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For Terry Sandalow - Challenger And Creator, Christina B. Whitman
For Terry Sandalow - Challenger And Creator, Christina B. Whitman
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In the popular imagination, legal education is the experience of sitting in a classroom and being pushed to think deeply by a brilliant and demanding teacher. Some law schools are lucky enough to have a faculty member who actually fulfills this expectation - one professor in particular whose courses are the testing ground for the very best and most engaged students. When I was a student at Michigan in the 1970s, and until his retirement last year at the end of the century, that teacher was Terry Sandalow. For many Michigan graduates, taking Federal Courts or Fourteenth Amendment from Professor …
Linking The Visions, Donald J. Herzog
Linking The Visions, Donald J. Herzog
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Professor Donald Herzog talks about his teaching and work.
Linking The Visions, Thomas A. Green
Linking The Visions, Thomas A. Green
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Professor Thomas Green talks about his teaching and work.
Linking The Visions, Phoebe C. Ellsworth
Linking The Visions, Phoebe C. Ellsworth
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Professor Phoebe Ellsworth talks about her teaching and work.
Linking The Visions, Christina B. Whitman
Linking The Visions, Christina B. Whitman
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Professor Christina Whitman talks about her teaching and her work.
Linking The Visions, Omri Ben-Shahar
Linking The Visions, Omri Ben-Shahar
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Professor Omri Ben-Shahar talks about his teaching and work.
Linking The Visions, Donald H. Regan
Linking The Visions, Donald H. Regan
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In my case, which may be unusual, the importance of my non-law training and commitments is not in specific contributions they make to my work in law. Rather, it is in their contributions to my being me.
John H. Jackson: Master Of Policy - And The Good Life (A Tribute To John Jackson), Theodore J. St. Antoine
John H. Jackson: Master Of Policy - And The Good Life (A Tribute To John Jackson), Theodore J. St. Antoine
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A faculty can make no prouder boast than the claim that some of its members are the preeminent figures in the country in their particular fields. During my years at Michigan, I believe that claim could fairly be made for at least eleven of our colleagues. For obvious reasons, I shall not reveal my complete list. On a celebratory occasion like this, however, I trust it will not seem indiscreet for me to name John Jackson as one of my choices. I shall leave the more nuanced assessments of John's work to the experts. But from my nonspecialist's perspective, John …
Focus On Faculty - Rebecca S. Eisenberg, Rebecca S. Eisenberg
Focus On Faculty - Rebecca S. Eisenberg, Rebecca S. Eisenberg
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As a teenager, I had a passion for studying foreign languages. I loved immersing myself in an unfamiliar idiom, struggling to make sense of another system for parsing words and sentences to describe experiences and observations. I reveled in subtle differences in the meaning of words that were sometimes, but not always, equivalents in translation. Most intriguing of all were the occasional insights I gained into the limitations of my own language when I recognized that a foreign locution simply has no English equivalent.
Focus On Faculty, Richard D. Friedman
Focus On Faculty, Richard D. Friedman
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Professor Richard Friedman talks about his scholarship and work.
Focus On Faculty, William I. Miller
Focus On Faculty, William I. Miller
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Of late my interests, by free association and devious paths, have shifted to the emotions, especially those passions that accompany our moral and social failures.
Ted St. Antoine: An Appreciation, Terrance Sandalow
Ted St. Antoine: An Appreciation, Terrance Sandalow
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Ted's skills as a negotiator and mediator and the soundness of his judgment played a vitally important role not only in bringing the issues to a happy conclusion, but in doing so in a way that held the faculty together during a difficult time. Those qualities, together with universal respect for his integrity and confidence that he would not pursue an agenda different from its own, have repeatedly led the faculty to turn to Ted, initially to become its Dean and later to handle a variety of other sensitive assignments.
In Memoriam: Memorial Tributes For Professor Elizabeth B. Clark, Thomas A. Green
In Memoriam: Memorial Tributes For Professor Elizabeth B. Clark, Thomas A. Green
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The first time I met Betsy, now some twenty years'ago, she simply appeared during office hours to ask about being a research assistant. She had finished her first semester of law school, she said, and-as she put it-"there must be something more to it than this." So began Betsy's career as a legal historian; to which she brought a classics background, a powerful mind, prodigious imagination, irony, whimsy, and, to put it mildly, a way with words. Betsy was, of course, a superb student, as Charlie Donahue, Bruce Frier, and I immediately recognized, one from whom one learned as much …
In Appreciation Of Ted St. Antoine, Terrance Sandalow
In Appreciation Of Ted St. Antoine, Terrance Sandalow
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As I began to think of what I might say this evening, it occurred to me that I was fortunate the occasion had not been billed as a roast. It would not be easy - and, indeed, might be sacrilegious - to direct attention to the foibles of a man whom thousands call "the Saint." That title, by which he has been known by generations of students, is, of course, a measure of their affection and their esteem for him. For more than three decades, Ted has been one of our most popular teachers. Although I have learned a great …
The Death Of A Friendly Critic, James J. White
The Death Of A Friendly Critic, James J. White
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Our colleague, Andy Watson, died April 2. Andy was one of the handful of preeminent law professor/psychiatrists. In that role he wrote dozens of articles and several important books, including Psychiatry for Lawyers, a widely used text. I do not write to remind us of his scholarly work, of his strength as a clinical and classroom teacher, or of his prominence as a forensic psychiatrist. I write to remind us of his powerful criticism of our teaching. On the occasion of his death, it is right to recognize his influence on the law school curriculum and to consider whether his …
Bouquets For Jerry Israel, Yale Kamisar
Bouquets For Jerry Israel, Yale Kamisar
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As it turned out, of those asked to write a few words for an issue of the Michigan Law Review honoring Jerry Israel, I was the last to do so. And when I submitted my brief contribution to the Law Review I took the liberty of reading what the four others who paid tribute to Jerry had written. As a result, I feel like the fifth and last speaker at a banquet who listens to others say much of what he had planned to say.
Faculty Spotlight, Nicholas J. Rine
Faculty Spotlight, Nicholas J. Rine
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Professor Nicholas Rine talks about his teaching and work.
Faculty Spotlight, Grace C. Tonner
Faculty Spotlight, Grace C. Tonner
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Professor Grace Tonner talks about her teaching and work.
Faculty Spotlight, Michael Heller
Faculty Spotlight, Michael Heller
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Professor Michael Heller talks about his teaching and research.
Walter Trinkaus, Grace C. Tonner
Walter Trinkaus, Grace C. Tonner
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I first met Walter Trinkaus as a third-year law student in his Remedies II class at Loyola. We quickly learned that Walter's class was not simply a study of cases but a series of stories taken from his many experiences as a lawyer. Walter's stories revealed much more than the law of remedies; they showed us how to effectively represent clients, how to properly treat each other, and how to practice law ethically. Walter also helped us put our first two years of law school in perspective because he placed a human face on the hypothetical problems of the classroom. …
William J. Pierce, Lawrence W. Waggoner
William J. Pierce, Lawrence W. Waggoner
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Betty and Bill Pierce sit next to my wife, Lynne, and me at Michigan football games. But you know what? As often as not, neither Betty nor Bill is there. They are in Denver, or Atlanta, or Chicago, or Philadelphia, or Washington, or Boston, or Los Angeles, or some other city where one or more drafting committees of the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (the Conference) are meeting. Betty and Bill have been doing this at least since 1969, when Bill became the executive director of the Conference. Before taking that position, he had served as the …
William J. Pierce, Theodore J. St. Antoine
William J. Pierce, Theodore J. St. Antoine
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Bill Pierce gets things done. When I became Dean of this Law School in mid-1971, Bill had already been on the job as Associate Dean for several months. My predecessor, Frank Allen, upon learning that Bill would be my choice for that position, had decided to appoint him immediately. There was no sense, Frank explained, in postponing the opportunity for the Law School to take advantage of Bill's formidable practical talents. I soon learned what that meant.
James K. Robinson—56th President Of The State Bar Of Michigan, John W. Reed
James K. Robinson—56th President Of The State Bar Of Michigan, John W. Reed
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On September 14, 1990, James Kenneth Robinson became the 56th President of the State Bar of Michigan. The process that has brought him and the Bar to this good hour has produced a fortunate match between man and mission.
Bart Bartosic: What You See Is Not What You Get, Theodore J. St. Antoine
Bart Bartosic: What You See Is Not What You Get, Theodore J. St. Antoine
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With "Bart" Bartosic, what you see is not necessarily what you get. Anyone even vaguely acquainted with him knows I am not talking about duplicity; on occasion, Bart can be almost painfully forthright. Nonetheless, on first meeting, most persons are likely to view him as the very soul of politesse - perhaps actually too deferential and accommodating. Yet behind that beguiling exterior can be found a backbone of cast iron, a mind like a steel trap, and (to extend the metallic figure) a willingness, when the situation demands, to be as hard as nails in dealing with either ideas or …
Andrew M. Walkover: 1949-1988, Thomas A. Green
Andrew M. Walkover: 1949-1988, Thomas A. Green
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I knew Andy Walkover best as a student. I met him first in my evidence class at the University of Michigan. He was the "sixties type" in the left rear corner who, especially at first, was too often absent but had the most interesting things to say when he came to class. I did not realize it at the time, but Andy was just beginning to discover his vocation. Andy was a rare law student. He was interested in many things, but he would not let others set the agenda for his interests; in particular, he would not let an …
Andrew Walkover, Terrance Sandalow
Andrew Walkover, Terrance Sandalow
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One of the pleasures of teaching, less frequently experienced than most of us care to admit, is the sense that one has made a contribution to a student's intellectual development. Another, even rarer, is the experience of encountering a student who contributes to one's own intellectual development. Andy was, for me, a source of both kinds of pleasure, though I am more confident that I am justified in the latter than in the former.
John W. Reed And The High Style, Theodore J. St. Antoine
John W. Reed And The High Style, Theodore J. St. Antoine
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John Reed is the Fred Astaire of the law school world. That doesn't mean John would win prizes for his waltzing and tangoing; the kinship runs much deeper. There is the same purity of line in gesture and speech, the same trimness of content and grace of expression, and the same ineffable talent for brightening up a scene just by entering it.
John W. Reed And The High Style, Theodore J. St. Antoine
John W. Reed And The High Style, Theodore J. St. Antoine
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John Reed is the Fred Astaire of the law school world. That doesn't mean John would win prizes for his waltzing and tangoing; the kinship runs much deeper. There is the same purity of line in gesture and speech, the same trimness of content and grace of expression, and the same ineffable talent for brightening up a scene just by entering it. John certainly brightened up the law school days for this former student, a generation or so ago. We jaded upperclass people actually looked forward to John's Evidence classes, and he seldom if ever let us down. The sessions …
Francis A. Allen, Terrance Sandalow
Francis A. Allen, Terrance Sandalow
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Writing a brief tribute to Frank Allen, a man I admire as much as any I have known, should have been easy and pleasurable. It has proved to be very difficult. The initial difficulty is the occasion for the tribute. Frank's decision to take early retirement from the University and to resettle in a warmer climate deprives the Sandalows of frequent contact with two of our favorite people. The act of writing requires an acceptance of that loss that I have not yet achieved. A second difficulty is that Frank has been an important influence in my life for thirty …
Francis A. Allen: 'Confront[Ing] The Most Explosive Problems' And 'Plumbing All Issues To Their Full Depth Without Fear Or Prejudice', Yale Kamisar
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Frank Allen began his distinguished teaching career more than thirty-five years ago - at a time when, at more law schools than we like to remember, "the basic criminal law course was routinely assigned to the youngest and most vulnerable member of the faculty or to that colleague suspected of mild brain damage and hence incompetent to deal with courses that really matter."' That those of us who taught criminal law years later were warmly received by our colleagues is in no small measure a tribute to the quality of mind and character and intellectual energy of people like Allen, …