Professor Howard S. Erlanger has been named the 2006 Teacher of the Year by the Wisconsin Law Alumni Association (WLAA), in recognition of his excellence in classroom teaching.

The WLAA Teacher of the Year Award, which has been given each fall for 20 years, makes a significant statement about the importance of classroom teaching at the Law School. WLAA polls the three most recent classes (excluding the graduating class) for their advice in conferring the award. To be eligible, a law professor must have completed three years of teaching at UW Law School, be a tenure-track faculty member, and may not have received the award in the past four years.

This is the fourth time Erlanger has been honored for his outstanding teaching and academic contribution with the Teacher of the Year award.

Erlanger teaches in the areas of wills, trusts, marital property, estate planning, and socio-legal studies. He is Voss-Bascom Professor of Law and Professor of Sociology, and Director of the Law School s Institute for Legal Studies. He holds a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of California at Berkeley, and a J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School. He has been on the UW faculty since 1971.

In 2004, Erlanger’s exceptional teaching ability brought him another high honor: the Alliant Energy Underkofler Excellence in Teaching Award, conferred on only four professors throughout the entire University of Wisconsin System.

Submitted by on November 20, 2006

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