Memorial Notices
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In Memoriam: Peter Tillers (1943-2015)
Emeritus at Cardozo Law School, he was well-known for his contribution to evidence scholarship. The Cardozo memorial notice is here.
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In Memoriam: Calvin Massey (1949-2015)
Alas, another life taken by cancer to report today: Professor Massey was a distinguished constitutional law scholar, who spent most of his career at UC Hastings, before moving in 2012 to take up the Daniel Webster Chair at the law school at the University of New Hampshire. I will add a link to a memorial…
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In Memoriam: Michael J. Zimmer (1946-2015)
A well-known scholar in the labor and employment law fields, he was, at the time of his death, a professor of law at Loyola University, Chicago. There is a brief memorial notice here, as well as recollections from colleagues and friends. (Thanks to Bob Condlin for the pointer.)
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In Memoriam: Robert Burt
Yale Law Professor Robert Burt passed away this week. Rick Garnett has a remembrance here. Professor Burt was 76,
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In Memoriam: Marc Poirier
The sad news this week is that Marc Poirier, of Seton Hall Law, passed away. He was 63.
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In Memoriam: Christopher Fairman
Ohio State Law Professor and Associate Dean Christopher Fairman passed away uexpectedly this week. He was 54. Details are here.
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In Memoriam: Daniel Meltzer (1951-2015)
The Harvard memorial notice is here.
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In Memoriam: Greg Lastowka
Professor Gregory Lastowka of Rutgers-Camden Law passed away last night, after a year-long battle with cancer. He was 46. Greg was a serious scholar – writing across areas of Cyberlaw and IP – but was also a particularly humane colleague. He is missed.
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In Memoriam: Larry Schlam
Professor Lawrence Schlam of Northern Illinois University College of Law passed away March 7. Schlam was one of the original members of the NIU Law faculty. He was 72.
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In Memoriam: Robert Pitler
Professor Robert Pitler of Brooklyn Law School passed away this week. He was 74. Pitler joined the Brooklyn Law faculty in 1988.
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In Memoriam: Dave Frohnmayer
Dave Frohnmayer, a former Dean of the University of Oregon School of Law – and later, the University's President – died last week at the age of 74.
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In Memoriam: Charles Rice
Professor Emeritus Charles Rice of the University of Notre Dame Law School passed away late last month. He joined the Notre Dame faculty in 1969. Rice was 83.
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In Memoriam: William Wilks
William Wilks, a long-time legal academic who served as Dean of the Dickinson School of Law and later as President and Dean of the South Texas School of Law, died last month. He was 83.
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In Memoriam: Monroe Freedman (1928-2015)
A leading figure in legal ethics, Professor Freedman spent the first part of his career on the faculty at George Washington University, before moving to Hofstra University as Dean in 1973, where he then spent the remainder of his academic career. There is a brief memorial notice here.
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In Memoriam: Marvin Chirelstein (1928-2015)
Professor Chirelstein, a 1953 graduate of the University of Chicago Law School and a leading tax scholar of his generation, taught at Yale Law School and then, from 1981 (with a brief stint in full-time practice as well) at Columbia Law School, where he was emeritus. I will post links to memorial notices when they…
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