Since 1997, Yale Law Women+ has awarded the Faculty and Staff Excellence Awards at Yale Law School in recognition of outstanding service to our student community. After nominations from the YLW+ community and school-wide voting, one winner in each category is celebrated at a reception. Winners after 2005 have his or her name inscribed on a plaque in the YLS building.
The YLW+ Faculty Excellence Award recognizes an outstanding professor for his or her involvement in student life, passion for teaching, and dedicated support of individual students both personally and professionally. Any faculty member is eligible, including visiting faculty, writing instructors, clinical faculty, and faculty on leave this semester.
The YLW+ Staff Excellence Award recognizes an outstanding staff member for enhancing the student experience and for special contributions to community life at Yale Law School. Nominations for this award are open to any of the wonderful staff that work in this building, including (but not limited to) administrative staff, managerial staff, AV and Tech staff, security guards, cafeteria and janitorial staff.
Past Winners
Faculty
- 2024: Marisol Orihuela
- 2023: Emma Sokoloff-Rubin & Asli Ü. Bâli
- 2022: Amy Kapczynski & Christine Jolls & Fiona Doherty
- 2021: G. Eric Brunstad Jr. & Claire Priest
- 2020: Douglas NeJaime & Cristina Rodríguez
- 2019: Hope Metcalf & Monica Bell
- 2018: Marisol Orihuela
- 2017: Anne Alstott
- 2016: Nicholas Parrillo
- 2015: Abbe Gluck
- 2014: Roberta Romano
- 2013: David Marcus
- 2012: Anne Alstott
- 2011: Amy Chua
- 2010: Richard Brooks
- 2009: Heather Gerken
- 2006: Deborah J. Cantrell
- 2005: Ronald S. Sullivan
Staff
- 2024: Jackie Outlaw
- 2023: Alejandro Febres & Guillermo Palma
- 2022: Kimberly Saunders & Mia Wilson
- 2021: Loriann Selgua & Catherine Banson
- 2020: Ms. Nikitia Tillman, Segun Washington, Alejandro Febres, and Guillermo Palma
- 2019: Dean Mike Thompson & Sharon Brooks
- 2018: Jeanine Arpino & Lionel Nyange
- 2017: Nikitia Tillman & Dean Ellen M. Cosgrove
- 2016: Migdalia “Cookie” DeLeon
- 2015: Jill Stone
- 2014: the Library Staff
- 2013: Migdalia “Cookie” DeLeon
- 2012: Marcin Kloc
- 2011: Kevin Rose
- 2010: Pat Barnes
- 2009: Sharon Brooks
- 2007: Gerard Armoogam
- 2006: Brian Pauze
- 2005: Beth A. Barnes
Peer Excellence Award
In 2012, YLW+ also introduced an Outstanding Leadership Award to recognize key allies in our mission to advance the status of women and underrepresented gender identities at the law school and in the legal profession. In recent years, the award has been changed to the Peer Excellence Award YLW+ to recognize an outstanding graduating 3L for their leadership and involvement in student life at Yale Law School. The Yale Law Women+ Board selects the winner of this discretionary award.
- 2024: Pragya Malik ’24 & Helen Malley ’24
- 2023: Liz Jacob ’23
- 2022: Ify Chikezie ’22 & Estrella Lucero ’22 & Taylor Withrow ’22
- 2021: Kathleen Pierre ’21 & Sherry Tanious ’21
- 2020: Kiki Manzur Martinez ’20 & Kath Xu ’20 & Megan Yan ’20
- 2019: Amber Qureshi ’19 & Andrea Parente ’19
- 2018: Maya Menlo ’18 & Alda Yuan ’18
- 2017: Helen Diagama ’17
- 2016: Conchita Cruz, Swapna Reddy, Dorothy G. Tegeler, and Liz Willis (Co-Founders of the Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project)
- 2015: Ruth Swift ’15
- 2014: Adrien Weibgen ‘14
- 2013: Eric Parrie ‘13
- 2012: Deputy Dean Douglas Kysar