The “Mark Tushnet Prize” recognizes scholarly excellence in any subject of comparative law by an untenured scholar at an AALS Member School. The Prize will be given to the author(s) of a scholarly article judged to have made an important contribution in the field of comparative law.

The Alli Gerkman Legal Visionary Award recognizes an innovator who has made significant impacts early in their career toward making the American legal system work better for everyone. The award is designed to encourage and showcase innovators, risk takers, visionaries, and emerging leaders who bring a different perspective and a reform-minded approach to the improvement of our legal system. Candidates should be early in their legal careers to be eligible, roughly the first 15 years.

Each year The American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers seeks to recognize written contributions to the field of U.S. consumer financial services law. Eligible papers include publishable articles, substantial book reviews, or book chapters; books; and student case note or comment.

The Bancroft Prizes are awarded annually by Columbia University in the City of New York. Two annual prizes of equal rank to be awarded to the authors of distinguished works in either or both of the following categories: American History (including biography) and Diplomacy.

The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award is presented annually to the person or persons who have demonstrated leadership and volunteerism while making significant contributions in the areas of: promoting peace, understanding, and improving communication & cooperation between diverse populations in Dane County.

This award honors Jeffrey Clay Erlanger, who was an individual of integrity, passion, intelligence and civility. Jeff understood that thoughtful and caring people could have very different views on how to best address our community's many complex issues and problems. The award recognizes City of Madison residents who share Jeff Erlanger's dedication to, and passion for, public policy, civility and individual and human rights. The recipient will be an individual who conducts their daily life with these values and who has made a significant impact on the Madison community.

The American Psychology-Law Society Book Award is given to a scholarly book devoted to psychology and law issues. The Book Award is given separately for authored and edited books on an annual, rotating basis.

Bloomberg Law's Law School Innovation Program recognizes law school faculty, staff and administrators who are pioneering educational innovations that benefit their students, their schools, and the legal field.
The focus of the 2025-26 program is quantitative metrics, skills-based teaching, and technology integration

SALT gives out several awards to its members at the Society's Annual Celebration.
- The M. Shanara Gilbert Human Rights Award recognizes the contributions of individuals or groups who are tireless advocates for social justice, human rights, equality, and justice.
- The SALT Great Teacher Award recognizes individuals that have made important contributions to teaching, legal education, and mentoring.
- The SALT Junior Faculty Award recognizes an outstanding recent entrant (seven years or fewer) into legal education who demonstrates a commitment to justice, equality, and academic excellence through their teaching, scholarship, and/or social justice advocacy.

The Hastie Fellowship Program provides aspiring scholars an outstanding opportunity to prepare for a career in law teaching. The Fellowship reflects a commitment to diversity and inclusion in the legal profession and especially encourages applications from candidates of color and other underrepresented communities in the legal academy. Fellows have two years to pursue their scholarship and the support of the law school in going on the job market.

The Distinguished Teaching Awards Committee invites nominations of faculty members for UW–Madison and UW System distinguished teaching awards. These awards recognize exemplary achievements in teaching.
The awards are open to any tenure-track or tenured faculty members, regardless of specialty or rank:
• Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award: excellence in teaching (5 awarded)
• Chancellor’s Inclusive Excellence Award: achievements in diversity and inclusion (2 awarded)
• Chancellor’s Teaching Innovation Award: innovation in approaches to learning
• Class of 1955 Teaching Excellence Award: assistant or associate professor, significant teaching contributions to undergraduate students
• Excellence in Community-Based Learning Teaching Award: meaningful community engagement in courses designated as community-based learning through the Morgridge Center
• William H. Kiekhofer Teaching Award: College of Letters and Science assistant or associate professor, excellence in teaching
• Emil H. Steiger Teaching Award: junior faculty member, excellence in teaching
• Van Hise Outreach Teaching Award: excellence in outreach teaching

These awards recognize outstanding student employees and student employment supervisors at UW-Madison.
- The Student Supervisor award celebrates the accomplishments of full time staff members that are working directly with our student employees in supervisory roles.
- For the Student Employee of the Year award, students may be nominated by their supervisor in one or more of the following categories: Community Service, Critical Thinking, Outstanding Engagement and Inclusion, Innovation/Technology, Leadership, and Graduate Student.

The Teaching Academy offers two annual awards: the Distinguished Fellow Award and the Distinguished Future Faculty Partner Award. Recipients are awarded based on demonstrated sustained excellence in teaching and learning on the UW-Madison campus and dedicated service to the Teaching Academy. Teaching Academy award recipients cannot be current Executive Committee members.

The Vilas Associates Competition recognizes new and on-going research of the highest quality and significance. Tenure-track assistant professors and tenured faculty within 20 years of their tenure date are eligible.