Law
School's Teaching Awards
Catherine
Struve, assistant
professor of law, has been
named this year's recipient
of the Harvey Levin Award for Excellence
in Teaching. The prize is awarded
to a member of the full-time faculty
for distinguished teaching, as determined
through election by the graduating
class.
Professor
Struve holds B.A. and J.D. degrees from
Harvard. She joined Penn Law in 2000
and teaches and researches in the areas
of civil procedure, federal courts, and
statutory interpretation. Her recent
publications include "How Bad Law
Made a Hard Case Easy: Nevada v. Hicks
and the Subject Matter Jurisdiction of
Tribal Courts" that appeared in
the University of Pennsylvania Journal
of Constitutional Law and "The
Paradox of Delegation: Interpreting the
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure" in
the University of Pennsylvania Law
Review.
Prior
to joining Penn Law, Professor Struve
worked as a litigator at Cravath, Swaine & Moore.
At Cravath, in addition to working on
antitrust and patent matters, Professor
Struve was part of the trial team that
represented two of the plaintiffs in
a negligent marketing suit against manufacturers
of mail-order gun kits; and she was the
lead Cravath litigation associate on
the team that represented the Oneida
Indian Nation of New York in its land
claims litigation against New York State
and other defendants.
This
year's A. Leo Levin Award for excellence
in an introductory course was awarded
to Bruce H. Mann, professor
of law and history, for teaching a course
on property. Professor Mann also teaches
courses in trusts and estates and American
legal history.
Students
found the Property course challenging
and incredibly rewarding. "Lots
of work but the best teaching I could
imagine," commented one student,
while another noted, "As we move
through the course it only gets more
exciting to watch the Mann show in all
its colors and sounds." And, finally, "I
am infinitely better as a person and
a student for having contact with Professor
Mann."
A
legal historian, Professor Mann, specializes
in the relationship among legal, social,
and economic change in early America.
Harvard University Press has published
his latest book, Republic of Debtors:
Bankruptcy in the Age of American Independence.
His three previous teaching awards include
two at Penn--the Harvey Levin Memorial
Award for Excellence in Teaching at the
Law School and the Lindback Award for
Distinguished Teaching.
Jason
Johnston, Robert G. Fuller,
Jr. Professor of Law, was awarded
The Robert A. Gorman Award for excellence
in teaching. The award was established
last year in honor of emeritus professor
Robert A. Gorman, the Kenneth W.
Gemmill Professor of Law, who taught
at Penn Law for more than 35 years,
before retiring in 2001.
Professor
Johnston teaches courses in Contracts,
Natural Resources Law and Policy and
an Environmental Law Seminar. "I
cannot speak highly enough of Professor
Johnston's ability to bring life
and relevance to these issues, and to
challenge us to think critically," noted
one student, while another said, "This
was my hardest class, but also my favorite."
Professor
Johnston, founding director of the Program
on Law and the Environment, is at the
cutting edge of the application of game
theory to public policy and the environment.
He is one of the few scholars to combine
the theoretical and empirical analysis
of the various aspects of contract law
and environmental law and policy, as
well as more general studies of legal
rights and legal entitlements. His current
focus is on a series of articles exploring
the law and economics of federal environmental
and natural resource regulation in the
United States, the political economy
of takings, and the development of alternative,
contract and market-based approaches
to the reform of environmental regulation.
Professor Johnston's work has appeared
in a number of major American law journals
and peer-reviewed economics journals.
Harry
Reicher, adjunct professor of
law, is the recipient of the Adjunct
Teaching Award which was established
last year. Professor Reicher taught
courses in International Human Rights
and Law and the Holocaust. Students
found him to be fascinating and
inspiring. One commented, "It
was an honor to be taught by him," while
other noted that Professor Reicher's
was "one of the most incredible
classes I've ever taken." And,
finally, "I would take any
class he taught."
In
addition to his position as adjunct professor
at Penn, he serves as the Director of
International Affairs and a Representative
to the United Nations of Agudath Israel
World Organization. He has argued cases
before a range of courts and tribunals,
including the High Court of Australia.
These have resulted in numerous precedent-setting
judgments in the areas of international
law (environmental law and human rights),
taxation and corporate law. As
an academic, he has taught a range of
international law and taxation courses
at law schools in Australia and the U.S.
He has published in the Columbia Journal
of Transnational Law and is the editor
of Australian International Law: Cases
and Materials, the first-ever indigenous
Australian Casebook on international
law. |