In Memoriam: Lauren Edelman
BERKELEY — It is with a very heavy heart that we are writing to share the sad news that our wonderful colleague, Laurie Edelman, passed away tonight. Laurie had been seriously ill since late December, but had been doing better until recently. Laurie joined the Berkeley Law faculty in 1996 and was the Agnes Roddy Robb…
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S.J. QUINNEY COLLEGE OF LAW — It is with the heaviest of hearts that I share the passing of Alexander (Alex) Tallchief Skibine, the S.J. Quinney Endowed Professor of Law at the S.J. Quinney College of Law. Alex’s passing is an enormous loss for both our college community and the field of Indian Law.
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UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND — The Maryland Carey Law community mourns the loss of former dean Michael J. Kelly, who passed away January 20. Kelly served as dean from 1975 to 1991, leading the development of some of the law school’s seminal academic programs and ushering the school into a new era of legal education characterized…
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COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL — R. Kent Greenawalt ’63, a renowned authority on constitutional law and legal philosophy who wrote prolifically and profoundly about religion, freedom of speech, and constitutional theory over the course of his five-decade-long career as a Columbia Law School professor, died on January 27, 2023. He was 86.
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CORNELL CHRONICLE — David B. Lipsky ’61, a renowned conflict resolution, negotiation and collective bargaining scholar, a former dean of the ILR School and the founding director of the Scheinman Institute, died Jan. 17 in Ithaca. He was 83.
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THE BLADE — Frank S. Merritt, a University of Toledo professor of law emeritus, who gained respect as an educator, a Boy Scout leader, and in the local astronomical community, died Dec. 8 in Kingston of Perrysburg. He was 79. The cause was complications of leukemia, his daughter, Catherine Merritt, said.
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MITCHELL HAMLINE — Doug Heidenreich, an instrumental leader and professor at William Mitchell College of Law and Mitchell Hamline School of Law for more than 60 years, died Wednesday at the age of 90.
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FOX NEWS — Former West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Larry V. Starcher has died. He was 80. Starcher, who served as a Monongalia County Circuit Judge before being elected to the state’s Supreme Court, died on Saturday, according to a statement from the court.
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UCLA COLLEGE — Professor emeritus Herbert Morris, a globally renowned scholar and teacher of law and philosophy and a foundational member of UCLA School of Law’s faculty, died on Dec. 14. He was 94. An instrumental leader at UCLA for seven decades, Morris earned his bachelor’s degree at UCLA, law degree from Yale Law School…
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — U.S. Rep. A. Donald McEachin ’86, a University of Virginia School of Law alumnus who was reelected to his fourth term in Congress this month, died Monday of colorectal cancer. He was 61. McEachin, a Democrat representing Virginia’s 4th District, devoted more than 20 years to serving the people…
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