Professor Peter Lee to Receive 2016 Distinguished Teaching Award

Professor Peter Lee is the recipient of the 2016 Distinguished Teaching Award, Dean Kevin R. Johnson has announced.  The honor, which is made possible through the generosity of Bill and Sally Rutter, will be presented at the "Celebrating King Hall" event on March 10 at the ARC Ballroom on the UC Davis campus.

Peter Lee teaches and writes in the areas of patent law, innovation, and technology transfer. His current scholarship explores the institutional context of innovation as well as the intersection of intellectual property law and academic science. His recent works have appeared in The Yale Law Journal, California Law Review, Duke Law Journal, Michigan Law Review, and other leading journals. Professor Lee has received numerous awards for his scholarly work, including the UC Davis Chancellor's Fellowship, the Samsung-Stanford Patent Prize, and inclusion in West/Thomson's annual Intellectual Property Law Review. He has served as a Visiting Scholar at Melbourne Law School and speaks widely on intellectual property matters in the United States and abroad. He is a graduate of Harvard University and Yale Law School, and teaches Patent Law, Intellectual Property, International Intellectual Property and Development, Property, and a seminar on Innovation and Technology Transfer at King Hall.

King Hall students also nominated Professors Afra Afsharipour, David Horton, Darien Shanske, and Brian Soucek for the award.  Dean Johnson said that special thanks were due to the selection committee: Alberto Roldan '92, Chair of the Alumni Association Board of Directors, Law Students Association President Samantha Mandell '16, and the 2015 Distinguished Teaching Award winner Professor David Horton.

This year's "Celebrating King Hall" includes a special commemoration of the School of Law's 50th Anniversary, featuring a keynote speech by the Hon. Tani Gorre Cantil-Sakauye '84, Chief Justice of California and recipient of the School of Law's inaugural Distinguished Alumni Award. The event is open to all faculty, alumni, students, and friends of the School of Law.

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