In memoriam: Steve Shiffrin
CORNELL LAW SCHOOL — Cornell Law School mourns the passing of Steve Shiffrin, the Charles Frank Reavis Sr. Professor of Law, Emeritus, who died May 29 in Ithaca at the age of 82. A renowned legal scholar and advocate, Shiffrin was widely recognized for his contributions to the field of constitutional law, particularly the First…
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GW LAW — The GW Law community deeply mourns the loss of the Honorable Thomas “Tom” Buergenthal. He will be remembered not only as one of the youngest survivors of the Holocaust, an accomplished author, and professor but also for his significant impact on international human rights and GW Law. Buergenthal died on May 29…
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TAMPA BAY TIMES — Moody, Lizabeth Ann passed away on May 19, 2023. Liz served as dean of Stetson University College of Law from 1994 until 1999.
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THE SOURCE — David M. Becker, the Joseph H. Zumbalen Professor of the Law of Property Emeritus, died in St. Louis Monday, April 17, 2023. He was 87.
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BC LAW — Laughter and tears flowed in equal measure as BC Law Professor Catharine Wells’s daughter, niece, lifelong friends, faculty colleagues, and students remembered her loving ways, fast driving, generosity, sense of humor, intellectual acumen, and mentorship.
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NORTHWESTERN NOW — Newton N. Minow, ’49, ’50 JD, ’65 H, Northwestern University alumnus, life trustee and Walter Annenberg Professor Emeritus at Northwestern, died Saturday, May 6, in his Chicago home. He was 97.
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THE TENNESSEE TRIBUNE — Randall Robinson, “human rights advocate, author, and law professor,” in the words of The HistoryMakers, died Friday morning at age 81, James Hudson, a colleague at TransAfrica, the Washington-based organization Robinson founded, told Journal-isms on Saturday.
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CARDOZO LAW — Cardozo School of Law and Yeshiva University mourn the passage of Benjamin B. Ferencz, the last surviving prosecutor of the Nuremberg trials and a deeply passionate supporter and friend of Cardozo Law School and its students, who died on April 7 at an assisted living facility in Boynton Beach, Fla. He was…
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — University of Houston Law Center Professor Emeritus Robert C. Palmer died earlier this month. Professor Palmer was a scholar of legal history who specialized in American and English legal history. He held the Cullen Chair of History and Law at the University of Houston until retirement.
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THE HOYA — Simone Woung (LAW ’97), an assistant dean and registrar at Georgetown University Law School, died peacefully in her sleep surrounded by family March 17. She was 51. Woung was born in Kingston, Jamaica and lived on the island as a child before attending the University of Miami.
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