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.




Indeed that remark resonates with our topic, but note that it comes from a very early and never published essay.…