Five Vanderbilt Law professors – Lisa Bressman, Farhang Heydari, Terry Maroney, and Matthew Shaw, as well as adjunct professor Mark Schein – were honored with Hall-Hartman Awards for Outstanding Teaching from the Vanderbilt Bar Association.
Hall-Hartman Awards are based on a student poll administered by the VBA. The annual awards, which recognize excellent teaching of both first-year and upper-level classes, are given to one professor in each of Vanderbilt’s three first-year sections and to two professors who taught upper-level courses, with separate categories for large classes with 30 students or more and classes with fewer than 30 students.
These awards are a longstanding Vanderbilt tradition recognizing faculty whose teaching is deemed outstanding. The awards are named in honor of former professors Donald J. Hall and Paul Hartman, both of whom spent their academic careers at Vanderbilt and were revered for their teaching.
Lisa Bressman, Vice Dean and David Daniels Allen Distinguished Chair in Law, was recognized for first-year teaching by Section A. She teaches Regulatory State for first-year students. Professor Bressman has previously received Hall-Hartman Awards for both first-year and upper-level teaching.
Terry Maroney, Robert S. and Theresa L. Reder Chair in Law and Professor of Medicine, Health and Society, was recognized for first-year teaching by Section B. She teaches Criminal Law and Juvenile Justice. Professor Maroney has previously received a Hall-Hartman Award for upper-level teaching.
Farhang Heydari, Assistant Professor of Law, was recognized for first-year teaching by Section C and for his upper-level class Criminal Procedure: Investigations. He also teaches Criminal Law; the Administering the Carceral State Seminar; and Policing, Technology, and Artificial Intelligence.
Matthew Shaw, Assistant Professor of Law, was recognized for his upper-level class, Education Law. He also teaches Constitutional Law I and the Race and the Law Seminar. Professor Shaw has previously received a Hall-Hartman Award for upper-level teaching.
Mark Schein was honored for outstanding teaching as an adjunct professor of law for his short course Hedge Fund Regulation & Compliance.
