In late April, Charles "Tex" Thornton Professor of Law Brian Shannon received the Texas Tech President's Academic Achievement Award, which recognizes outstanding teaching, research, and service. Shannon was one of three awardees selected from across the University. In addition, Shannon's law review article on reforming the Texas insanity defense won the 2008 Texas Bar Foundation’s Outstanding Law Review Article for scholarship published in 2007. The article appeared in the Texas Tech Law Review. In addition to recognizing Shannon’s efforts, in April the Texas Bar Foundation donated $1,000 to the law school’s scholarship fund. Shannon also won this award in 2002 for a previous article on Texas alternative dispute resolution.