In Memoriam: Joan Petersilia

September 27, 2019

STANFORD LAW — Petersilia, the Adelbert H. Sweet Professor of Law, Emerita, at Stanford passed away on Monday, September 23, 2019, from ovarian cancer one year after retiring for health reasons. She was 68.

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In Memoriam: Francis X. Dineen

September 27, 2019

YALE LAW — Francis X. Dineen ’61 LL.B., former Visiting Clinical Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School, died on September 25, 2019 at the age of 84.

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In Memoriam: Professors George Coggins and William Westerbeke

September 26, 2019

KU SCHOOL OF LAW- The University of Kansas School of Law community lost two long-time colleagues recently. Former KU Law professors George Coggins and William Westerbeke passed away during the week of August 26.

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In Memoriam: Walter Wadlington

June 3, 2019

UVA LAW — Walter Wadlington, a professor emeritus at the University of Virginia School of Law known for his kindness and influence as an academic, died Monday. He was 88

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In Memoriam: John Copeland Nagle

May 28, 2019

NOTRE DAME LAW — It is with a heavy heart that I announce that John Copeland Nagle, Notre Dame Law School’s John N. Matthews Professor of Law, died on May 18, 2019, after a short illness.

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In Memoriam: Kenneth Karst

April 22, 2019

UCLA LAW — Kenneth Karst, an influential constitutional law scholar, teacher and longtime faculty member who had a profound effect in shaping UCLA School of Law, died on April 9. He was 89 years old.

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In Memoriam: William W. Van Alstyne

February 19, 2019

WILLIAM & MARY LAW — William W. Van Alstyne, one of the nation’s foremost constitutional law scholars, and William & Mary’s Lee Professor of Law from 2004 to 2012, died on January 29 in Southern California.

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In Memoriam: Ronald Smith

October 29, 2018

JOHN MARSHALL LAW SCHOOL — Ronald C. Smith, a retired professor from The John Marshall Law School in Chicago, died Oct. 19, 2018. He was 84.

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In Memoriam: Robert Gilbert “Gil” Johnston

October 29, 2018

JOHN MARSHALL LAW SCHOOL — Robert Gilbert “Gil” Johnston, a former dean at The John Marshall Law School in Chicago, died on June 21, 2018. He was 86.

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In Memoriam: Stephen B. Cohen

August 28, 2018

GEORGETOWN LAW — Professor Stephen B. Cohen taught tax and human rights courses at Georgetown Law to generations of students.

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