Barbara C. Salken Outstanding Professor of the Year Award

The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University Barbara C. Salken Outstanding Professor of the Year Award honors a professor(s) who displays incredible commitment and character to their students and has a keen interest in current events in the law and society.

Outstanding Professor of the Year Award for Full-Time Faculty

Bridget J. Crawford, JD, PhD

Distinguished Professor

Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University

Professor Bridget J. Crawford joined the Haub Law faculty in 2003 and teaches Federal Income Taxation; Estate and Gift Taxation; Wills, Trusts and Estates; Tax Policy; Corporations & Partnerships; and Feminist Legal Theory. From 2008 through 2012, she served as the Law School’s inaugural Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development, then served again in that role in 2014-2015. Prior to joining Haub Law, she practiced law at Milbank, LLP.

Professor Crawford is a leading authority on taxation, wills and trusts, and feminist legal theory. She has published several books, book chapters, essays, and hundreds of law review articles in prestigious journals including the Washington University Law Review, The University of Chicago Legal Forum, Boston University Law Review, U.C. Davis Law Review, Washington & Lee Law Review. She has also written for specialty journals at Harvard, Yale, Columbia, the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Michigan.

In 2021, Professor Crawford was named a Pace University Distinguished Professor, the highest honor the University can bestow upon a faculty member.

Outstanding Professor of the Year Award for Adjunct Faculty Robin Frankel, JD

Adjunct Professor of Law

Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University

Professor Frankel is a supervising attorney in the Barbara Salken Criminal Justice Clinic at Haub Law. She joined Haub Law as an Adjunct Professor of Law in 2012. A career public defender, she began practicing in 1987 in the Legal Aid Society Criminal Defense Division’s Manhattan office and currently practices at its South Bronx office. She has tried over 60 cases to verdict.

Professor Frankel serves as a mentor for junior attorneys, externs, and interns. She has created a training on the handling of a felony designed for junior attorneys. Additionally, Professor Frankel has supervised Family Services of Westchester’s Juvenile Law Program where she trained Haub Law students to conduct “Know Your Rights” and criminal law workshops for middleschool students. Professor Frankel is a frequent moot and mock trial judge, as well as a NITA program participant at Columbia, Hofstra, CUNY, and NY Law schools. Recently, Professor Frankel was responsible for dismissals on two wrongful arrest cases after she successfully convinced the prosecutor that their cases were based on misidentification of clothes. These cases—if not dismissed—could have led to decades of needless prison sentences for both innocent men.