In 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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THE OBSERVER — Greer, who lived in Long Island, was an adjunct professor at Fordham School of Law. She also graduated cum laude from the school in 2016. As a student at Fordham, she was the president of the Student Bar Association, an associate editor of the Fordham Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment Law Journal,…
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THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER — Gilbert Stein, 94, of Gladwyne, a Philadelphia lawyer who became the city’s deputy city controller, deputy district attorney, and executive director of the housing authority; former executive vice president and chief operating officer of the Flyers hockey team; past president of the National Hockey League; and onetime special counsel to U.S.…
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POST GAZETTE — Age 77 of Ohio Twp., formerly of Ross Twp., passed away on Friday, March 11, 2022. Beloved husband for 54 years of Christine (Larson). Loving father of Gretchen Busquets (Miguel) and Rachel Kress (Paul). Proud Papa of Marisa and Talia Busquets, Catie and Jay Kress. Also survived by loving friends, relatives, colleagues,…
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THE HEIGHTS — Boston College Law School Professor Catharine Wells, a pragmatism legal scholar who spearheaded efforts to diversify the BC Law community, died on March 7. “As a law professor, she sort of transcended the law,” said Sam Jockel, a former student of Wells and BC Law ’14.
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NOLA — Hugh Wilson Long, a Tulane University professor whose broad realm of interests embraced teaching, music and health care management, died Wednesday in a snowmobile accident in Yellowstone National Park. He was 82.
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