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Three Giants, Nancy Bellhouse May Oct 2012

Three Giants, Nancy Bellhouse May

The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process

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Gazing Into The Future: The 100-Year Legacy Of Justice William J. Brennan, Stephen J. Wermiel Oct 2012

Gazing Into The Future: The 100-Year Legacy Of Justice William J. Brennan, Stephen J. Wermiel

The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process

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A Capsule Biography Of Joseph T. Sneed, Iii, Rollins S. Emerson Oct 2012

A Capsule Biography Of Joseph T. Sneed, Iii, Rollins S. Emerson

The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process

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Cardozo At 100, Andrew L. Kaufman Oct 2012

Cardozo At 100, Andrew L. Kaufman

The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process

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The Legacy Of Louis D. Brandeis, Melvin I. Urofsky Oct 2012

The Legacy Of Louis D. Brandeis, Melvin I. Urofsky

The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process

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Assessing And Addressing The Problems Caused By Life Tenure On The Supreme Court, Philip D. Oliver Apr 2012

Assessing And Addressing The Problems Caused By Life Tenure On The Supreme Court, Philip D. Oliver

The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process

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Derrick Bell: Godfather Provocateur, André Douglas Pond Cummings Apr 2012

Derrick Bell: Godfather Provocateur, André Douglas Pond Cummings

Faculty Scholarship

Professor Derrick Bell, the originator and founder of Critical Race Theory, passed away on October 5, 2011 at the age of 80. Around the world he is considered a hero, mentor, friend and exemplar. Known as a creative innovator and agitator, Professor Bell often sacrificed his career in the name of principles and objectives, inspiring a generation of scholars of color and progressive lawyers everywhere. Bell resigned a tenured position on the Harvard Law School faculty to protest Harvard’s refusal to hire and tenure women of color onto its law school faculty. For the past twenty years, Professor Bell taught …


Chief Justice Christine M. Durham: Trailblazer, Pioneer, Exemplar, André Douglas Pond Cummings Apr 2012

Chief Justice Christine M. Durham: Trailblazer, Pioneer, Exemplar, André Douglas Pond Cummings

Faculty Scholarship

In 1978, Christine M. Durham was appointed, in a historic moment, to serve as trial judge to the third judicial district court in the state of Utah by then Governor Scott Matheson. Lost in the appropriate fanfare connected to her groundbreaking appointment as the first woman to serve as a general jurisdiction judge in the state of Utah, was the fact that she would also become the youngest person ever appointed to a judicial post in that great state. Just four years later, this young thirty-something female judge would be elevated by Matheson to sit on the Supreme Court of …