Neal Smith Award Winners
The AMTA presents the Neal Smith Award to one individual annually in recognition of their "contributions to AMTA's educational mission" in a broader sense.
The winners of the Neal Smith Award have made outstanding and exemplary contributions to law related education and its mission to promote public understanding of law and the legal process.
2024 - Joshua Leckrone, University of Cincinnati
2023 - Anna Eldridge - Rhodes College
2022 - Ed Stern, Boston University
2021 - Justin Bernstein, Director of the A. Barry Cappello Program at UCLA Law, AMTA President (2014-2016)
2020 - Toby Heytens, University of Virginia
2019 - DeLois Leapheart, Northwood University
2018 - Deborah Strigenz, Former Coordinator of the Iowa Center for Law-Related Education at Drake University
2017 - Mark Graber, University of Maryland
2016 - Dick Lesicko, Macalester College
2015 - Michael Walsh, Loyola University - Chicago
2014 - David Nelmark, Drake University, AMTA President (2010-2012)
2013 - Barry Langford, Columbia College
2012 - James Houlihan, Lewis University
2011 - Dick Calkins, AMTA Founder, AMTA President (1984-2004)
2010 - Ava Preacher, University of Notre Dame
2009 - Gonzalo Freixes, University of California - Los Angeles
2008 - Frank Guliuzza, Weber State University, AMTA President (2016-2018)
2007 - Felicia Walker Stewart, Howard University
2006 - Sara Zeigler, Eastern Kentucky University, AMTA President (2008-2010)
2005 - Bob Boland, Manchester Community College
2005 - Mark Pohlmann, Rhodes College, AMTA President (2006-2008)
2004 - Dan Herron, Miami University
2003 - Mary Lynn Neuhaus, Loras College
2002 - Glen Halva-Neubauer, Furman University, AMTA President (2012-2014)
2001 - Dan Stamatelos, AMTA co-founder
2000 - John Vile, Middle Tennessee State University
1999 - Mike Johnson, Buena Vista University and Iowa Lakes Community College
1999 - Jim Wagoner, Bellarmine College, AMTA President (2004-2006)
1998 - Jo Ann Scott, Ohio Northern University
1997 - John McKiernan, University of South Dakota
1996 - Faith O'Reilly, Hamline University
1995 - Brad Bloch, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
1994 - Judge Peter Handwork, University of Toledo
1993 - Ruth Wagoner, Bellarmine College
1992 - Peter Leigh, Eastern Illinois University
1991 - Don Racheter, Central College