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Law professor receives distinguished faculty award
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Laura Dooley, a Valparaiso University professor of law who is respected as a teacher and scholar of the civil justice system, has been named this year's winner of the Jack A. Hiller Distinguished Faculty Award.
The Hiller Award annually honors a professor in Valparaiso's School of Law who is an exceptional teacher, scholar and role model.
Professor Dooley joined Valparaiso's faculty in 1990 and has written in the areas of feminist procedure, medical ethics and habeas corpus. She co-authored a 1993 paper in The Journal of the American Medical Association that brought national attention to racial inequality in the system for allocating donor kidneys to transplant patients.
She was elected to the American Law Institute and is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and the Order of the Coif. Dooley also served as the first recipient of Valparaiso's Michael and Dianne Swygert Teaching Fellowship from 2004 to 2006
"Professor Dooley embodies the exceptional standards of rigorous yet caring teaching, and unstinting commitment to students, that have been hallmarks of the Valparaiso University School of Law since its inception," said Jay Conison, dean of the law school. "She is a respected scholar and a person who consistently seeks to improve the academic and other services we provide to students."
Professor Dooley earned her bachelor's degree in music and English from the University of Arkansas and her law degree at Washington University School of Law. Before joining Valparaiso's law faculty, she served as the Bigelow Teaching Fellow at the University of Chicago School of Law.
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