Lynk to receive 'Spirit of Excellence' award

Professor Myles Lynk has been selected to receive a 2013 Spirit of Excellence Award by the American Bar Association’s Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession.

The Spirit of Excellence Awards celebrate efforts and accomplishments to promote a more racially and ethnically diverse legal profession. The awards are presented to lawyers and professors who personify excellence on the national, state or local level, in addition to demonstrating a commitment to diversity.

Lynk, the Peter Kiewit Foundation Professor of Law and the Legal Profession, is also an affiliated faculty in Justice and Social Inquiry School of Social Transformation and a member of the ABA's Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Legal Profession.