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Selected to represent Hofstra University in the Harris Manchester Summer Research Fellowship Program at Oxford University
Selected to deliver the 23rd Annual F.B. Wickwire Memorial Lecture in Professional Responsibility for Schulich School of Law and Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society, and named keynote speaker for the national conference of Canadian Discipline Administrators
Named to the 2013 Martindale Hubbell Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers
Selected as a John Gregory Research Scholar, Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University
Named a 2012 Top Rated Legal Malpractice Attorney in Long Island, New York
Selected as a Research Fellow, Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra
Naming of the Fortney Public Service Fellowship Program at Texas Tech
Awarded Hofstra Faculty Diversity Research and Curriculum Development grant
Appointed Howard Lichtenstein Distinguished Professor of Legal Ethics and Director of the Hofstra Institute for the Study of Legal Ethics
Selected by the Texas Bar Foundation to be the recipient of the Lola Wright Foundation Award in recognition of outstanding public service in advancing and enhancing legal ethics in Texas. The $10,000 award went to a charity.
Selected as an Integrated Scholar by the provost, Texas Tech University
Selected by Texas Lawyer magazine as one of the 30 Extraordinary Women in Texas Law
International Scholar at the University of Melbourne
Elected as a member of the American Bar Foundation
Appointed as a Paul Whitfield Horn University Professor
Awarded a grant in the Texas Tech Research Enrichment Competition
Texas Tech Law School Distinguished Researcher Award
Elected as a member of the American Law Institute
Texas Tech University’s Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award — one recipient for the entire university
Texas Tech Law School Distinguished Researcher Award
Texas Tech University Presidential Academic Achievement Award, a university-wide award for excellence in teaching, research, and service
Most Influential Texas Tech Law Professor – TEXAS LAWYER survey of law students
Texas Tech Association of Parents – Spencer A. Wells Faculty Award, university-wide recognition for the Most Valuable Contribution to Creative Excellence in Teaching
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, Nomisma Honoris and D.D.D. Diploma
Fulbright Scholar teaching legal ethics in Slovenia
Texas Tech University President’s Excellence in Teaching Award
Elected to the Texas Tech University Teaching Academy
Texas Tech Law School graduates created the Fortney Ethics Award
Outstanding Professor Award, selected by law students (tied)
Outstanding Professor Award, selected by law students
Texas Tech Ex-Students Association New Faculty Award
"Clients entrust their lives, liberty and property to lawyers. As law professors, our students entrust their education and well-being to us. It is our responsibility as law professors to help our graduates recognize the special position lawyers hold and to internalize the ethos of professional accountability."