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Passings in Legal Academia

The University of Washington School of Law has had some sad news of late.  Two of its law faculty  - one active and one retired - recently passed away.  On Tuesday, Paul Miller, the Henry M. Jackson Professor of Law at the University of Washington, a long time commissioner on the U.S. EEOC,  and a noted disability rights advocate, died.  He was 49.  On October 8, retired tax professor George Meade Emory passed away.  He was 79.

Update:  More sad news.  Alan Lerner, a clinical professor at Penn Law and director of the Interdisciplinary Child Advocacy Clinic, died October 7.  He was 68.

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