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“Fashioning Women in Law” fetches Preston laurels
By Gitanjali Hazarika

Brigham Young University (BYU) law professor Cheryl B. Preston won the 2007 Distinguished Research Award for her research work titled "Fashioning
Women in Law." The award, instituted in 2004, by the BYU Women's Research Institute celebrates the 25th anniversary of the institute. The award is bestowed on research scholars whose academic pursuits and research studies have contributed immensely to the study of issues relating to women.

Preston, in her film, Fashioning Women in Law, highlights the discrepancy between the women in the ads and the actual representations of their ilk in real life. The law professor questions the world’s perceptions and acceptance of women as “serious, powerful professionals.” According to Preston, the reel life women are projected as incompetent and childish. She warns about the serious “risks inherent in conduct consistent with these portrayals.”

Fashioning Women in Law also won the Chris Award at the Columbus International Film Festival.

A BYU J. Reuben Clark Law School alumnus, Preston teaches contracts, business associations, commercial law, Internet regulation, and gender law at BYU.

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