Dream-Makers Award, 2015Push’s Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and President Lyndon B. Johnson Video
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers’ President’s Commendation , 2005
Illinois Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Lifetime Achievement Award, 2003
Clarence Darrow Award, 2003
DePaul University College of Law Excellence in Teaching Award, 2002-2003
University of Michigan Law School L. Hart Wright Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1999-2000
University of Michigan Law School L. Hart Wright Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1998-1999
National Conference on Wrongful Convictions and the Death Penalty’s Justice for All Award, 1998
Reginald Heber Smith Award, given by the National Legal Aid and Defender Association, 1995