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Recognitions

In 2020, the FCIL-SIS introduced three new recognitions to honor and celebrate our members and their contributions.

The Newsletter Article of the Year

This recognition honors an FCIL-SIS member who contributes an outstanding article to the FCIL-SIS Newsletter during the previous year.

Year Recipients
2025 Janet Kearney, Janet’s Good but Not Well Organized or Methodical Bibliography, FCIL-SIS Newsletter, Vol. 39, No. 2, at 21-23 and for her work coordinating the February 2025 Mardi Gras-themed issue more broadly.
2024 Susan Gualtier, Decolonizing a Human Rights Research Course: First Steps, FCIL-SIS Newsletter, Vol. 38, No. 2, at 8 (February 2024).
2023 Erin Gow, Resource Reviews: Legislation.gov.uk, FCIL Newsletter, Vol. 37, No. 2 (February 2023)
2022 Janet Kearney, Work-in-Progress: A Research Framework in FCIL Teaching?, FCIL Newsletter, Vol. 36, Issue 2 (February 2022)
2021 Caitlin Hunter, Helping Foreign Students Thrive in U.S. Law Schools, FCIL Newsletter, Vol. 34, Issue 2 (February 2020)
2020 Julienne E. Grant, An Introduction to the Muscogee (Creek) Nation’s Legal Heritage & Carpenter v. Murphy, FCIL Newsletter, Vol. 33, Issue 3 (May 2019)

THE BLOG POST OF THE YEAR

This recognition honors an ÌÇÐÄÊÓÆµ member who contributes an outstanding blog post to the during the previous year.

Year Recipients
2025 Sarah Martin, (June 5, 2024)
2024 Juan-Andrés Fuentes, (August 2023-)
2023 Marcelo Rodríguez, (February 2022 – February 2023)
2022 Jonathan Pratter, (March 2022 – June 16, 2022)
2021 Amy Flick, (2019-)
2020 Alison Shea, (February 27, 2019)

COMMITTEE/INTEREST GROUP PROJECT OF THE YEAR

This recognition honors the FCIL-SIS committee or Interest Group that produces an outstanding project for the benefit of the FCIL-SIS and /or ÌÇÐÄÊÓÆµ members during the previous year.

Year Recipients
2025 The FCIL-SIS Newsletter Committee for their February 2025 Mardi Gras themed issue
2024 FCIL Schaffer Grant for Foreign Law Librarians – Selection Committee for navigating the extremely challenging visa and travel situation during COVID to continue to welcome foreign law librarians and enable FCIL-SIS members to learn about law librarianship around the world.
2023 FCIL-SIS Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee for the What in the World Webinar Series (February 2023 – March 2023)
2022 FCIL-SIS Customary and Religious Law Interest Group (CARLIG) webinar titled Canon Law 101 and Get Refusal & Domestic Violence in the Jewish Community.
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2020 FCIL-SIS Latin American Law IG for its collaboration with the Latino Caucus to .