{"id":2741,"date":"2025-08-27T09:17:16","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T13:17:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.law.unc.edu\/september-2025\/?p=2741"},"modified":"2025-09-17T08:43:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T12:43:17","slug":"carolina-law-stars-shine-at-annual-faculty-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.law.unc.edu\/september-2025\/carolina-law-stars-shine-at-annual-faculty-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Carolina Law stars shine at annual faculty awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

UNC School of Law presented four awards to distinguished faculty on Thursday, May 1. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From left to right: Andy Hessick, Melissa Jacoby, Rick Su, and Martin H. Brinkley \u201992<\/a>, who holds the Robert G. Byrd Award for Excellence and Creativity in Teaching on behalf of Eric Muller<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The awards presented include: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Robert G. Byrd Award for Excellence and Creativity in Teaching, awarded to <\/strong>Eric L. Muller<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong> The Byrd Award is named for Robert G. Byrd, an alumnus of the school who served as a member of the faculty from 1963-2004, and as dean from 1974-1979.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The James H. Chadbourn Award for Excellence in Scholarship, awarded to <\/strong>Frederick Andrew \u201cAndy\u201d Hessick<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong> The Chadbourn Award is named for James H. Chadbourn, editor-in-chief of the North Carolina Law Review from 1930-1931, a member of the Carolina Law faculty from 1931-1936, and a co-author of leading texts in civil procedure, federal court and evidence. In 1933, while at Carolina Law, Chadbourn bravely authored a controversial work titled \u201cLynching and the Law.\u201d This award honors a faculty member\u2019s distinguished law journal article.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Van Hecke-Wettach Award for Excellence in Scholarship, awarded to <\/strong>Melissa B. Jacoby<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong> This award, named for Maurice Van Hecke and Robert Wettach, two Carolina Law deans of the 1930s and 1940s, respectively, is presented every other year for the completion of an outstanding book or monograph.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Charles E. Daye Award for Excellence in Service, awarded to <\/strong>Rick T. Su<\/strong><\/a>.<\/strong> This award is conferred annually based on service performed within the two years prior to the year in which the award is given. A faculty member is honored for exemplary public service, measured by the time, effort and creativity devoted to service, as well as the impact on the community. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Four Carolina Law faculty members earned top honors for their excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service at the annual faculty awards ceremony. Meet the professors recognized for outstanding contributions ranging from innovative classroom instruction to groundbreaking legal research and impactful community service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2742,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.law.unc.edu\/september-2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2741"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.law.unc.edu\/september-2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.law.unc.edu\/september-2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.law.unc.edu\/september-2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.law.unc.edu\/september-2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2741"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.law.unc.edu\/september-2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2741\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2926,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.law.unc.edu\/september-2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2741\/revisions\/2926"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.law.unc.edu\/september-2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magazine.law.unc.edu\/september-2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.law.unc.edu\/september-2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magazine.law.unc.edu\/september-2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}