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FACULTY AWARDS

Distinguished Career and Early Career Awards

Email nominations to ALSB Past President President Lucien Dhooge at lucien.dhooge@mgt.gatech.edu

Name of Award:  Early Career Achievement Award

Purpose of Award:  To recognize those faculty members of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business (the “ALSB”) whose careers show exceptional promise based upon their early accomplishments.

Criteria Nominees Must Meet:  Faculty members are eligible for this award if they meet the following criteria:

•               Must have held a full-time position as a professor, teacher or instructor of legal studies in business, business law, or the legal and ethical environment of business or other related disciplines (the “Fields”) in a college or university for a total of not more than eight years; and

•               Must have been a member of the ALSB for a minimum of three years.

Standards for Selection:  Faculty members selected for this award must have demonstrated excellence in:

•               Research which might be evidenced by publications, grants, scholarly presentations, cited studies;

•               Teaching which might be evidenced by student comments, innovative course development, peer commentaries, and awards; and

•               Service which might be evidenced by contributions to the ALSB, its regional associations, its sections, and its journals.

Timing of Presentation:  This award is given each year that a candidate is deemed worthy by the Award Selection Committee (as defined below).  The presentation will be made during the banquet at the annual ALSB meeting.  It is anticipated that this will be an annual award to one candidate.

Timing of Nominations:    Nominations will be due no later than June 1 and will be sent to the chair of the Award Selection Committee. 

Nature of Nominations:  Nominations shall consist of the following:

•               A letter from a sponsoring ALSB member; 

•               This letter should document that the nominee meets the criteria for this award;

•               This letter should summarize how the nominee has demonstrated excellence in research, teaching, and service during the early years of the nominee’s academic career; and 

•               This letter should be accompanied by the nominee’s curriculum vitae. 

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Name of Award:  Distinguished Career Achievement Award

Purpose of Award:  To recognize faculty members of the Academy of Legal Studies in Business (the “ALSB”) who serve as exemplars of excellence.

Criteria Nominees Must Meet:  Faculty members are eligible for this award if they meet the following criteria:

•               Must have held position as a professor, teacher or instructor of legal studies in business, business law, or the legal and ethical environment of business or other related disciplines (the “Fields”) in a college or university for a total of twenty or more years; and

•               Must have been a member of the ALSB for a minimum of ten years.

Faculty members who are recently retired are eligible for the award, provided that they otherwise meet the criteria.

Standards for Selection:  Faculty members selected for this award must be recognized as leaders or standard bearers within the Fields. 

Timing of Presentation:  This award is given each year that a candidate is deemed worthy by the selection committee.  The presentation will be made during the banquet at the annual ALSB meeting.  Unlike the Early Career Achievement Award, it is anticipated that this will not be an annual award.  The presentation of the Distinguished Career Achievement Award will occur when the exceptional person is selected.

Timing of Nominations:  Nominations will be due no later than June 1 and should be accompanied by:

•               A nominating letter detailing why the individual should be recognized with this award;

•               Brief summaries of the nominee’s career highlights, including service to the ALSB; and

•               The nominee’s curriculum vitae.