Brian Leiter's Law School Reports

In Memoriam: Douglas A. Kahn (1934-2021)

A leading tax law scholar, Professor Kahn taught at the University of Michigan Law School for more than a half-century.   He passed away in late October of last year.   There is an obituary here.

(Thanks to Anita Bernstein for the pointer.)

In Memoriam: Stephen D. Sugarman (1942-2021)

A leading scholar in two different fields--torts and education law--Professor Sugarman was a member of the Berkeley Law faculty since 1972.  I will add links to memorial notices as they appear.

In Memoriam: Leon Gabinet (1927-2021)

A longtime member of the Case Western law faculty, Professor Gabinet was still teaching tax law until about two months ago!   The Case Western memorial notice is here.

(Thanks to Erik Jensen for the pointer.)

In Memoriam: Arnold Loewy (1940-2021)

A well-known expert in criminal law and procedure, Professor Loewy spent nearly forty year on the law faculty at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, before retiring and taking up a chair in the law school at Texas Tech University.  There is an obituary here.

(Thanks to Wayne Logan for the pointer.)

In Memoriam: Mathew McCubbins (1956-2021)

A leading and influential scholar of the legislative process, Professor McCubbins was, at the time of his death, a professor in both political science and law at Duke University.  The Duke Political Science memorial notice is here.

In Memoriam: Jack Weinstein (1921-2021)

A longtime member of the Columbia Law School faculty and a district court judge in New York, he was also well-known for his scholarship on evidence, civil procedure and mass torts.  The Columbia memorial notice is here.

In Memoriam: Mary Kay Kane (1946-2021)

Longtime faculty member and Dean at the University of California, Hastings, where she was emeritus, Professor Kane was a leading expert on civil procedure.  Current Hastings Dean David Faigman's memorial announcement is here.

In Memoriam: Christopher Stone (1937-2021)

A longtime member of the law faculty at the University of Southern California, Professor Stone was probably best-known for his contributions to environmental law.  The USC memorial notice is here.

(Thanks to Scott Altman for the pointer.)

In Memoriam: Eugenio Bulygin (1931-2021)

An Argentinian legal philosopher, and longtime member of the law faculty at the University of Buenos Aires, Professor Bulygin enjoyed an international reputation for important contributions to all aspects of jurisprudence (see a collection of his papers from OUP for a sense of the range of issues he worked on); his most famous and influential work was probably 1971's Normative  Systems.  An obituary in Spanish is here.

On a personal note, I had the great honor of meeting him a number of years ago when he came to my lecture at the University of Torcuato Di Tella in Buenos Aires.   A great legal philosopher and a very gracious man.

(Thanks to Luís Duarte d'Almeida for calling his death to my attention.)

In Memoriam: Zipporah B. Wiseman (1930-2021)

An expert in commercial law and feminist legal theory, Professor Wiseman was a longtime member of the law faculty at the University of Texas, and also taught at Northeastern and Harvard.  The Texas memorial notice is here.

(Thanks to Steve Ratner for the pointer.)