Law professor/historian Gordon-Reed Wins National Book Award

Annette Gordon-Reed, a law professor at New York Law School and a history professor at Rutgers University, has won the National Book Award for The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family. The news release is here.

It's been a rather good week for New York Law School!

UPDATE:  Some interesting context and background to this award and Professor Gordon-Reed's work on this topic here.