Facuty Awards
American Society for Bioethics and Humanities Distinguished Service Award (2001)
Humanities Award, “In recognition of outstanding contributions in the integration of humanities into end-of-life care.” American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (2001)
Certificate of Recognition for Leadership and Service, Society for Health and Human Values (1997)
2003 Chancellor's Distinguished Public Service Award
1990 University Center for International Studies Senior Research Fellowship
1989 Fulbright Fellowship for Research in Belgium
1989 Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award
1988 Student Bar Association Excellence in Teaching Award
2005-2006 - Fulbright Senior Specialist (two year grant)-University of Ghent, Belgium
2003-2004 - Fulbright Senior Specialist (two year grant)-University of Ghent, Belgium
2002 - Fulbright Distinguished Scholar-University of Iceland
Excellence in Teaching Award (2008)
Excellence in Teaching Award (1999)
Excellence in Teaching Award (1994)
Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award (1991)
Chancellor's Distinguished Public Service Award (2009)
University of Pittsburgh Student Bar Association Excellence in Teaching Award (2007)
Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award (1987)
Distinguished Faculty Scholar (2010 - 2013).
Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award (2005)
Executive Committee of Association of American Law Schools (2011-2013).
Awarded the Grand Decoration of Merit in Gold for Services Rendered to the Republic of Austria for her work as the United States appointee to the Austrian General Settlement Fund Committee for Nazi-era property compensation (2007).
Excellence in Teaching Award (2003)
Excellence in Teaching Award (1997)
Excellence in Teaching Award (1995)
Excellence in Teaching Award (1989)
Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award (1997)
Elected Fellow of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, 2005
University of Pittsburgh Chancellor's Distinguished Research Award, 2002
Webby People's Voice Award 2006 (for JURIST)
Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award (1995)
Excellence in Teaching Award (1993)
Excellence in Teaching Award (1992)
Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award (1993)
Chancellor's Distinguished Public Service Award (2002)
Excellence in Teaching Award (2004)
Chancellor's Distinguished Public Service Award (2001)
American Association of Publishers, Most Outstanding Book in Legal and Accounting Practice Category for The Right to Die (1989)
American Federation of Clinical Research, Nellie Westerman Prize in Medical Ethics for Ethical Factors in the Allocation of Experimental Medical Therapies: The Chronic Left-Ventricular Assist Device (1990) (with LS Parker, RM Arnold, LA Siminoff, LH Roth)
Fellow, The Hastings Center
Pellegrino Medal for Contributions to American Health Care Ethics and Law in the selfless spirit of Edmund D. Pellegrino. Samford University (2005)
Named a Pennsylvania Super Lawyers "Rising Star," Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights, Law & Politics, 2008, 2009, 2010
"Woman of the Year" awarded by the Pitt Law Women's Association, the Women's Bar Association of Western PA, and the Women in the Law Division of the Allegheny County Bar Association (2008)
Chancellor's Distinguished Public Service Award (2004)
Pittsburgh Courier Woman of Excellence (2010)
Award Recipient, Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law (2001)
Elected to membership,The Fellows of the American Bar Foundation, February 2011.
Elected to membership, American Law Institute, October 2006.
University of Pittsburgh School of Law Student Bar Association Excellence in Teaching Award, May 27, 2000 and May 27, 2006. (2000)
University of Pittsburgh Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award (2001)
Dukeminier Award, granted by the Williams Institute of the UCLA School of Law (2009)
Elected Member, American Law Institute (2004)
Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award (2000)
Excellence in Teaching Award (2005)
Excellence in Teaching Award (1990)
