Sarah Lawsky, Howard Friedman '64 JD Professor of Law and Data Analytics Advisor at Northwestern, will join the tenured faculty at Illinois as the L.B. Lall and Sumitra Devi Lall Professor of Law in Fall 2025. Sarah received Northwestern University's Martin E. and Gertrude G. Walder Award for Research Excellence in 2024:
The award recognizes Lawsky’s international impact at the intersection of law, artificial intelligence and real-world policy questions of government revenue and equity. Lawsky’s research focuses on tax law and on the application of formal logic and artificial intelligence to the law. She has taught courses related to federal income tax, corporate tax, partnership tax, tax policy, tax deals and contracts.
"I am very grateful for this recognition,” Lawsky said. “Working at the intersection of law, computer science and philosophy right now is incredibly fun and exciting, especially collaborating with other researchers and seeing my theoretical work have practical payoff in the real world." …
“Professor Lawsky’s immense impact inside and outside the classroom reflects Northwestern’s ongoing commitment to growing future leaders while transforming society,” said Provost Kathleen Hagerty. “It is my pleasure to honor these important, far-reaching contributions.”
Prior to joining Northwestern Pritzker in 2016, Lawsky taught at UC Irvine School of Law and George Washington University Law School, and as an adjunct in New York University’s tax LL.M. program. Before beginning her teaching career, she practiced tax law in New York.
Lawsky received her B.A. from the University of Chicago, her J.D. from Yale Law School, her LL.M. in tax from NYU School of Law, and her Ph.D. in philosophy from the UC Irvine Department of Logic and Philosophy of Science.
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