William Warren, Harvey L. Eby Award for the “Art of Teaching,” Distinction in Graduate Teaching

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William Warren becomes the first Distinguished Teaching Award recipient to be simultaneously honored with the Harvey L. Eby Award for the “Art of Teaching” and the specification of Distinction in Graduate Teaching. A professor of law at UCLA since 1959, Warren brings fascinating clarity and focus to the most complex legal concepts. His open, insightful approach generates an atmosphere conducive to the stimulating exchange of ideas.

Warren earned his bachelor’s degree and J.D. from the University of Illinois and a J.S.D. from Yale University. He has taught as a William B. and Luna M. Scott Professor of Law at Stanford University. From 1975 to 1982, he served admirably as the dean of the UCLA School of Law.

The author of several books, articles and monographs on commercial law, Warren was the first recipient of the Stanford University Law School’s John Hurlbutt Award for Excellence in Teaching. In 1984, the UCLA School of Law granted him the Rutter Prize for Excellence in Teaching.