Professor Arlene Kanter, Co-Director of the SU Center on Human Policy, Law, and Disability Studies has been awarded the The Lawyer Assitance Trust's 2009 Law School Faculty Award in recognition of her work at the SU College of Law "to improve the lives of law students and lawyers" and "enhance the practice of law and for significant contributions to the an understanding of the issues of alcohol/substance abuse or mental health issues in law school or the legal profession."

Since Professor Kanter joined the law faculty in 1988, she has served as Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Director of Clinical Legal Education, and Director of the Externship Program. She is currently the director of the College of Law's Disability Law and Policy Program, which houses the nation’s first joint degree program in Law and Disability Studies. Professor Kanter also co-directs the SU Center on Human Policy, Law, and Disability Studies, the nation's first multi-disciplinary university center dedicated to research, advocacy, academic programming, and public education on issues of inclusion and equality for people with disabilities. In 2005, Professor Kanter was awarded Syracuse University's most prestigious teaching award, the Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Award for Excellence in Teaching. She also holds a courtesy appointment at the School of Education.

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