Professors Carin Clauss and Bill Whitford both have been named the 2007 Teacher of the Year by the Wisconsin Law Alumni Association (WLAA), in recognition of their excellence in classroom teaching.
The WLAA polls the three most recent classes (excluding the graduating class) for their advice in conferring the award. Clauss and Whitford received the same number of votes this year, and the result was proclaimed a tie. This is the second time that each of the two professors has been honored with the Teacher of the Year 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.
Carin Clauss holds the Nathan P. Feinsinger Chair in Labor Law at the Law School. Her areas of specialization are labor and employment law, administrative law and civil procedure. As U.S. Solicitor of Labor from 1977 to 1981, she was responsible for enforcing the nation's labor laws. She writes extensively on employment law issues, engages in a pro bono law practice specializing in sex discrimination cases, and is a frequent speaker to business, labor and legal groups. In 2005 she was named the recipient of the Marygold Shire Melli Award, presented by the Legal Association for Women in recognition of outstanding achievement and contributions to the interests of women in the law.
William Whitford, who joined the University of Wisconsin Law School faculty in 1965, has a wide range of teaching and research interests focusing on contracts, bankruptcy, consumer protection, and taxation. He taught several years in East Africa and maintains an active interest in that area of the world. For many years, Whitford served the Law School’s Legal Education Opportunities Program (LEO) in many capacities, and he maintains a keen interest in its work of recruiting and supporting students of color. In April 2007, at the 38th annual LEO Banquet, the organization honored Whitford’s longtime contribution by naming its scholarships Whitford-LEO Fellowships.
The awards were announced at the annual dinner of the Law School’s Board of Visitors on October 18, 2007.
Submitted by on October 19, 2007
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