Each year, members of the Law School's graduating class nominate Professors for the Outstanding Professor of the Year Award. The class then selects from among the top nominees and the Student Bar Association presents the Award at the Law School's Commencement Ceremony.

Since 1982, the following Professors have received the Outstanding Professor of the Year Award:
2010
Stephen Cook
2009
Stephen Cook
2008
Wilson R. Huhn
2007
Alan Newman
2006
E. Stewart Moritz
2005
Wilson R. Huhn
2004
Willa Gibson
2003
Wilson R. Huhn
2002
Jane Moriarty
2001
Alan Newman
2000
Alan Newman
1999
Wilson R. Huhn
1998
Alan Newman
1997
Wilson R. Huhn
1996
Richard Grant
1995
Richard Grant
1994
Richard Grant
1993
Richard Kovach
1992
Richard Grant
1991
Richard Grant
1990
Richard Grant
1989
Richard Grant
1988
Richard Grant
1987
Wilson Huhn
1986
Paul Larefsky
1985
Richard Aynes
1984
Ronald Alexander
1983
Charles Kirkwood
1982
Richard Grant