School of Law Professor J. Michael Norwood has received the 2005 William Pincus Award from the Executive Committee of the American Association of Law Schools Section on Clinical Legal Education. Norwood was honored for leadership in the advancement of clinical legal education, tireless promotion of multidisciplinary collaborations, pioneering work on technology in clinics and dedication to students and social justice.
Norwood is the Dickason Professor of Law at UNM, where he has been teaching in the clinical programs since 1971. He served as reporter for the MacCrate Task Force, which issued a detailed report on the fundamental skills and professional values needed for competent legal practice.
He also authored New Mexico's Kinship Guardianship statute; developed one of the first computerized clinic case management systems, and created a semester-in-practice program, a collaborative, interdisciplinary and community-based clinic.
Norwood was honored at the AALS annual meeting in San Francisco recently.
The prestigious legal award dates back to 1981 and honors one or more individuals or institutions benefiting clinical education or advancing justice in the United States.
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