In Memoriam: David H. Ibbeken
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — David H. Ibbeken ’71, who led the Law School Foundation for 28 years and continued to work there as president emeritus, died Monday after a battle with cancer. He was 80. Ibbeken retired as president and CEO in 2007, but in all spent more than 40 years working…
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UNIVERSITY OF MINNEOSTA — Bruce Burton, a lawyer, law professor, and former Dean of William Mitchell College of Law, passed away on June 11 at the age of 83. Hailing from Fairmont, Minnesota, Burton graduated from Mankato State University in 1961, then taught high school English in Redwood Falls, Minnesota, and Long Beach, California, before…
Read More about In memoriam: Bruce BurtonIn memoriam: John F. Stack Jr.
FIU NEWS — If Carlos B. Castillo ’88 ever doubted the impact his friend and mentor Dean John F. Stack Jr. had on his students, he realized it fully when he arrived at the 2011 Beef O’Brady’s Bowl in St. Petersburg with Stack at his side. As they approached the FIU alumni tent at Tropicana…
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NC CENTRAL UNIVERSITY — A celebration of life ceremony will be held on Tuesday, June 21, 2022, at St. Joseph AME Church, 2521 Fayetteville St., Durham, NC, 27707. The viewing will begin at 11 a.m., followed by her funeral service at 1 p.m.
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SAMFORD UNIVERSITY CUMBERLAND SCHOOL OF LAW — I am sad to report that Frank Donaldson, a legendary professor and dear friend of Cumberland School of Law, passed away last week. He would have been 101 years old this September. Joining the faculty in approximately 1962, Professor Donaldson taught at Cumberland a total of 43 years.
Read More about In Memoriam: Frank DonaldsonIn Memoriam: Kenneth Dam
UCHICAGO NEWS — Kenneth Willard Dam, a former University of Chicago provost and longtime Law School professor who served as deputy secretary in the U.S. departments of Treasury and State, died May 31. He was 89.
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LARAMIE BOOMERANG — Joel Selig was known for a lot of things: his work as a civil rights litigator for the U.S. Department of Justice, his years spent as a law professor at University of Wyoming, his sense of humor and a passion for helping others. Selig died from complications of Parkinson’s disease at an…
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LAW.COM — E. Robert Wallach, a long-time Bay Area litigator who lived colorfully and sometimes controversially, died on Sunday. He was 88. The Bronx native, who grew up in Los Angeles and specialized in personal injury matters, tried 283 cases to verdict, losing just 14 of them, according to information provided by his former firm,…
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STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — Stanford Law School announced today that the Stanford Center on the Legal Profession (CLP) will be renamed the Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession after founder and prominent legal ethics scholar, Deborah L. Rhode, who passed away in early 2021.
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Professor Emeritus W. Laurens “Larry” Walker III, a pioneer in the field of procedural justice and the use of social science in courts who served on the University of Virginia School of Law faculty for 33 years, died Wednesday of natural causes. He was 85.
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