In Memoriam: Karen Daniel
CHICAGO-TRIBUNE — Daniel was happy she was about to begin work in January at the Exoneration Project at the University of Chicago, partly because she could bring the dog, said Lauren Myerscough-Mueller, an attorney at Exoneration Project. She was also planning to work soon with the Northwestern Prison Education Program to teach legal research and writing…
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MITCHELL HAMLINE SCHOOLS OF LAW –Professor Ken Port is being remembered by his colleagues at Mitchell Hamline as a vigorous scholar and dedicated teacher in the world of intellectual property—with a particular passion for Japan. He loved traveling with his family, teaching abroad, writing articles and books, spending time at his cabin in Wisconsin, and…
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HARVARD LAW TODAY — David L. Shapiro ’57, an icon of federal courts jurisprudence, died Tuesday, November 19. He was 87 years old. A longtime professor of law at Harvard Law School, Shapiro co-edited the leading casebook in the field of federal jurisdiction, Hart and Wechsler’s “The Federal Courts and the Federal System” (Foundation Press).
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AROUND THE O — David Schuman, professor of practice at the University of Oregon School of Law, a former justice on the Oregon Court of Appeals and a deputy attorney general of Oregon, died Oct. 8. He was 75.
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UCLA NEWSROOM — Kenneth Karst, an influential constitutional law scholar, teacher and longtime faculty member who had a profound effect in shaping UCLA School of Law, died April 9. He was 89. A prolific and celebrated author in a wide range of fields, Karst was also a favorite of students, colleagues and peers. His efforts to…
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IU ROBERT H. MCKINNEY LAW — The IU McKinney School of Law mourns the loss of one of its greatest leaders and the longest-serving dean in the school’s history. Dean Emeritus Norman Lefstein passed away on August 29, 2019, at the age of 82.
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IU ROBERT H. MCKINNEY LAW — Professor Emerita Eleanor DeArman Kinney passed away on Friday, November 16 at the age of 71. Professor Kinney joined the law school faculty in 1984 and in 1986 founded the school’s internationally recognized Center for Law and Health (later named the William S. and Christine S. Hall Center for Law…
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SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY — Wilhelmina Reuben-Cooke, Syracuse University professor emerita of law and an influential leader at Duke University, died Oct. 22. She was 72. A native of South Carolina, Reuben-Cooke was one of the first five African American undergraduate students at Duke University and was active in the civil rights movement.
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SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW — It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of Craig W. Christensen at his home in Ventura, CA, after a valiant battle with Alzheimer’s and COPD.
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NYU LAW — Judge William T. Allen, Nusbaum Professor of Law and Business and founding director of the Pollack Center for Law & Business at NYU, passed away on October 13, 2019, at the age of 75. Joining NYU Law in 1997, Allen taught Corporation Law, Corporate Governance, and Mergers and Acquisitions at both the Law School…
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