisenberg
2001 James R. Gordley
2000 Linda Hamilton Krieger
1999 Andrea L. Peterson '78
1998 Eleanor Swift
1997 John P. Dwyer '80
1996 Paul J. Mishkin
1995 Jan Vetter


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