In Memoriam: David Link
SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE — After his wife of 45 years died in 2003, David Link took his clout as the former dean of the University of Notre Dame’s Law School and decided to become a servant to the “the least, the last, the lost and the lonely.” He became a priest, dedicated to prison inmates of northern Indiana. Even among murderers,…
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TIMES OF ISRAEL — Isabel Marcus, a University at Buffalo law professor and women’s rights advocate who met with protesting students in China’s Tiananmen Square and confronted Operation Rescue protesters closer to home, has died. She was 83. Marcus spent most of her five decades in academia at the University at Buffalo, where she co-founded the Institute…
Read More about In Memoriam: Isabel MarcusUC Davis Law hosts symposium in honor of civil rights legacy of former judge and professor Cruz Reynoso
UC DAVIS — The School of Law held a symposium Oct. 21 to honor Justice Cruz Reynoso’s civil rights legacy. But Reynoso, who died last May at age 90, was remembered even more for the person he was. His was a life well accomplished: first Latino member of the California Supreme Court, recipient of the Presidential…
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STANFORD LAW SCHOOL — On October 15 and 16, 2021, friends, colleagues, and family came together at Stanford University to honor the life and legacy of Deborah Rhode—legal ethics pioneer and leading scholar of gender, law and policy—who passed away in January 2021. On Friday, October 15, in Paul Brest Hall at Stanford Law School, a…
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UCONN TODAY — Professor Parker was a deeply caring teacher, a respected scholar of administrative and environmental law, and a founder of the Semester in DC program at the School of Law. Richard W. Parker, a member of the UConn School of Law faculty for 26 years and a founder of the pioneering Semester in DC program,…
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REUTERS — Stanford Law School on Friday will honor professor Deborah Rhode, a leading voice on legal ethics before her January death at age 68. The school is hosting a conference dedicated to Rhode’s work, which explored topics ranging from gender in the legal profession to ethics and access to justice. On Saturday, Stanford will hold a…
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SPECTRUM NEWS 1 — “When Jodi began her legal career, almost all the partners and all the law firms were men, and she was the first woman partner at the firm,” said Michael Scharf, dean of Case Western Reserve University School of Law. “She was a path breaker, a trailblazer. And we would like to have…
Read More about Case Western Reserve Law scholarship honors alumna and supports women law studentsIn Memoriam: Marjorie Fine Knowles
GEORGIA STATE NEWS HUB — Dean Emerita Marjorie Fine Knowles passed away September 24 at the age of 82. Knowles was the first woman to lead the College of Law and was a guiding force in developing Georgia State Law to become the esteemed institution it is today. Knowles became dean of the College of Law…
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UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA SCHOOL OF LAW — Leigh Middleditch Jr., a University of Virginia-educated lawyer who worked behind the scenes to end partisan divides in Virginia, including in gerrymandering, while also improving his alma mater and the Charlottesville community, died Monday at 92. Middleditch graduated from UVA’s College of Arts & Sciences in 1951 and from the…
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — University of Houston Law Center Professor Emeritus Thomas Newhouse died on Sunday at the age of 86. Newhouse received his B.A. from the University of Notre Dame, his J.D. from the University of Tulsa College of Law, and his LL.M. from the New York University School of Law. He was admitted…
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