On Saturday, May 18, 2024, the 110th Commencement ceremony at the Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University was celebrated. At the event, faculty were presented with special awards, honoring them for their teaching and service. Congratulations to all of our recipients on their well-deserved honors!
Adjunct faculty awards- John Goetz (fall semester) and Martin McKown (spring semester) were this year’s award recipients. They were selected based on enthusiasm for teaching and learning, interest in the students, sensitivity to the learning environment, and innovation of instruction.
Excellence in Teaching Award- Professor Ryan Willams was selected for his outstanding contributions in teaching. He demonstrated the ability
to engage students actively in the learning process through teaching that is intellectually
rigorous and innovative.
Thomas R. Kline Innovation in Teaching Award- This honor is awarded to the fulltime faculty member who best demonstrates innovative and creative teaching methods that serve the pedagogical needs of our students and advances legal pedagogy generally. The award was given to Professor Tara Willke, Associate Dean for Strategic Academic Programs and Director of the Legal Research & Writing (LRW) program, for her innovation in building collaboration between the legal writing, academic excellence, and bar studies programs and for overseeing our Sorbonne University Faculty Exchange.
Thomas R. Kline Meritorious Service Award- This award is given to the fulltime faculty member whose contributions to the law
school and its mission exceeded expectations and had a significant positive impact
on the university and our community partners. Professor Bruce Ledewitz received this award as a faculty leader on the appointments, rank and tenure, and
disciplinary committees.
Murray Scholarship Faculty Award- In 2011, Chancellor John Murray honored the school’s 100th anniversary by making a
substantial gift. The gift was to establish the Murray endowed fund for faculty scholarship.
The fund has allowed us to invite nationally acclaimed legal scholars to the law school.
The fund also enables us to recognize our own outstanding faculty scholars each year.
The Murray Award for Faculty Scholarship was bestowed upon Professor Ashley London for her scholarship in the area of professional responsibility.
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