Faculty expertise
Faculty awards
ADVANCING LEGAL SCHOLARSHIP
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Protecting health
Emily Benfer
publishes and
speaks nationally on legal issues
that negatively affect low-
income individuals’ health. Her
op-ed on the dangers of lead
poisoning has been published
in
The New York Times
, and she
has been quoted on the topic
by
ThinkProgress
, the
Chicago
Tribune
,
The Huffington Post,
and multiple blogs. A national
news segment on Benfer’s
lead poisoning work aired this
summer on
CBS News
and Sirius
XM Radio.
Best legal writing
John Bronsteen
’s book
Happiness
and the Law
(with Buccafusco and
Masur) made the list of the best
legal writing of 2015 by the Green
Bag. The other book authors
included Akhil Amar, Stephen
Breyer, Alan Dershowitz, Burt
Neuborne, Richard Posner, and
Cass Sunstein.
Loyola law
professors have
received substantial
recognition for
expertise in their
respective fields.
Honored by UNICEF, along with her
husband, Thomas Geraghty, Northwestern
Pritzker School of Law, for their
local and
international contributions to improving
the lives of children
.
Received the
Chris Iijima Teacher and
Mentor Award
from the Conference of Asian
Pacific American Law Faculty.
Nina Appel
Cynthia Ho
Juan Perea
Diane Geraghty
Joseph Stone
James Faught
OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTOR
STUDENT MENTOR
DEDICATED TO DIVERSITY
LIFETIME RECOGNITION
CHILD ADVOCATE
Honored by the Erie Family Health Center
with the 2016
Health Innovator Award.
Emily Benfer
David Yellen
LEGAL ED LEADER
Seventh on the
National Jurist
list of
most influential people in legal
education
(January 2016).
Named by
National Jurist
as one of the
top
20 professors in the country for diversity
efforts
in
legal education (fall 2015).
Honored by the International Academy
of Dispute Resolution with a
Lifetime
Achievement Award.
Jeffrey Kwall
Voted Loyola law
Faculty Member of
the Year
by the Class of 2016.
Honored by the Decalogue Society
of Lawyers and the Arab American
Bar Association for
outstanding
contributions to the legal profession
.
Named to the 2015
Irish Legal 100,
which
includes some of the most distinguished
U.S. lawyers of Irish decent.
DISTINGUISHED LAWYER
HEALTH CARE INNOVATOR
TOP TEACHER
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2015–16 DEAN’S ANNUAL REPORT
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