Wang Wins AALS Award for Paper on Religious Freedom

Xiao Wang (MPP '09), professor at UVA's School of Law and an affiliated Batten faculty member, has won the 2024 Harold Berman Award for Excellence in Scholarship from the Association of American Law Schools for his paper on a recent trend in religious freedom litigation.

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Xiao Wang (MPP ’09), professor at UVA’s School of Law and an affiliated Batten faculty member, has won an Association of American Law Schools award for his paper on a recent trend in religious freedom litigation.

For his paper “Religion as Disobedience,” Wang will receive the 2024 Harold Berman Award for Excellence in Scholarship, presented to scholars for an outstanding article on the subject of law and religion published within their first 10 years teaching at an AALS member school. 

Wang’s research addresses generally how lower courts implement and apply Supreme Court precedent. He directs the law school’s Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, organizes the En Banc Institute and supervises the National Appellate Clinic Network. He has led appeals before state courts, federal circuit courts and the U.S. Supreme Court.

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