The Docket is out! It is the Rutgers Law School annual newsletter highlighting the innovative work and accomplishments from our academic centers. Inside, you’ll find timely insights from faculty, nationally-cited legal research, and interdisciplinary initiatives.

Congratulations

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Three Rutgers Law professors received Rutgers University-Camden faculty achievement awards this month. Associate Professor Camilla Hrdy received a Chancellor’s Award for outstanding research and creative activity. Distinguished Clinical Professor JC Lore is the recipient of the 2026 Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching. Clinical Associate Professor Alison Nissen received the 2026 Chancellor’s Award for Teaching Excellence for Non-Tenure Track Faculty.

Distinguished Professor Sahar Aziz has joined the editorial board of the new journal, Arab Americana, a first-of-its-kind community-engaged scholarly journal about Arab American life

Assistant Professor Sarah Medina Camiscoli was one of three junior scholars selected by Rights4Children as a leader in Children’s Constitutional Rights

The 2026 European Corporate Governance Institute Law Prize was awarded to Professor Matteo Gatti and his co-authors for their paper, How the EU Sustainability Due Diligence Directive Could Reshape Corporate America

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3L Abby Lashbrook has been selected as an American Constitution Society (ACS) Next Generation Leader. Each year, ACS selects a small group of students from nearly 200 chapters to be part of this program.

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2L Portia Muehlbauer was crowned Miss New Jersey US International 2026 and will represent the state at the Miss US International Pageant in Philadelphia this July

2L Kwangwoo Kim is the 2025 Albert S. Pergam International Law Writing Competition Award winner for his paper, “Binding Without Intent: AI-Generated Diplomacy and the Law of State Responsibility"

Listen to This

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This year's Student Bar Association presidents Mehrin Ali '26 and Isabel Ballester '26 join Rutgers Law Dean Johanna Bond on the Rutgers Law Power of Attorney Podcast for a roundtable conversation about their law school experiences, getting involved beyond the classroom, and what makes Rutgers Law unique

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In this episode of the Rutgers Center for Security, Race & Rights podcast, Professor Juan Cole (University of Michigan) and Professor Mojtaba Mahdavi (University of Alberta, Canada) critically examine the historical, political and economic origins and consequences of Israel and the United States’ war on Iran

New Books

Carlos Ball

Advanced Introduction to LGBTQ+ Rights

(Edward Elgar Publishing)

Marcy Karin (co-author)

District of Columbia Employment and Labor Law

(LexisNexis)

Alec Walen

Punishment, Penalty, and Incapacitation: A Dignity‑Respecting Model of Targeted Restrictions of Liberty for Liberal States
(Oxford University Press)

Faculty Publications and Presentations

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Rutgers Law Dean Johanna Bond (left) spoke on the "Forging the Future: The Process of Policy Innovation in Academic Leadership and AI Transformation" panel with other Rutgers University-Newark deans as part of a day-long symposium hosted by the Rutgers Institute for Data, Research, and Innovation Sciences

Rutgers Center for Corporate Law and Governance
2026 Proxy Season Preview

Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance