Brian Leiter's Law School Reports

In Memoriam: Charles Fried (1935-2024)

A longtime member of the Harvard Law faculty--who also served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts and Solicitor General of the United States during the Reagan Administration--Professor Fried wrote widely in constitutional law, torts, contracts, and legal ethics, among other topics. I will add links to memorial notices as they appear.

UPDATE:  An informative obituary from the Harvard Crimson.

In Memoriam: Gerald Frug (1939-2023)

A longtime member of the Harvard law faculty, where he was emeritus, Professor Frug was a leading scholar of local government law.  The Harvard memorial notice is here.

In Memoriam: Linda Hirshman (1944-2023)

During her long and varied career, Professor Hirshman was a labor lawyer, a law professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law, a philosophy professor at Brandeis, and a wide-ranging feminist theorist and activist.  There is an evocative memorial from Katha Pollitt in The Nation.

In Memoriam: Richard B. Stewart (1940-2023)

A leading figure (probably the leading figure of his generation) in the fields of administrative and environmental law, Professor Stewart began his career at Harvard Law School, moving to NYU in 1992, where he spent the remainder of his career.  There is a memorial notice here.

In Memoriam: JoAnne Epps (1951-2023)

A longtime law faculty member at Temple University--where she also served as Dean of the Law School, Provost, and, at the time of her death, Acting President--Professor Epps died suddenly and unexpectedly earlier this week.  The NYT story about this tragic turn of events is here. 

In Memoriam: Charles Ogletree, Jr. (1952-2023)

A longtime member of the Harvard law faculty, where he was emeritus, Professor Ogletree was an influential teacher, mentor, and litigator, who also wrote on a variety of issues related to criminal law and procedure, as well as civil rights.  The HLS obituary is here, and the NYT obituary is here.

In Memoriam: Steven Shiffrin (1941-2023)

A leading scholar and theorist of the First Amendment, Professor Shiffrin taught for many years at Cornell, and, before that, at UCLA.  The Cornell memorial notice is here, which includes at the end a link to a very nice tribute by Professor Michael Dorf.

In Memoriam: Thomas Buergenthal (1934-2023)

A leading expert on international law and human rights, Professor Buergenthal was emeritus at George Washington University and also served as a judge on the International Court of Justice.  As a child, he survived the concentration camps, which he he wrote a book about.  I will add links to memorial notices as they appear.

 

In Memoriam: William H. Rodgers, Jr. (1939-2023)

Professor Rodgers, a longtime member of the law faculty at the University of Washington in Seattle, was a leading figure in environmental law for decades.  The UW memorial notice is here.

In Memoriam: Sir Basil Markesinis (1944-2023)

A leading scholar, internationally, of comparative law, Sir Basil taught for many years at Cambridge, Oxford, University College London, and the University of Texas at Austin, where I had the pleasure of being his colleague.   Fluent in multiple European languages, he was widely honored for his work in Germany, Italy, France, his native Greece, and the U.K., where he was knighted in 2005.  The Texas memorial notice is here.

ADDENDUM:  An informative obituary from The Telegraph here.