Five Southwestern Faculty Named Montgomery Scholars

Southwestern Law School, Los Angeles, California, Nov. 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Kenneth & Harle Montgomery Foundation joins Southwestern Law School in naming five Montgomery Scholars for the 2022–2023 academic year. Each scholar receives a generous award from the Foundation that provides critical support and allows them to continue producing high-quality scholarship that will impact the legal profession and the world.

The 2022–2023 Montgomery Scholars are Professors Mira Deo, Warren Grimes, Hila Keren, John Tehranian, and Rachel VanLandingham. Professors Keren and Tehranian were named Montgomery Scholars for the inaugural 2021–2022 academic year.

“I am delighted that our family foundation is in a position to make this gift and contribute to Southwestern’sstrong trajectory of scholarship. As a former Southwestern dean, I know Southwestern has many outstanding faculty scholars.”~Bryant G. Garth, President, Kenneth & Harle Montgomery Foundation; Dean Emeritus, Southwestern Law School; Distinguished Professor of Law Emeritus, UC Irvine Law; Interim Director, American Bar Foundation

“Each year’s awardees are building and sharing knowledge and concepts that will impact their areas of expertise and help improve the law and our society. Recognizing and supporting scholarship is essential to Southwestern’s ongoing success.” ~Darby Dickerson, President & Dean, Southwestern Law School

Professor Meera Deo, Southwestern’s Honorable Vaino Spencer Chair, is a national expert on legal education, racial representation, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. She uses empirical methods and interdisciplinary scholarship to investigate vulnerable populations in legal education, drawing from her Ph.D. in Sociology and J.D. Professor Deo’s scholarship has been published in numerous peer review and law-review journals. She is also Director of the Law School Survey of Student Engagement (LSSSE), which houses the nation’s largest…