In memoriam: David Herwitz
HARVARD LAW TODAY — David M. Herwitz ’49, Royall Professor of Law, Emeritus, died April 8, 2024. He was 98. A scholar of tax and business law, Herwitz, who taught on the Harvard Law faculty for more than 50 years, is remembered as a beloved teacher colleague and mentor.
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THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH — Professor Emeritus William (Bill) J. Lockhart, who taught at S.J. Quinney College of Law for nearly 50 years, passed away April 16, 2024, at age 90.
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THE AMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE — Ellen Ash Peters, the first woman appointed to the Connecticut Supreme Court, has died at age 94. A member of ALI for over 50 years, she was elected to the Institute in 1972 and to ALI Council in 1984, taking emeritus status in 2011.
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ST JOHNS UNIVERSITY — Dean Michael A. Simons and the entire Law School community mourn the passing of Elayne E. Greenberg, Professor of Legal Practice and Director of the Hugh L. Carey Center for Dispute Resolution. An irrepressibly positive force, she enriched St. John’s Law and the wider profession as she taught the value and practice…
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UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE — The Brandeis School of Law mourns the death of an alum, former faculty member, respected legal community figure and loyal friend of the law school, Norvie Lay, who died April 12 in Louisville.
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THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER — Donald N. Bersoff, 85, of Philadelphia, law school professor emeritus at Villanova and Drexel Universities, groundbreaking lawyer and psychologist, author, consultant, mentor, volunteer, and veteran, died Tuesday, March 26, of complications from Parkinson’s disease at his home in Center City.
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MITCHELL HAMLINE SCHOOL OF LAW — Larry Bakken, a founding faculty member of Hamline University School of Law and an advocate for government service whose work and teaching brought him around the world, died Tuesday, March 19, at the age of 80.
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THE PROVINCETOWN INDEPENDENT — Civil rights lawyer and legal scholar Julie Shapiro, a longtime summer resident of Truro, died at her home in Seattle on March 12, 2024 after a lifelong fight with Marfan Syndrome. She was 68.
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THE CORNELL DAILY SUN — Faust F. Rossi J.D. ’60, Samuel S. Leibowitz Professor of Trial Techniques, Emeritus, died on Wednesday, March 6 at the age of 91. Rossi was a long-time member of the Cornell Law community and an influential member of the legal world as a scholar in evidence and trial advocacy.
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UC LAW SAN FRANCISCO — UC Law SF recognizes the recent and unexpected passing of a giant in the tax law field, Stephen Lind, who joined the faculty in 1975 and helped build the nationally recognized tax bench that exists to this day. “Generations of UC Law SF students found their calling in tax law…
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