The St. George Tucker Adjunct Professor of Law Award, created in 1995, is given each fall to recognize outstanding service as an adjunct professor. The recipient is a member of the Law School adjunct faculty and is selected by nomination from the Law School community.
St. George Tucker was the second professor of law at William & Mary and a pioneer in legal education. He drafted a formal description of the requirements for a law degree at the College, which included an exacting schedule of qualifying examinations in history, government and related pre-law subjects. Tucker's course material was published as the first American edition of Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England. For a generation, Tucker's volume was considered the leading authority on American law.
St. George Tucker Adjunct Professor of Law Award Recipients
incomplete list:
1995-2003 ?
2004-2005 Tommy E. Miller
2005-2006 Elizabeth M. Schmidt and Christie S. Warren
2006-2007 Wilford Taylor, Jr., J.D. '78
2007-2008 Judge Wilford Taylor, Jr.
2008-2009 Jeffrey Breit
2009-2010 Neal J. Robinson
2010-2011 John Tarley, Jr., class of 1992
2011-2012 Christopher A. Abel '90
2012-2013 Craig D. Bell '86
2013-2014 Stephen P. Carney '72, J.D. '80
2014-2015 Helena Mock J.D. ’00
2015-2016 Mark Newcomb J.D. '88
2016-2017 Nate Green J.D. ’88
2017-2018 Tillman J. Breckenridge
2018-2019 David J. Novak
2021-2022 John A. Gibney, Jr.
2022-2023 Helivi Holland ’90
2023-2024 Darryl Cunningham
2024-2025 Allison K. Tracey