College of Law presents Alumni Council awards

The University of Nebraska College of Law has presented its fourth-annual Alumni Council awards to an alumnus, a student and two faculty members. The awards recognize significant work and achievement by people associated with the college in various ways.

Donald C. Farber of New York City received the Distinguished Alumni Award. This award is for rare distinction in professional achievement. A 1950 graduate of the college, Farber has an active theatrical practice in New York and around the world. He is the author of seven books on various business and legal aspects of theatre; he is the general editor of "Entertainment Industry Contracts," a 10-volume work; and he is widely traveled as a teacher and speaker on entertainment law. He is of counsel to the firm of Jacob, Medinger & Finnegan in New York City.

Alisa M. Rosales of Ralston received the Woods & Aitken Outstanding Student Award, given to a student who exemplifies the qualities of loyalty, service, and achievement to the College of Law. Rosales has served on the Chancellor's Commission on the Status of Women, been the student liaison to the family law section of the American Bar Association, served as the co-lieutenant governor of diversity for the Eighth Circuit/law student division of the ABA, been an ex-officio member of the executive committee of the Young Lawyer's Section of the Nebraska State Bar Association, served as president of the Multicultural Legal Society, and presented oral arguments on behalf of the college at the first National Animal Advocacy Moot Court Competition at Harvard. Rosales was also one of 16 applicants nationwide admitted to the inaugural class of the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service in Little Rock.

The Outstanding Service Award went to Alan Frank, professor of law. Frank started the college's client counseling program, which has won two national championships, and worked with two other professors to create what is today the college's Multicultural Legal Society. Frank also wrote a Bill of Rights curriculum for elementary and high school students; began the Community Legal Education Project, through which law students teach law to elementary students; and is the principal developer and teacher in the college's non-clinical skills curriculum.

Robert Schopp, professor of law, received the Distinguished Faculty Award, presented to a faculty member whose teaching, writing, and service have brought high credit to the College of Law. Schopp, who has been a member of the faculty since 1989, has two Ph.D.'s in addition to his law degree, has written several books and articles, and is the college's principal liaison to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's highly regarded law and psychology program. In addition, he has maintained a full teaching load.

CONTACT: Steven Willborn, Dean, Law, (402) 472-2161