Professor Naomi Goodno Named Among Top Legal Innovators in Academia - National Law Review

Professor Naomi Harlin Goodno has been recognized in the National Law Review's "The 2026 Top 50 Legal Innovators in Academia." The inaugural national award honors educators, administrators, researchers, and academic leaders who are shaping the future of legal education through innovation, technology, leadership, scholarship, and new approaches to legal training.

Professor Goodno is recognized for her work creating Pepperdine Caruso Law's new program, P(AI)R for Lawyering, which also won Insight Into Academia magazine's 2026 Excellence in Innovation: Law Schools Award. The program prepares law students to thoughtfully integrate AI into legal practice while remaining committed to justice, compassion, accuracy, and ethics.

From the National Law Review:

Award-Winning, School-Wide Innovation Professor Naomi Goodno created and chairs P(AI)R for Lawyering, Pepperdine Caruso School of Law's school-wide AI readiness initiative, which received the 2026 Excellence in Innovation: Law Schools Award from Insight Into Academia. P(AI)R stands for "Pepperdine AI Readiness for Lawyering" and reflects the program's central purpose: pairing practical AI fluency with the judgment, values, and professional responsibility required for effective lawyering.

The complete feature may be found at the National Law Review

Additional information on the program may be found at P(AI)R for Lawyering