Leo Levinson Award for Excellence in Teaching
This award is voted on annually by the graduating class of Lewis & Clark Law School and presented to a full-time faculty member whose teaching has had a significant impact on the class.
Leo Levinson (1903–1981), for whom the award is named, was a distinguished attorney, Oregon State Bar member, and highly respected instructor who taught at the law school for many years.
2026 Winner: Sandy Patrick
Past Winners:
2025
Juliet Stumpf
2024
Janet W. Steverson
2023
Sandy C. Patrick
2022
Lisa Benjamin
2021
Jeffrey Jones
2020
Robert Klonoff
2019
Sandy C. Patrick
2018
Jeffrey Jones
2017
Amy Bushaw
2016
Juliet Stumpf
2015
Aliza Kaplan
2014
James Oleske
2013
Janet W. Steverson
2012
Melissa Anne Powers
2011
Douglas K. Newell
2010
Paula Abrams
2009
Susan Mandiberg
2008
John R. Kroger
2007
John R. Kroger
2006
Douglas K. Newell
2005
Douglas K. Newell
2004
John R. Kroger
2003
John A. Bogdanski
2003
Michelle Anne Travis
2002
John A Bogdanski
2001
Susan Mandiberg
2000
James E Bailey III
1999
James E Bailey III
1998
Craig N. Johnston
1997
John A Bogdanski
1996
Amy Bushaw
1995
Henry H. Drummonds
1994
Amy Bushaw
1993
Douglas K. Newell
1992
Edmund O. Belsheim
1991
James L. Huffman
1990
James L. Huffman
1990
Edmund O. Belsheim
1990
John A Bogdanski
1989
Edward J. Brunet
1988
Edward J. Brunet
1987
John A Bogdanski
1986
Lawerence Zelenak
1985
Douglas K. Newell
1984
Jennifer Johnson
1983
Robert Myers
1982
Edmund O Belsheim
1981
Stephen Kanter
1980
Ronald Lansing
1979
Edward J. Brunet
1978
Barbara Safriet
1977
Douglas K. Newell
1976
Edmund O. Belsheim