In memoriam: David M. Becker

May 23, 2023

THE SOURCE — David M. Becker, the Joseph H. Zumbalen Professor of the Law of Property Emeritus, died in St. Louis Monday, April 17, 2023. He was 87.

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In memoriam: Catharine Wells

May 15, 2023

BC LAW — Laughter and tears flowed in equal measure as BC Law Professor Catharine Wells’s daughter, niece, lifelong friends, faculty colleagues, and students remembered her loving ways, fast driving, generosity, sense of humor, intellectual acumen, and mentorship.

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In memoriam: Newton N. Minow

May 15, 2023

NORTHWESTERN NOW — Newton N. Minow, ’49, ’50 JD, ’65 H, Northwestern University alumnus, life trustee and Walter Annenberg Professor Emeritus at Northwestern, died Saturday, May 6, in his Chicago home. He was 97.

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In memoriam: Randall Robinson

April 24, 2023

THE TENNESSEE TRIBUNE — Randall Robinson, “human rights advocate, author, and law professor,” in the words of The HistoryMakers, died Friday morning at age 81, James Hudson, a colleague at TransAfrica, the Washington-based organization Robinson founded, told Journal-isms on Saturday.

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In memoriam: Benjamin B. Ferencz

April 17, 2023

CARDOZO LAW — Cardozo School of Law and Yeshiva University mourn the passage of Benjamin B. Ferencz, the last surviving prosecutor of the Nuremberg trials and a deeply passionate supporter and friend of Cardozo Law School and its students, who died on April 7 at an assisted living facility in Boynton Beach, Fla. He was

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In memoriam: Robert Palmer

April 10, 2023

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — University of Houston Law Center Professor Emeritus Robert C. Palmer died earlier this month. Professor Palmer was a scholar of legal history who specialized in American and English legal history. He held the Cullen Chair of History and Law at the University of Houston until retirement. 

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In memoriam: Simone Woung

April 10, 2023

THE HOYA — Simone Woung (LAW ’97), an assistant dean and registrar at Georgetown University Law School, died peacefully in her sleep surrounded by family March 17. She was 51. Woung was born in Kingston, Jamaica and lived on the island as a child before attending the University of Miami. 

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In memoriam: William Redak

March 13, 2023

DAILY CAMERA — On the evening of February 21st, 2023, William (“Bill”) Redak Jr left us at age 80 after a long battle with lung cancer. Bill grew up in Albuquerque where he graduated from Highland High school in 1960. He attended the University of Colorado and the CU School of Law and began his

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In memoriam: John L. Pottenger

March 6, 2023

PATCH — John L. “Jay” Pottenger, Jr. Yale law professor and tireless advocate for fair housing, died peacefully on Thursday, February 23, 2023 at Connecticut Hospice, surrounded by his wife, Sue, and his three children Will, Jack, and Emma.

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In Memoriam: Kristy Martinez

February 27, 2023

COLORADO LAW — It is with heavy hearts that we share news of the passing of Judge Kristy Martinez, who served as the first full-time director of the University of Colorado Law School’s Korey Wise Innocence Project and then on the Boulder County Court following her appointment by then-Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper in 2019. Judge Martinez passed

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