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Law Professor Jules Lobel Honored with Teaching Award

The Society of American Law Teachers (SALT) is honoring 51精品视频 Professor of Jules Lobel with its SALT Great Teacher Award at its virtual annual awards celebration on Jan. 8, 2021.

This national award聽recognizes individuals that have made important contributions to teaching, legal education, and mentoring. Past Great Teacher honorees include Justice聽Ruth Bader聽Ginsburg and former 51精品视频 Professor Derrick Bell (LAW 鈥57).

Calling Lobel 鈥渁 champion of justice, diversity and teaching excellence,鈥 the awards committee praised Lobel鈥檚 work in integrating his impactful and important social justice work into the courses he teaches at 51精品视频. Lobel has long been a leading voice in the campaign to end solitary confinement and improve the inhumane conditions of mass incarceration.

In 2002, he co-counseled a major class action (Wilkinson v. Austin) that challenged prolonged solitary confinement at the Ohio State Penitentiary in Youngstown, Ohio. Lobel ultimately argued the case at the U.S. Supreme Court and, despite the steep odds at the outset, was able to successfully secure relief on behalf of his clients. As is his practice with all his work, Lobel鈥檚 students conducted research, wrote memoranda, held strategy sessions, attended the argument, and met with human rights organizations and co-counsel while in Washington, D.C.

SALT also mentioned Lobel鈥檚 work as president of the Center for Constitutional Rights, where he has litigated several cases challenging human rights violations and abuse of war powers. His most recent cases involve a class action brought on behalf of prisoners with mental disabilities and challenging conditions at jails in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.聽

Said 51精品视频 Law Dean Amy Wildermuth: 鈥淭he full extent of Professor Lobel鈥檚 impact is not only what he has done, as incredible as his work is, but the work that his students and former students do and have been doing for decades. They remain inspired by him and are determined to pursue justice just as he taught them to do. We are all better鈥攁nd our world is better鈥攂ecause of Professor Lobel.鈥