The University of Chicago Alumni Board has selected recipients for its 2016 Professional Achievement Awards, which honor alumni whose achievements have brought distinction to themselves, credit to the University and benefit to their communities.

Recipients will be honored at a dinner on Friday, Nov. 4 at the Drake Hotel. The event is open to the University community. Online registration is required. …

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An expert on American legal history, Lawrence M. Friedman, AB’48, JD’51, LLM’53, has been on the faculty at Stanford Law School since 1968. He is known for his ability to explain legal history to lay audiences and is a leader in the Law and Society movement, a scholarly enterprise that explains legal phenomena in social terms. He is the most-cited law professor in the field of legal history and the author of many books, most recently Impact: The Effect of Law on Behavior (2016). His books History of American Law (3rd edition, 2005) and American Law in the 20th Century (2003) have become classics in legal education. He holds six honorary law degrees and is a fellow in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.