Professor Karin Mika of the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law has been selected as the recipient of the 2022 AALS Section Award from the Section on Legal Writing, Research, and Writing. This prestigious award recognizes professors who have made significant lifetime contributions to the field of legal research and writing.
The award will be presented during the AALS Annual Meeting to take place online on Wednesday, January 5, 2022, 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET, following the Section’s Main Program at 12:35-1:50 p.m.
Professor Mika has been associated with the Cleveland-Marshall Legal Writing Program since 1988. She has also worked as an Adjunct Professor of English at Cuyahoga Community College and is a research consultant for various firms and businesses in the Cleveland area. Professor Mika presents nationally on topics related to integrating technology and multimedia into classroom teaching, and has judged at numerous moot court competitions. She has lectured on essay-writing technique for several bar review courses and has written bar exam essay questions for both the California and Minnesota bar examiners. Prof. Mika's areas of scholarly research are varied and she has published in the areas of Native American Law, Employment Law, Learning Theories, and Health Care.
Professor Mika is also active in both the Legal Writing Institute (LWI) and Association of Legal Writing Directors (ALWD). She is currently the Archivist for the Legal Writing Institute, the co-chair of the website (content) committee of ALWD, and a member of the website (content) committee for LWI. She is also responsible for maintaining the history page of the Legal Writing Institute website. Recently, Professor Mika is also the National Publicity Director for the William C. Burton Awards, a yearly event that honors excellence in Legal Writing
Hat tip to Rosa Kim, AALS LWRR Section Chair
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