Faculty Distinctions & Awards
Faculty of the USC Gould School of Law have been widely recognized for their achievements in scholarship and teaching and for their contributions to the profession and the public. They are frequently invited to testify before Congress and other bodies and to deliver distinguished lectures at universities, learned societies and national and international meetings. They have also received numerous prizes and been elected to membership in important academies and institutes, including:
American Law Institute (Elected Members)
American Bar Foundation
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
American Academy of Political and Social Science
Institute for Advanced Study
Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences
Hoover Institution
Rockefeller Foundation
American Association of Law Libraries
- Albert O. Brecht [Hall of Fame, 2013] (Deceased)
Harvard University Society of Fellows
Phi Kappa Phi Faculty Recognition Award
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USC Associates Awards for Creativity in Research and Scholarship
- 2009: Edward J. McCaffery
- 2004: Elyn R. Saks
- 1980: Christopher D. Stone
Mellon Mentoring Award
- 2013: Martin L. Levine (Special Mentoring Award)
- 2012: Scott Altman (Faculty Mentoring Faculty)
- 2011: Ariela Gross (Faculty Mentoring Graduate Students)
- 2005: Thomas Lyon (Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Students)
William A. Rutter Distinguished Teaching Award
- 2013: Rebecca Brown
- 2012: Stephen M. Rich
- 2011: Christopher D. Stone
- 2010: Ronald Garet
- 2009: Thomas Griffith
- 2008: Charles Whitebread (Deceased)
- 2007: Scott Bice
Book Awards
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Elyn R. Saks, for THE CENTER CANNOT HOLD: MY JOURNEY THROUGH MADNESS
- Top Ten Non-Fiction Books of the Year, 2007, Time Magazine
- National Best Books 2008 Awards, Winner in the Health: Psychology/Mental Health Category, USA Book News Award
- Advocacy Award, 2007, Mental Health Advocacy Services
- Best Memoir in Inspirational Category, 2007, Books for a Better Life
- National Alliance on Mental Illness, Outstanding Media Awards: Literary Award
- National Alliance on Mental Illness-NYC Metro’s Kenneth Johnson Memorial Research Library, 2008 Ken Book Award
- Jacques Brien Prize, Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society and Institute
- Mardi Arquette Spirit Award, 2008, Southern California Counseling Center
- Distinguished Citizen Award, 2008, American College of Psychoanalysts
- Top Ten Non-Fiction Books of the Year, 2007, Time Magazine
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Ariela J. Gross, for WHAT BLOOD WON'T TELL: A HISTORY OF RACE ON TRIAL IN AMERICA
- James Willard Hurst, Jr. Prize (best book in sociolegal history), 2009, Law and Society Association
- Prize for Best Book on Race, Ethnicity and Politics, 2009, American Political Science Association
- Lillian Smith Book Award, 2009, Southern Regional Council, University of Georgia Libraries and the DeKalb County Public Library/Georgia Center for the Book
- CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of 2009
- Christopher D. Stone, for WHERE THE LAW ENDS
- Best Book Award (Social Issues in Management Division), 1992, Academy of Management
Professional Recognition
(Leadership in Scholarly Organizations; National Fellowships; etc.)
- American Council of Learned Societies
- Ariela J. Gross [Frederick J. Burkhardt Fellowship, 2003-04]
- Organization of American Historians
- Ariela J. Gross [Distinguished Lecturer, 2010-13]
- Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society (Faculty Inductees)
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- Ariela J. Gross [Long-Term Fellowship]
- President, Canadian Law and Economics Association (1995-96)
- President, American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics (1988-89)
- President, International Association of Bioethics (2005-07)
