Simeon E. Baldwin Award

The Simeon E. Baldwin Award was established in 2007 and is presented by the Center to a Yale Law School graduate or faculty member in recognition of distinguished achievement in law and business.

Simeon E. Baldwin, both a student and faculty member of the Law School, was the leading railroad lawyer of his day and was responsible for putting in place the Law School’s interdisciplinary tradition, which would propel Yale Law into the preeminent institution it is today. He was also governor and chief justice of the Supreme Court of Connecticut, and a founder and president of an astounding number of professional associations including the American Bar Association, American Association of Law Schools, and American Political Science Association. Baldwin’s extraordinary career embodies the distinguished service that the Center wishes to recognize and honor in award recipients.

The Simeon E. Baldwin Award

Award Recipient List

Chandler, William B. ’79 LL.M. (2010)
Cutler, Stephen M. ’85 (2020; presented in 2022)
DiBlasi, Gandolfo V. ’78 (2013)
Fleischer, Arthur Jr. ’58 (2009)
Fraidin, Stephen ’64 (2012)
Giuffra, Robert J. Jr. ’87 (2016)
Hansmann, Henry B. ’74 (2018)
Heineman, Ben W. Jr. ’71 (2017)
Jimenez, Frank R. ’91 (2024)
Landy, Eugene W. ’58 (2014)
Lang, Robert Todd ’47 (2007)
Langbein, John A. (2015)
Ludwig, Eugene A. (2011)
Schwartz, Alan ’64 (2019)
Winter, Ralph K. ’60 (2008)

Remarks on Award Presentation to Recipients

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Robert Todd Lang ’47, Chairman of the YLS Center for the Study of Corporate Law’s Board of Advisors, and Senior Partner, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

(From left) Roberta Romano ’80, Robert Todd Lang ’47, and Dean Harold Hongju Koh

Robert Todd Lang ’47, chairman of the Center’s Board of Advisors, was the recipient of the first Simeon E. Baldwin Award for Distinguished Service in Law and Business. A senior partner of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, Lang was the driving force behind the creation of the Center. Roberta Romano ’80, Center Director remarked on the occasion of his receiving the award:

“Baldwin’s career embodies what we wish to recognize and honor in the award recipient, and he would have recognized a kindred spirit in Robert Todd Lang. Robert Todd is not just one of the great corporate lawyers of his generation, but he has also worked tirelessly on every important bar committee and task force on corporate governance and securities regulation over the past several decades.  As a consequence, the benefit of his wisdom has gone far beyond his clients; our laws are infinitely better for Robert Todd's efforts. Robert Todd has also been a steadfast friend of YLS who had both the vision to recognize the need for a corporate law center at the law school when none existed in the country, and the generosity to get such a project off the ground. Students, faculty and alumni in the law and business area have all been the beneficiaries of Robert Todd’s foresight and generosity, which has enriched students’ educational experience and faculty research, and fostered interaction among students, faculty and graduates. It is befitting that Robert Todd is the first recipient of the Simeon Baldwin award that the Corporate Law Center has established to recognize an individual’s contribution to law and business.”

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