In Memoriam: Stephen F. Williams
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO LAW — The Hon. Stephen F. Williams, a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit who served for nearly two decades on the University of Colorado Law School faculty, died Aug. 7 due to complications from the coronavirus. He was 83.
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UOFL NEWS — The nation mourned the loss of Representative John Robert Lewis last week. Lewis was a civil rights leader who served in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia’s 5th congressional district from 1987 until his death July 17.
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STANFORD LAWYER — Barbara Babcock — an award-winning professor and giant in the legal profession — passed away at the age of 81 on April 18, 2020, at her home in Stanford, California, after a long battle with cancer. Her husband of 41 years Thomas Grey, the Nelson Bowman Sweitzer and Marie B. Sweitzer Professor of…
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FORDHAM LAW NEWS — The entire Fordham Law community is mourning the passing of Professor Joel Reidenberg, the Stanley D. and Nikki Waxberg Chair in Law and the founder of the Center on Law and Information Policy (CLIP). He passed away on April 21 at age 59 after a long and valiant battle with leukemia.
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PENN LAW — Howard Lesnick, a beloved professor who redefined what it means to be a lawyer and built the foundation for the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School’s nationally recognized public service program, passed away on Sunday, April 19th. He was 88.
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DUKE LAW — The Duke Law community is mourning the passing of Professor Francis E. McGovern, who died on Feb. 14 following a fall at his home in Marin County, Calif. McGovern was renowned for his expertise in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and his innovative work as a special master and mediator overseeing or advising on…
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NORTHWESTERN NOW — David S. Ruder, dean of Northwestern University School of Law from 1977 to 1985 and former chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), died February 15. He was 90 years old.
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COLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL — Michael Ira Sovern ’55, the eighth dean of Columbia Law School, who helped resolve some of New York City’s most divisive labor disputes, guided Columbia University through the vitriolic anti-war protests of the late 1960s, and later served as the university’s 17th president, died Monday, January 20, 2020. He was 88.
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UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF LAW — The University of Kansas School of Law community is mourning the passing of former dean and longtime professor Martin Dickinson, who died Jan. 5 in Estes Park, Colorado. He was 81. Dickinson was KU Law’s longest-serving faculty member. He gave 48 years to the law school, from when he started teaching…
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LOYOLA LAW SCHOOL — Clemence Smith died on February 22, 2019, at the age of 98, just shy of her 99th birthday. In 1952, Clem was appointed as the first female faculty member at Loyola Law School, and only the sixth female tenure-track faculty member in the country to be appointed at any ABA-accredited law school.
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