AALS Torts Section: Call for 2017 Newsletter Items and Prosser Award Nominations
Dear Colleagues,
I hope this email finds you well. In my capacity as Secretary of the AALS Torts & Compensation Systems section, I am writing to pass along two important notices.
1. Torts and Compensation Section Newsletter
As most of you know, our section publishes a newsletter each fall listing: (1) symposia related to tort law; (2) recent law review articles on tort law; (3) selected articles from Commonwealth countries on tort law; and (4) books relating to tort law. If you know of any works that should be included, please forward relevant citations and other information to me at stacey.tovino@unlv.edu. The deadline for inclusion in this fall’s newsletter is Friday, August 12, 2016.
2. 2017 William L. Prosser Award
This is the first call for nominations for the 2017 William L. Prosser Award. The award recognizes “outstanding contributions of law teachers in scholarship, teaching and service” in torts and compensation systems. Recent recipients include Aaron Twerski, Mike Green, James Henderson, Jane Stapleton, Guido Calabresi, Robert Rabin, Richard Posner, Oscar Gray, and Dan Dobbs. Past recipients include scholars such as Leon Green, Wex Malone, and John Wade.
Any law professor is eligible to nominate another law professor for the award. Nominators can renew past nominations by resubmitting materials. Living tort scholars and those who have passed away within the last five years are eligible for the award. Selection of the recipient will be made by members of the Executive Committee of the Torts & Compensation Systems section, based on the recommendation of a special selection committee. The award will be presented at the annual AALS meeting in San Francisco in January 2017.
Nominations must be accompanied by a brief supporting statement and should be submitted no later than Friday, July 15, 2016. Email submissions to stacey.tovino@unlv.edu are preferred. If you would rather mail hard copies of nomination materials, please mail them to Prof. Stacey Tovino, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Box 1003, Las Vegas, Nevada 89154.
I will send additional reminders about both the newsletter and the Prosser Award as the deadlines approach. In the meantime, feel free to contact me if you have any questions.
Thank you and all the best,
~Stacey Tovino
Stacey A. Tovino, JD, PhD
Lehman Professor of Law
Lehman Professor of Law
Director, Health Law Program
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