St. George Tucker Adjunct Professor of Law Award
The St. George Tucker Adjunct Professor of Law Award, created in 1995, is given each fall to recognize outstanding service as an adjunct professor. The recipient is a member of the Law School adjunct faculty and is selected by nomination from the Law School community.
St. George Tucker was the second professor of law at William & Mary and a pioneer in legal education. He drafted a formal description of the requirements for a law degree at the College, which included an exacting schedule of qualifying examinations in history, government and related pre-law subjects. Tucker's course material was published as the first American edition of Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England. For a generation, Tucker's volume was considered the leading authority on American law.
St. George Tucker Adjunct Professor of Law Award Recipients
incomplete list:
1995-2003 ?
2004-2005 Tommy E. Miller
2005-2006 Elizabeth M. Schmidt and Christie S. Warren
2006-2007 Wilford Taylor, Jr., J.D. '78
2007-2008 Judge Wilford Taylor, Jr.
2008-2009 Jeffrey Breit
2009-2010 Neal J. Robinson
2010-2011 John Tarley, Jr., class of 1992
2011-2012 Christopher A. Abel '90
2012-2013 Craig D. Bell '86
2013-2014 Stephen P. Carney '72, J.D. '80
2014-2015 Helena Mock J.D. ’00
2015-2016 Mark Newcomb J.D. '88
2016-2017 Nate Green J.D. ’88
2017-2018 Tillman J. Breckenridge
2018-2019 David J. Novak
2021-2022 John A. Gibney, Jr.
2022-2023 Helivi Holland ’90
2023-2024 Darryl Cunningham
2024-2025 Allison K. Tracey
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