Dennis Yokoyama, Japanese American Bar Association of Greater Los Angeles board member and past president, has been chosen to receive the Southwestern Student Bar Association’s 2017-18 Excellence in Teaching Award for First-Year Professor.
Dennis Yokoyama, Japanese American Bar Association of Greater Los Angeles board member and past president, has been chosen to receive the Southwestern Student Bar Association’s 2017-18 Excellence in Teaching Award for First-Year Professor.
Robert Ford, president of SBA, explains, “The Excellence in Teaching Award recognizes the year’s best first-year, upper-division, and adjunct professors at Southwestern. An all-inclusive award, the winners are representative of the appreciation and recognition of great instruction as voiced by Southwestern’s students and faculty. Southwestern’s Student Bar Association is proud and honored to award this year’s winners!”
The Excellence in Teaching Award for Adjunct Professor goes to Angela Davis, and the Excellence in Teaching Award for Upper-Division Professor goes to Alexandra D’Italia.
“I am deeply honored to have been chosen for this award,” Yokoyama said. “I am grateful to everybody at Southwestern for their support and especially to my students, current and former, from whom I have learned so much and who have inspired me to do my best.”
He has always been intrigued by why people behave the way they do. As a result, he earned a B. A. in psychology from UCLA and an M.
