LSU Law Professor Bill Corbett has been awarded a 2024 LSU Law Excellence in Legal Scholarship Award for his article, “Reasonably Accommodating Employment Discrimination Law.”
LSU Law Professor Bill Corbett and Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research Caprice Roberts have each been awarded a 2024 LSU Law Excellence in Legal Scholarship Award.
Corbett’s article, “Reasonably Accommodating Employment Discrimination Law” landed him the award, while Roberts was selected for her article, “Reimaging First Amendment Remedies,” which was cowritten by University of Alabama School of Law Professor Ronald Krotoszynski, Jr. Each of the recipients was awarded $3,000 for being named this year’s honorees.
The committee that evaluated faculty scholarship submitted for awards consideration this year included Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Scott Crichton (LSU Law Class of ’80), Eastern District of Louisiana Judge Darrel Papillion (’94), attorney Kristen Amond (’16), W. Ross Foote (’78) of Patterson Resolution Group, University of Illinois Chicago School of Law Associate Dean for Law & Health Sciences Amy Campbell, and Texas A&M University School of Law Professor Chris Odinet (’10).
In selecting Corbett—who has been on the LSU Law faculty for more than 33 years—the committee noted the professor “stands at the forefront of scholarship in employment law and employment discrimination.” The committee credited his article as being “one of the first to examine changes in reasonable accommodations law introduced by Congress and the Supreme Court,” adding that it’s “well-organized and succeeds in making the history and current state of employment law easily digestible.”
“I am fortunate to have a job in which I get to spend time doing legal research and writing in my chosen area, and I am grateful to Dean (Alena M.) Allen and the Law Center for providing generous support for faculty to engage in scholarship,” said Corbett. “Faculty scholarship enhances the state, national, and international reputation of the Law Center. My work on my scholarship involves me with the work of other scholars in my area and makes me both a better scholar and a better teacher.”
The committee said Roberts’ article “clearly identifies a problem, provides a novel analysis, and engages with the existing literature on the topic.” Importantly, the committee added, “Dean Roberts’ piece also offers a sophisticated and well-developed solution to the problem she identifies. The article is exceptionally well-written.”
Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research Caprice Roberts has been awarded a 2024 LSU Law Excellence in Legal Scholarship Award for her article, “Reimaging First Amendment Remedies,” which was cowritten by University of Alabama School of Law Professor Ronald Krotoszynski, Jr.
“Every day, I am thankful to be able to teach law students and write creatively about advancing the law. To be valued for those contributions is tremendous,” Roberts said. “LSU Law is a vibrant place filled with dedicated teachers and thoughtful scholars, and we are led by Dean Alena Allen, who promotes the best in all of us. Winning a scholarship excellence award for this article is especially meaningful to me because the article presents novel frameworks and tangible solutions to proven First Amendment rights that have languished without remedies.”
Roberts joined the LSU Law faculty in the Fall 2022 semester as a tenured full professor, teaching courses in constitutional law, federal courts, First Amendment, and remedies. Last fall, she began serving as LSU Law Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research. She holds the J.Y. Sanders Professorship and G. Frank & Wilson Purvis Professorship.
Corbett joined the LSU Law faculty in 1991. He holds the Frank L. Maraist Professorship, and Wex S. Malone Professorship and Rosemary Neal Hawkland Professorship, teaching and writing primarily on labor and employment law issues. He served as Interim Vice Chancellor and then Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs at the LSU Law Center from May 1997 to January 2000. He served as Interim Co-Dean and then Interim Dean of the Law Center from August 2015 to July 2016.
The LSU Law Excellence in Legal Scholarship Award aims to acknowledge the exceptional civil and comparative law contributions that contributes to the advancement of legal knowledge; increases LSU Law’s scholarly reputation; serves the broader legal community; and promotes thoughtful dialogue regarding the pressing legal issues of the day in our state, nation, and world.
The committee noted that it was impressed with all the scholarship submitted by LSU Law faculty for awards consideration this year.
“Our deliberations left us deeply impressed by the quality of the articles we reviewed, and we are excited about the future of LSU law and its talented faculty,” said the committee. “We agreed that each was a pleasure to read, adding to our knowledge and reminding us of the significant contribution legal scholarship makes to the profession and our personal growth as lawyers.”
