The Adjunct Faculty Teaching Excellence Award was created by the UC Law Alumni Association in 1997. This award recognizes the contributions to the excellence of the UC College of Law by the attorneys and judges who serve as adjunct faculty for the Law School.
Recognition criteria for the Adjunct Faculty Teaching Excellence Award include quality of classroom instruction and ability of the instructor to enhance the students' practical skills through his or her style of presentation, course content, or professional background. Additional consideration may be given to the example an Adjunct Faculty member sets through personal civic commitment or professional and ethical conduct. In order to assure appropriate consideration for all adjunct teachers at the College of Law, members of the adjunct faculty will only be eligible to receive this award once every four years.
Nominations are accepted each year from members of the last two graduating classes from the College. Those nominations are provided to the Alumni Association's Alumni Recognition Committee which selects an award winner each year from the nominations on hand. The annual selection of the recipient of the Adjunct Faculty Teaching Excellence Award is to be completed in advance of the annual meeting of the Law Alumni Association each Fall.
| 2006 | John Cruze |
| 2003 | Kevin R. Flynn, '87 |
| 2002 | Patrick J. Hanley, '72 |
| 2001 | Thomas W. Coffey, '87 |
| 2000 | Michael L. Cioffi, '79 |
| 1999 | Jack B. Harrison, '93 |
| 1998 | James K. L. Lawrence |
| 1997 | Judge Robert H. Gorman, '60 |