Oregon Law's faculty is known for their diverse legal backgrounds, expertise, and high reputation amongst judges, attorneys, and their peers. Many have been recognized for skills and innovations in teaching, scholarship, and research.
Thomas F. Herman Award for Specialized Pedagogy
- 2023: Michael Moffitt, Honors College
- 2019: Michelle McKinley, Undergraduate Legal Studies
- 2016: Elizabeth Ruiz Frost, Legal Research and Writing
- 2014: Suzanne Rowe, Legal Writing and Research
Herman Award for Online Education
- 2025: Mohsen Manesh
The Ersted Award for Distinguished Teaching
- 2015: Alaí Reyes-Santos
- 2014: Daniel Tichenor
- 2012: Jennifer Reynolds
- 2006: Thomas Lininger
- 2004: Michael Moffitt
- 1994: Mary Wood
Oregon Law Orlando John Hollis Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award
- 2025: Kristie Gibson
- 2024: Andrew Winden
- 2023: Liz Tippett
- 2022: Stuart Chinn
- 2021: Elizabeth Frost
- 2020: Rebekah Hanley
- 2019: Susan Gary
- 2018: Megan McAlpin
- 2017: Michelle McKinley
- 2016: Erik Girvan and Dave Frohnmayer (honorary; awarded posthumously)
- 2015: Joan Rocklin
- 2014: Michael Fakhri
- 2013: Mohsen Manesh
- 2012: Jennifer Reynolds
- 2011: Tom Lininger
- 2010: Suzanne Rowe
- 2009: Adell Amos
- 2008: Andrea Coles-Bjerre
- 2007: Robert Tsai
- 2006: Joseph C. Metcalfe
- 2005: Carl S. Bjerre
- 2004: Michael Moffitt
- 2003: Garrett Epps
- 2002: Mary C. Wood
- 2001: Steve Bender
- 2000: Nancy Shurtz
- 1999: R. James Mooney
- 1998: Robin Morris Collin
- 1997: Dominick Vetri
- 1996: Margaret Paris
- 1995: Caroline Forell
- 1994: Lisa Kloppenberg
- 1993: David Schuman
- 1992: Fred Merrill
- 1991: Leslie Harris
- 1990: Mary Lawrence
Pillar of the Community Award
- 2024-25: Adell Amos
- 2023-24: Greg Dotson
- 2022-23: Suzanne Rowe
- 2021-22: Megan McAlpin
- 2019-20: Jennifer Reynolds
- 2018-19: Roberta Mann
- 2017-18: Joan Rocklin
- 2016-17: Tom Lininger
- 2015-16: Mary Wood
- 2014-15: Margie Paris
Thomas F. Herman Faculty Achievement Award for Distinguished Teaching
- 2025: Adell Amos
- 1992: Dominick Vetri
- 1990: James Mooney
Fund for Faculty Excellence
- 2021: Jennifer Reynolds
- 2020: Michael Fakhri
- 2019: Erik Girvan, Elizabeth “Liz” Tippett
- 2016: Stuart Chinn
- 2014: Adell Amos
- 2013: Michelle McKinley
- 2008: Tom Lininger
- 2007: Michael Moffitt
University of Oregon Sustainability Awards
- 2022: Alaí Reyes-Santos, Excellence in Teaching Award
- 2019: Mary Wood, Innovation Award
Faculty Excellence in Universal Design Award
- 2019: Megan Austin
Oregon Law Meritorious Service Award
- 2025: Angus Nesbit
- 2024: Susan Gary
- 2023: The Hon. Adrienne Nelson
- 2022: Megan McAlpin
- 2021: Lauren Elizabeth-Barthé Charles( JD ’11), Ibrahim Gassama
- 2019: Caroline Forell
- 2018: Margie Paris
- 2017: Leslie Harris
- 2016: Howard Arnett
- 2015: Dominick Vetri
- 2014: The Hon. John Acosta and Dean Emeritus Eugene Scoles
- 2013: The Hon. David Schuman
- 2012: The Hon. Procter Hug, Jr.
- 2011: James O’Fallon and The Hon. Martha Walters
- 2010: Carolyn S. Chambers and Mary S. Lawrence
- 2009: Merv Loya
- 2008: Rennard Strickland
- 2007: The Hon. Dorothy W. Nelson
- 2006: The Hon. Wallace P. Carson, Jr. and Phyllis Barkhurst
- 2005: Alice Plymell
- 2004: The Hon. Ronald L. Wyden and The Hon. Stephen Reinhardt
- 2003: The Hon. Ellen Rosenblum
- 2002: Norman J. Wiener and Minoru Yasui
- 2001: Ray and Lois Ackerman
- 2000: The Hon. Helen J. Frye
- 1999: The Hon. Sandra Day O’Connor and Frank Lacy
- 1998: Hardy Myers
- 1997: Wendell Wyatt
- 1996: Noreen K. Saltveit and Otto Frohnmayer
- 1995: Anthony Yturri and Oglesby Young
- 1994: Arthur C. Johnson and Sidney I. Lezak
- 1993: Jeannette C. Hayner, John L. Luvaas, Eugene F. Scoles
- 1992: John E. Jaqua and Frank E. Nash
- 1991: Chapin D. Clark
- 1990: John H. Van Landingham
- 1989: The Hon. Alfred T. Goodwin and The Hon. Edwin J. Peterson
- 1988: The Hon. Roland K. Rodman, The Hon. Richard L. Unis
- 1987: Hans A. Linde
- 1986: Richard W. Nahstoll
- 1985: Kenneth J. O’Connell and Lois I. Baker
- 1984: Orlando John Hollis and William G. East