In memoriam: Robert L. Knauss 

November 11, 2024

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — Robert L. Knauss, a former dean at the University of Houston Law Center, passed away on October 16. He was 93 years old. Dean Knauss served at the helm of UH Law Center from 1981-1993.

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In memoriam: Joseph Harbaugh 

November 11, 2024

UCONN TODAY — Joseph Harbaugh, groundbreaking inaugural director of the first clinic at the UConn School of Law and Connecticut’s former chief public defender, died on October 11, 2024.

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Gift to Brooklyn Law to establish professorship in honor of late student Michael Simmons and late professor Michael Gerber

November 7, 2024

BROOKLYN LAW SCHOOL — When Kathleen and Bradley Hoffman, parents of the late Michael Simmons ’20, decided to honor their son’s memory in perpetuity with a major gift to his treasured alma mater, they recalled his many positive stories about Brooklyn Law School and one name stood out: Professor Michael Gerber.

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In memoriam: Charles J. Goetz 

October 28, 2024

UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor Emeritus Charles J. Goetz, a pioneering economist at the University of Virginia School of Law who reshaped the field of contracts, died Oct. 16. He was 85. Goetz earned his Ph.D. in economics at UVA in 1965 while studying under future Nobel Prize winners Ronald Coase and James

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In memoriam: David Hill 

October 28, 2024

COLORADO LAW — Colorado Law mourns the death of David Hill, professor of law emeritus, who died on June 30, 2024, in Lincoln, Nebraska, at the age of 84. Hill graduated from the University of Nebraska College of Law in 1970 and went on to private practice in Minneapolis from 1970-1974. He began his teaching career

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In memoriam: John Bernard Marshall  

October 15, 2024

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL — John Bernard Marshall, age 97, peacefully passed away on September 25, 2024, in Nashville, Tennessee.  Born August 2, 1927, in Omaha, Nebraska, John was the son of Reverend Benjamin H. Marshall and Bessie May Hatch Marshall and the brother of Marian Marshall Schumacher. 

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Pace Law professor Vanessa Merton posthumously recognized for faculty achievement

October 9, 2024

PACE UNIVERSITY — The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University is proud to announce that the 2024 Ottinger Award for Faculty Achievement has been awarded to Professor Vanessa Merton posthumously. 

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In memoriam: Robert H. McKinney 

October 7, 2024

INDIANA PUBLIC MEDIA — Robert H. McKinney died Sept. 29. The 98-year-old was the namesake of the IU Indianapolis law school. He died at home in Walloon Lake, Mich., with family beside him. Law dean Karen Bravo said in a press release that the IU graduate changed the school.

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In memoriam: Willis Ellis

October 7, 2024

THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO — Willis (Bill) Ellis, esteemed Professor Emeritus of the School of Law, passed away on August 20, 2024, at the age of 96. In 1945, Professor Emeritus Ellis enlisted in the Navy and served as a Hospital Corpsman. After his military service, he pursued higher education at Wabash College, where

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In memoriam: Donald Sturm 

October 3, 2024

NYU LAW — Donald Sturm LLM ’60, a Graduate Tax Program alumnus who went on to achieve remarkable success in the construction, energy, banking, and real estate sectors, died on August 17 at age 92. The founder of ANB Bank, Sturm led numerous corporate acquisitions, first as an officer and director of Peter Kiewet Sons’ (PKS) and

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