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History Lesson Comes From Grant Street Inn, Lyndsey Williams

William Perry Rogers (1896-1902)

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Welcoming Our New Dean

Lauren Robel (2002 Acting; 2003-2011)

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A Message From The Dean, Lauren K. Robel

Lauren Robel (2002 Acting; 2003-2011)

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Memories In My Years As Dean, Peter Keane

1999-2003: Peter Keane

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The Politicization Of Clarence Thomas, Jagan Nicholas Ranjan

Michigan Law Review

Perception often shapes memory. In particular, the way one perceives a noteworthy public figure often shapes that figure's historical legacy. For example, history largely remembers John Coltrane as one of the greatest jazz saxophone players of our time. His improvisational skill, innovative style, and mastery over his instrument all serve to classify him in the public memory as the ultimate jazz performer. Yet, as the example of Coltrane might demonstrate, perception is unjustly deficient. Coltrane was not merely a great saxophone player; he was first and foremost a religious figure whose spirituality drove his creativity and manifested itself in prayerful …

Justices At Home: Three Supreme Court Memoirs, Laura Krugman Ray

Michigan Law Review

The Supreme Court, once an austere and remote institution, is increasingly the focus of popular attention. The Justices are profiled in the New York Times Magazine and the New Yorker, photographed with family members for mass-market books, and - on the evening the Court decided Bush v. Gore - televised leaving the courthouse parking garage. In the spring 2002 television season, two hour-long programs were set in the Supreme Court; both were briskly cancelled, but during their brief runs they featured Justices as heroic figures played by prominent actors. When a former law clerk recently published his account of internecine …

If History Mattered: John Marshall And Reframing The Constitution, Aviam Soifer

Michigan Law Review

What more can there be to learn about John Marshall? We have been blessed recently with a flood of fine books about Marshall and the Supreme Court over which he presided from 1801 until 1835. We also now have readily available an impressive collection of documents concerning the Court before Marshall, as well as a fine series collecting, introducing, and annotating Marshall's papers. With recent bicentennial celebrations marking the beginning of Marshall's career as Chief Justice and the anniversary of Marbury v. Madison, an outpouring of law review articles and scholarly symposia have offered learned exchanges about the great Chief …

Clark Memorandum: Spring 2003, J. Reuben Clark Law Society, J. Reuben Clark Law School

The Clark Memorandum

• Be Healers (Elder James E. Faust)
• Escape from the 85th Floor (Victor Guzman)
• Law School: A Sacred Experience (Jane H. Wise)
• Opening Doors (Edward L. Carter)
• Never Again Foundation (Edward L. Carter)

A Lawyer's Calling, Lauren K. Robel

Lauren Robel (2002 Acting; 2003-2011)

The paths that led the current first-year class, the Class of 2005, to the School of Law are as varied as the paths they - like you - will follow after graduation. Students come to law from other professions, from the study of many other disciplines, from communities across the country and around the world - both communities based on proximihJ and those based on affinity. While the study of law presents new vocabularies, skills, and ideas, that study does not require leaving scholarly, professional, and personal histories at the door. Quite the contrary - what makes law a particularly …

Alumni, Fund Raising At Top Of Iu Law School Dean's List, Barb Berggoetz

Lauren Robel (2002 Acting; 2003-2011)

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Remembering Harry Pratter (1917-2002), Samuel Born, Joseph Hays, Sarah Riodan, George P. Smith Ii

Harry Pratter (1976-1977 Acting)

At this year's annual Alumni Weekend, colleagues, family, friends, and former students of the inimitable Professor Harry Pratter, who died in March 2002, gathered to share their recollections of his life and career.

Pratter, who was born in the Ukraine and emigrated to the United States as a child, began teaching at the Law School in 1950, after earning his JD from the University of Chicago. He taught many different subjects, including Commercial Law, Negotiable Instruments, Conflicts of Law, Contracts, Torts, and Family Law. But more fundamentally, "he taught life," according to Professor Fred Aman, longtime dean of the school. …

Remembering Andrew I. Batavia, Michael Ashley Stein

Faculty Publications

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Interview With Cynthia E. White, Antoinette E. Walker, Cynthia E. White, Legal Oral History Project, University Of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

Legal Oral History Project

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Cynthia E. White (L '80) worked in the City of Phialdelphia Law Department from 1984 to 2017, becoming Chief Deputy Solicitor of the Tax Unit in 1995. She has also served as president and board chairman of the Consumer Bankruptcy Assistance Project

Law School Appoints First Female Dean, Adam Aasen

Lauren Robel (2002 Acting; 2003-2011)

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Interview With Robert C. Sheehan, Daniel Yunger, Robert C. Sheehan, Legal Oral History Project, University Of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

Legal Oral History Project

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Robert C. Sheehan (L '69) has practiced at Skadden, Arps since 1969 and served as Executive Partner from 1994 to 2009. He was won several awards for leadership and for pro bono work. He currently oversees Skadden's pro bono program. From 1996 to 2012 he was a member of the Penn Law Board of Overseers.

Manual De Derecho Procesal Civil, Edward Ivan Cueva

Edward Ivan Cueva

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Court May Force Iu's Hand On Affirmative Action, Steve Hinnefeld

Lauren Robel (2002 Acting; 2003-2011)

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The University Of Michigan Law School Faculty, 2003, University Of Michigan Law School

Miscellaneous Law School History & Publications

Biographies of University of Michigan Law School faculty.

Blessed And Awarded Are The Peacemakers? An Essay In Remembrance Of Harold Jacobson, J. David Singer

Michigan Journal of International Law

Tribute to Harold Jacobson.

Interdisciplinary Collaboration With Jake, Edith Brown Weiss

Michigan Journal of International Law

Tribute to Harold Jacobson.

Judge Henry Woods: A Reminiscence, Richard S. Arnold

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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Henry Woods: A Great Lawyer, Judge, And Friend, Sid Mcmath

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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Tribute To The Honorable Henry Woods, Bill Wilson

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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A Tribute To Judge Henry Woods, Beth Deere

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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Henry Woods: Founding Father, Robert K. Walsh

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

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The Deanship, Ellen Ash Peters

Faculty Articles and Papers

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Robel Named Law School Dean

Lauren Robel (2002 Acting; 2003-2011)

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Bibliography Of Legal History Articles Appearing In Law Library Journal, Volumes 1-94 (1908-2002), Joel Fishman, Adrienne Adan, Laura Bedard, Christopher Knott, Nancy Mcmurrer, Nancy Poehlmann, Margaret Schilt

Joel Fishman

This article provides an annotated listing of all legal history articles published in Law Library Journal from 1906-2002

The University Of Michigan Law School Faculty, 2003-2004, University Of Michigan Law School

Miscellaneous Law School History & Publications

Biographies of University of Michigan Law School faculty.

The Creativity Of The Common-Law Judge: The Jurisprudence Of William Mitchell, Charles J. Reid Jr.

William Mitchell Law Review

Mitchell's presence graced the Minnesota Supreme Court for nearly nineteen years, from 1881 to 1900. His output was prodigious. He produced nearly 1600 judicial opinions. It has been estimated “that excluding Sundays, and allowing a month in each year for vacation, Judge Mitchell wrote one opinion in every three days for nineteen years.” Indeed, “[i]n point of numbers, his opinions exceed those of any other justice of the Supreme Court of his state, or the nation.” It is one aspect, perhaps the central aspect, the unifying theme of this prolific body of work, that is the focus of this essay: …