14 Mar 2017
Professor Colleen Medill will receive the 2017 John E. Weaver Award for Teaching Excellence. This award was established in 2008 to recognize University of Nebraska-Lincoln full professors who demonstrate sustained and extraordinary levels of teaching excellence and national visibility for instructional activities and/or practice.
Professor Medill is being recognized for her teaching contributions both at the University of Nebraska and in the community and federal judiciary arena. Professor Medill is nationally recognized in the legal academy for her innovative teaching techniques and is helping to change the way her colleagues across the country teach law students. Over 40 ABA-accredited law schools, including ten Big Ten law schools, use textbooks authored by Professor Medill.
Professor Medill will be recognized at the annual awards reception for faculty on Tuesday, April 18, 2017.