Section on Academic Support

Academic Support Award

This award recognizes Section members and any other individuals who have made significant or long-term contributions to the development of the field of law student academic support. All legal educators, regardless of the nature or longevity of their appointment or position, who have at some point in their careers worked part-time or full-time in academic support are eligible for the Award. The award will be granted to recognize those who have made such contributions through any combination of the following activities: assumption of leadership roles in the ASP community; support to and mentoring of colleagues; service to institutions, including but not limited to schools, the ASP Section, and to other organizations; expansion of legal opportunities to traditionally underserved segments of society; teaching and presenting; and scholarship, both traditional and creative.

Nominations and Eligibility: Law schools, institutions, or organizations cannot receive an award. Prior year or current year Section officers would be excluded from being selected as an award winner. Only Section members may make nominations. For a nomination to be considered, it must include a one to two paragraph explanation of why the nominee is deserving of the award.

Carry-over of Nominees: The Awards Committee may decide whether to carry over nominees from prior years and include those names with the current year’s nominees.

Impact Award

This award is given to a person who is inspiring students and peers in the academic support profession today and catapulting us forward to a stronger tomorrow.  All legal educators, regardless of the nature or longevity of their appointment or position, who have at some point in their careers worked part-time or full-time in academic support are eligible for the award.

To be eligible for an award, the nominee should have made a significant impact in one or more of the following activities:

• support to and mentoring of students;
• promoting diversity in the profession and expanding access to the legal profession; or
• developing ideas or innovations.

Legacy in Leadership Award

This award is given to a person who is a senior member of our discipline and has made outstanding contributions to the academic support profession throughout their career, including building and evolving the discipline of academic support.

Nominations and Eligibility: The nominee should have made a significant impact in the ASP community in the following ways:

• service to the profession and to professional institutions-e.g., advocacy with the NCBE or assumption of leadership roles in the academic support community;
• promoting diversity in the profession and expanding access to the legal profession; and
• support to and mentoring of academic support colleagues.

To submit a nomination for either award:

Provide a 300 word (or less) description of the nominee and how the individual has fulfilled the goals of ASP and the award description above. Resumes may be provided if you feel it appropriate to the nomination. If selected, please be prepared to provide the winner’s email address, faculty page, and headshot.

Note, law schools, institutions, or organizations cannot receive an award. Prior year or current year Section officers are excluded from being selected as an award winner.

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